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Publication Date: January 2002
Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America
Author(s): Caroline Goldberg
Research Area: Health
Keywords: Health; Jewish Organizations; Elderly
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
Using ecological theory as a guiding tool, this article explores the relationship between Jewish nursing homes and the Jewish residents who live in these specialized care facilities. While it is widely accepted that Jewish nursing homes positively affect the well-being of Jewish seniors requiring nursing home care, systematic study and empirical evidence supporting this environmental intervention are lacking in the existing literature. Even less is known about the effectiveness of the Jewish Home for the Aged for Jewish nursing home residents who have dementia. This article considers if and how the Jewish nursing home environment works to improve the well-being of Jewish nursing home residents, with a focus on the effects of this intervention for Jewish residents in the advanced staged of dementia.