Community Centers and the Elderly: An American and Israeli Comparison


 

Publication Date: January 1985

Publisher: Conference of Jewish Communal Service (U.S.)

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Research Area: Social conditions

Keywords: World Jews; Jewish Organizations; Informal Jewish Education

Type: Report

Coverage: Israel United States

Abstract:

Despite the various differences between community center programs for the aged in Israel and a sample of programs in America, the two groups share a dominant programmatic focus. Both reflect the centrality of social and cultural activity as a means of meeting the recreational and interactional needs of older adults.