CRISIS MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF MANAGING THE CORONA CRISIS IN NURSING HOMES FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE IN ISRAEL
CRISIS MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF MANAGING THE CORONA CRISIS IN NURSING HOMES FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE IN ISRAEL

Author(s): Jaudat Khalaily
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, Sociology, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Editura Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi
Keywords: crisis management; Covid-19; nursing homes for elderly; Israel;
Summary/Abstract: This article seeks to map the situation of the Corona epidemic in Israel and how it was dealt with in nursing homes for elderly people. As part of the study, a comprehensive analysis of data and analysis of publications by various official and semi-official Israeli institutions was conducted about the situation of elderlies in nursing homes during the First and Second Waves of the pandemic. What is known is that the percentage of those infected in inpatient care institutions, institutions for the mentally debilitated and in nursing homes of the Ministry of Welfare is roughly 5 times higher in comparison to the percentage of the elderlies who became infected in the community. However, the increase in infection in these institutions in the second wave is somewhat lower in comparison to the increase in infection in the community. In contrast, the percentage of those infected in sheltered housing and in housing clusters for the elderly of the Ministries of Housing and Absorption is similar to the percentage of infection of the elderly in the community.

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