Social policy makers throughout the world are more and more aware of the demographic revolution that has been taking place in recent years. The population is aging and life expectancy contnues to increase at a rapid pace, the number of children is low, the work force has decreased, and the dependence of those not working to those in the work force is increasing.
"The Elderly and the Family" addresses all of the main issues in the field of aging, through a multidisciplinary presentation of various points of view spotlighting the elderly individual and his family. The authors of the various chapters are researchers and academics, knowledgable experts in their fields. The articles and main subjects discussed provide the reader with a wide picture regarding the elderly person and his family and create challenges for discussion and future discussionamong the policy makers, the researchers, and the care providers.
This book is intended for the policy makers, researchers, students, professionals and the general public.
The book is currently available only in Hebrew.
Editors
Professor Yitzhak Brick, Director-General of JDC-ESHEL, the Association for the Planning and Development of Services for the Aged in Israel and senior lecturer in the Gerontology Department, Haifa University
Professor Ariella Levenstein, the director of aging research and studies at the Faculty of Health and Social Science, Haifa University and the director of the Department of Health Administration , and the director of reasearch and teaching at the Jezreel Valley Max Stern Academic College.
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In an emotional ceremony held in Tel Aviv, as part of the 18th annual conference of the Israeli Gerontological Society, Professor Yitzhak Brick, Director-General of JDC-ESHELreceived a lifetime achievement award from the society for his special contribution to the development and the advancement of elder care services in Israel. 
