Davies A M, Fleishman R
Isr J Med Sci. 1981 Feb-Mar;17(2-3):138-44.
The large increase in the aging population in Israel, particularly of people over 75, requires the upgrading of health services and their integration into comprehensive social support systems, which will help reduce the need for admission to institutions for long-term care. In our study, interviews were conducted with 77% of the residents of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Baka aged 60 and over and the data were supplemented by partial information on a further 20%. Our findings are similar to those reported from other surveys of the aged in Israel and indicate a high degree of unmet health needs in this population. Many of the problems of the elderly relate more to their social and cultural backgrounds than to objective measures of morbidity and they can only be partially solved by classical health services, even efficient ones. There is an urgent need for the development of integrated health, social and community service and support systems to meet the needs of this rapidly growing community.
以色列老龄人口大幅增加，尤其是75岁以上的人群，这就需要提升医疗服务并将其纳入综合社会支持体系，这将有助于减少长期护理机构的收治需求。在我们的研究中，对耶路撒冷巴卡社区60岁及以上居民中的77%进行了访谈，另外20%的部分信息补充了数据。我们的研究结果与以色列其他老年人调查的结果相似，表明这一人群中未得到满足的健康需求程度很高。老年人的许多问题更多地与其社会和文化背景有关，而非客观的发病率指标，即使是高效的传统医疗服务也只能部分解决这些问题。迫切需要发展综合的健康、社会和社区服务及支持体系，以满足这个快速增长的群体的需求。
