• Lancet · Jun 2017

    Review

    Coming of age: health-care challenges of an ageing population in Israel.

    • Tzvi Dwolatzky, Jenny Brodsky, Faisal Azaiza, A Mark Clarfield, Jeremy M Jacobs, and Howard Litwin.
    • Geriatric Unit, Rambam Health Care Campus, and Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Electronic address: t_dwolatzky@rambam.health.gov.il.
    • Lancet. 2017 Jun 24; 389 (10088): 2542-2550.

    AbstractAlthough Israel is still young in years, with relatively high birth rates and older people (individuals aged 65 years or older) constituting only about 11% of its population, the absolute number of older people is growing rapidly. Life expectancy is high, and increasing numbers of people are living to advanced old age (older than 85 years). A wide spectrum of geriatric care is provided within a universal system providing health services to all citizens. Community and institutional care is available, and many innovative programmes are being developed. The unique demographic characteristics of the ageing society in Israel reflect cultural and multiethnic diversity, in addition to a high rate of immigration of older people. To meet the growing challenges, address disparities, and search for innovation will require planning and development of adequate services at the highest level.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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