Elderly

The woman behind Melabev: Leah Abramowitz, powerhouse Israeli who transformed eldercare

The Magazine recently met with Leah Abramowitz at her home to talk about her life since retiring from Melabev in 2008.

LEAH ABRAMOWITZ – born Lotte Froelich in Germany in 1935 – was recognized as a 2008 Yakir Yerushalayim.
Close up of a senior couple's hands holding.

Eleanor and Lyle Gittens are the world's longest married couple after 83 years

Stuart E. Eizenstat speaks during the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Annual Days of Remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on April 23, 2025 in Washington, DC.

German government pledges record $1 billion in funding for Holocaust survivor home care

 Adele Samuelson

Israel's oldest person, Adele Samuelson, passes away at 111


Breakthrough in remote monitoring for senior citizens

HUGSEN invests NIS 4 million in remote monitoring technology for the elderly, based on sensors and artificial intelligence.

 HUGSEN

New house, new campaign: The location of the assisted living network

The Palace assisted living network, part of the Azrieli Group, is currently launching a campaign for its new home in the network – Palace Rishon Lezion.

 Palace Rishon Lezion

They deserve it: The exciting future of senior living homes

A glimpse into the new senior living communities and day centers for the elderly currently being planned and built in Israel reveals that they are more luxurious and well-designed than ever before.

 Park Ayalon Project, Auerbach Halevy Architecture

Study reveals optimal home temperature for elderly brain health

Likelihood of attention difficulties doubles when home temperatures deviate from 68-75°F range.

 Study reveals optimal home temperature for elderly brain health. Illustration.

Windows for the elderly: Important things to know when choosing

Windows are a significant component of quality of life, especially when it comes to the elderly. Yael Shaked Bergman, in collaboration with the AluG company, explains how to do it right.

 AluG

Elderly Nahariya resident succumbs to wounds from Hezbollah rocket, following hospitalization

Tamar Edri left behind her husband, Yossi, and four daughters and nine grandchildren.

 Tamar Edri, 75, Naahriya resident who succumbed to her wounds from a Hezbollah rocket following two-month hospitalization.

Should age or term limits be introduced? - opinion

Term limits are another oft-proposed solution, but would probably require a Constitutional amendment, and the concept has many other flaws.

 FORMER US president Ronald Reagan is joined by his wife, former first lady Nancy Reagan, and daughter Maureen Reagan, in 1991, in Sacramento, California. In 2004, after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease, he died at the age of 93.

Police: Stabbing of elderly woman in Jerusalem apartment classified as terror

The attacker entered the home under the guise that he was going to be doing repairs in her home.

 Police crime scene tape

Jewish couple sets world record as world's oldest newlyweds

A centenarian Jewish couple from Pennsylvania broke the world record for oldest newlyweds.

 Barnie Lipman marries Margery in Philadelphia. May 19, 2024.

Hamas treatment of older hostages 'one of most severe examples of elder abuse’ - study

The researchers described the extreme “pre-morbid” vulnerability of older hostages along with the additional data on their clinical situation and extreme stresses to which they are being subjected.

 ELMA AVRAHAM was nearly 85 when she was taken hostage by Hamas from her home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz.