Jiska Cohen-Mansfield
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 355068 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Jiska Cohen-Mansfield |
| PRENOMES | Jiska |
| SOBRENOME | Cohen-Mansfield |
| ASSINATURA | COHEN-MANSFIELD J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Tel Aviv University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0209-7304 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 36 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 96 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 36 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1982 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Bound in an Imbalanced Relationship
Migrant care-workers (MCWs) are often the main caregivers for frail older persons. We examined the complex relationship between MCWs and primary family caregivers (PFCs) in Israel to better understand how MCWs and PFCs perceive the formal and informal nature of their relationship. Given the high prevalence of two-income families who are unavailable for caregiving, the relationships among MCWs, PFCs, and care-recipients warrants examination, parti…
Motivation to Participate in Intergenerational Programs
Much research has attested to the benefits of intergenerational programs (IGPs) for older and younger participants, but there is a lack of understanding about what motivates them to participate and to persevere. We conducted structured interviews with 83 older (mean age = 77) and 96 younger (mean age = 23) participants who participated in 13 IGPs in Israel, some involving specific topics, and some providing assistance to older adults. Using a mix…
Awareness of Imminent Death
We studied levels of awareness of impending death in older patients and their family caregivers. Using a mixed methods approach, we interviewed 70 family caregivers in Israel. Of the caregivers, 64% reported having been aware of the impending death, 33% were unaware, and 3% uncertain. Caregivers reported their perception that 36% of patients were aware, 27% unaware, and for 37% they were uncertain about the patient's awareness. Mechanisms that in…
In the Eye of the Beholder
Since most evaluations of intergenerational programs (IGPs) focus on the perspective of a single stakeholder group concerning the benefit for themselves, we compared perceptions of multiple stakeholders: older adults, younger adults, and IGP organizers concerning the impact of IGPs on older and young participants. Using a mixed-methods approach, we collected data from thirteen community-based IGPs. The quantitative analyses included a comparison …
Dementia prevention, intervention, and care
Predictors of Migrant Live-in Care Workers’ Burden/Burnout and Job Satisfaction When Caring for Frail Older Persons in Israel
The results suggest that fostering better relationships and improving employment conditions could help reduce care workers' burden/burnout as well as improve their degree of satisfaction
Like one of the family? Understanding relationships between migrant live-in care workers and older care recipients in Israel
Frail older people worldwide are increasingly being cared for in their own homes by migrant live-in care workers; however, extant literature on care relationships in this care context is sparse. The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to explore the quality and the nature of care relationships between full-time, live-in migrant care workers and older people in Israel. Quantitative and qualitative data were drawn from a 2014 survey of 116 migr…
Motivating Inactive Seniors to Participate in Physical Activity
Objectives: We investigated the potential of social support in an adherence intervention to foster physical activity (PA) among sedentary older adults. Methods: We compared 2, 9-week intervention programs aimed at increasing PA levels in older persons. One program offered PA alone, whereas the other combined a PA program with a social adherence intervention (PASAI). The interventions involved 39 sedentary older adults living in senior congregate …
Trajectories of End of Life
Dementia prevention, intervention, and care
Social Engagement Care for Frail Older Persons
It is important to include SEC as part of the role of live-in migrant caregivers of older persons. However, there is a need to differentiate among types of SEC and subsequently optimize the match between the care-recipient's wishes and needs and the actual care provided
The right to mourn in dementia
People with dementia (PwD) attending dementia day care often experience the death of others. Little research exists regarding whether PwD should be informed of the death, and if so, how? In this qualitative research, the authors explored, through semistructured interviews, the beliefs and practices of 52 staff members of adult day centers for PwD about these issues. Themes that emerged are that many staff members feel their clients have emotional…
Correlates and predictors of loneliness in older-adults
BACKGROUND: Older persons are particularly vulnerable to loneliness because of common age-related changes and losses. This paper reviews predictors of loneliness in the older population as described in the current literature and a small qualitative study. METHODS: Peer-reviewed journal articles were identified from psycINFO, MEDLINE, and Google Scholar from 2000-2012. Overall, 38 articles were reviewed. Two focus groups were conducted asking olde…
Recommended Vs. Reported Working Conditions & Current Satisfaction Levels among Migrant Caregivers in Israel
Retirement Preparation Programs
Purpose: This study was designed to examine whether preretirement intervention, through preparation programs conducted by social workers, enhances retirees’ healthy retirement transition, self-mastery, and well-being outcomes. Methods: Data were gathered at preprogram, postprogram, and at 6-month follow-up. A total of 84 participants filled out pre- and postprogram questionnaires, of which 66 also completed follow-up assessment. Participants were…
Telephone hotline for aging
This study examined the reasons for use and the utility of an aging-focused telephone hotline. The most common topic of inquiry was care, followed by referrals for institutional placement and financial queries. Advice from hotline professionals was reported to be useful and helpful. Yet the issue of the query was not resolved in half of the cases. Some queries may be addressed by enhancing hotline procedures, but others reflect general unmet need…
Predicting Service Use and Intent to Use Services of Older Adult Residents of Two Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities
The Andersen-Newman framework was used to examine predictors of service use and intent to use services within the context of multiple services provided to residents of a naturally occurring retirement community (NORC). Predisposing, enabling, need, and interest in service factors were measured with a baseline survey administered to 180 residents. The relationship between each factor and actual service use was analyzed for total services and indiv…
Migrant Home Attendants
We compared regulation and working and living conditions of foreign home attendants in 7 countries (Canada, Germany, Israel, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, United States). We conducted a literature search in the PSYCinfo, MEDLINE, and Google Scholar databases for 2002 to 2012. We found substantial between-country differences in the legal status of migrant caregivers and regulations regarding working and living conditions and drew 3 conclusions…
Parental bereavement increases mortality in older persons
Studies of the link between parental grief and subsequent morbidity and mortality risks have yielded inconclusive results. We aim to investigate whether the death of a child is related to increased mortality in older parents. Data were drawn from a national survey of a random sample of older Jewish persons in Israel, conducted during 1989-1992. Analyses included 1239 self-respondent community-dwelling and institutionalized participants ages 75-94…
Trends in Health Behaviors in the Old-Old Population
This study aimed to examine changes in the practice of health behaviors (smoking, physical activity, and alcohol consumption) via comparing two Israeli cohorts of persons aged 75 to 94 over a 10-year period. Data collection was conducted during 1989-1992 for the first cohort (N=1,200) and during 2000-2002 for the second (N=421). Decreases in smoking indices (rates of current smokers, total nicotine consumption, years of smoking), increase in phys…
The Relationships Among Health Behaviors in Older Persons
The analysis enables identification of underlying health-behavior dimensions in an understudied population. Furthermore, the findings have important implications for health-promotion policy, indicating that prevention and health-promotion programs for older persons should target each health behavior, and not assume that the practice of any health behavior implies a healthy overall lifestyle in this population
The impact of a Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities service program in Maryland, USA
Most older adults prefer to age in place and it is therefore vital to support them in maintaining a high quality of life in their place of residence. Many Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) have implemented services to fulfill a range of needs of their residents. Community Partners (CP) provided 58 NORC residents in six apartment buildings within two suburban neighborhoods in Maryland with health and social work services, activiti…
To Hospitalize or Not to Hospitalize? That Is the Question
The authors examined the processes and factors that influence physicians' decision-making processes as regarding hospitalization of nursing home residents. In a large nonprofit nursing home, 6 full-time male physicians and 1 female nurse practitioner completed questionnaires that described the medical decision-making process for 52 nursing home residents for whom hospitalization was considered. The questionnaire covered the following topics: medi…
Utilization of Self-Identity Roles for Designing Interventions for Persons With Dementia
To date, little research has systematically explored the retention of self-identity in dementia and its potential use for the individualization of care. The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of role-identity-based treatment for persons with dementia. We recruited a total of 93 elderly persons with dementia (mean Mini-Mental State Exam score = 10.58) for this study. Experimental (treatment) group participants were engaged in activit…
Salience of self-identity roles in persons with dementia
Self-identity in older persons suffering from dementia
Utilization of Self-Identity Roles for Designing Interventions for Persons With Dementia
To date, little research has systematically explored the retention of self-identity in dementia and its potential use for the individualization of care. The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of role-identity-based treatment for persons with dementia. We recruited a total of 93 elderly persons with dementia (mean Mini-Mental State Exam score = 10.58) for this study. Experimental (treatment) group participants were engaged in activit…
Salience of self-identity roles in persons with dementia
Gender differences in life expectancy among Kibbutz members
Employment and Volunteering Roles for the Elderly
Workers and volunteers over age 60 are compared to nonworkers and nonvolunteers on psychological variables. Contrasting self-attributions of reasons for either activity or inactivity are studied as well as strategies employed and recommended for finding jobs or volunteer positions. Implications for assisting elderly individuals increase their activity levels and for understanding the relationships between work and volunteering roles for the elder…
Migrant Home Attendants
We compared regulation and working and living conditions of foreign home attendants in 7 countries (Canada, Germany, Israel, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, United States). We conducted a literature search in the PSYCinfo, MEDLINE, and Google Scholar databases for 2002 to 2012. We found substantial between-country differences in the legal status of migrant caregivers and regulations regarding working and living conditions and drew 3 conclusions…
Retirement Preparation Programs
Purpose: This study was designed to examine whether preretirement intervention, through preparation programs conducted by social workers, enhances retirees’ healthy retirement transition, self-mastery, and well-being outcomes. Methods: Data were gathered at preprogram, postprogram, and at 6-month follow-up. A total of 84 participants filled out pre- and postprogram questionnaires, of which 66 also completed follow-up assessment. Participants were…
Like one of the family? Understanding relationships between migrant live-in care workers and older care recipients in Israel
Frail older people worldwide are increasingly being cared for in their own homes by migrant live-in care workers; however, extant literature on care relationships in this care context is sparse. The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to explore the quality and the nature of care relationships between full-time, live-in migrant care workers and older people in Israel. Quantitative and qualitative data were drawn from a 2014 survey of 116 migr…
Social Engagement Care for Frail Older Persons
It is important to include SEC as part of the role of live-in migrant caregivers of older persons. However, there is a need to differentiate among types of SEC and subsequently optimize the match between the care-recipient's wishes and needs and the actual care provided
Predicting Service Use and Intent to Use Services of Older Adult Residents of Two Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities
The Andersen-Newman framework was used to examine predictors of service use and intent to use services within the context of multiple services provided to residents of a naturally occurring retirement community (NORC). Predisposing, enabling, need, and interest in service factors were measured with a baseline survey administered to 180 residents. The relationship between each factor and actual service use was analyzed for total services and indiv…
Predictors of Migrant Live-in Care Workers’ Burden/Burnout and Job Satisfaction When Caring for Frail Older Persons in Israel
The results suggest that fostering better relationships and improving employment conditions could help reduce care workers' burden/burnout as well as improve their degree of satisfaction
The right to mourn in dementia
People with dementia (PwD) attending dementia day care often experience the death of others. Little research exists regarding whether PwD should be informed of the death, and if so, how? In this qualitative research, the authors explored, through semistructured interviews, the beliefs and practices of 52 staff members of adult day centers for PwD about these issues. Themes that emerged are that many staff members feel their clients have emotional…
The Relationships Among Health Behaviors in Older Persons
The analysis enables identification of underlying health-behavior dimensions in an understudied population. Furthermore, the findings have important implications for health-promotion policy, indicating that prevention and health-promotion programs for older persons should target each health behavior, and not assume that the practice of any health behavior implies a healthy overall lifestyle in this population
Technology-Mediated versus Face-to-Face Intergenerational Programming
Elderly computer novices received 1-on-1 e-mail training, which enabled them to communicate electronically with elementary school-aged pen-pals. A traditional intergenerational visiting program was conducted concurrently. Program evaluation revealed that the intergenerational visiting program was rated favorably by 88% of the participating seniors and the intergenerational e-mail program was rated favorably by 57% of the seniors. Yet, only 6 (out…
Predictors of Aggressive Behaviors
Aggressive behaviors place elderly persons and their caregivers at risk. This study examines longitudinally the predictors of aggressive behaviors based on staff and family members' ratings of 200 community-dwelling participants from senior day care centers. The main difference between physically and verbally aggressive behaviors was found to be the role of physical and mental health. Cognitive impairment and poor quality of relationship were the…
Cooperative and Competitive Styles-the Construct and Its Relevance
The implications of cooperative and competitive styles of individuals have been studied. One hundred thirty-two undergraduate students participated in the experiment. In the first part of the experiment they were asked about their preference to study competitively or cooperatively. In the second part they were randomly assigned to competitive, cooperative, or tutorial learning situations. It was hypothesized that interpersonal relations of cooper…
Gender differences in life expectancy among Kibbutz members
Agitation and Touch in the Nursing Home
The relationship between manifestations of agitated behaviors and interpersonal distance was examined in 24 nursing home residents with high agitation and severe cognitive impairment. Analysis indicated that agitated residents displayed divergent responses to touch: touch was related to an increase in aggressive behaviors and to a decrease in physically nonaggressive behaviors (e.g., strange movements). The positive relationship between aggressiv…
Employment and Volunteering Roles for the Elderly
Workers and volunteers over age 60 are compared to nonworkers and nonvolunteers on psychological variables. Contrasting self-attributions of reasons for either activity or inactivity are studied as well as strategies employed and recommended for finding jobs or volunteer positions. Implications for assisting elderly individuals increase their activity levels and for understanding the relationships between work and volunteering roles for the elder…
The Relationship between Sleep Disturbances and Agitation in a Nursing Home
Nursing staff rated the manifestations of agitation and the characteristics of sleep in 408 nursing home residents. In addition, level of cognitive impairment was independently rated by nurses and social workers. Multiple regressions revealed that both sleep disturbances and cognitive impairment were important variables for explaining agitated behaviors. Moreover, the practice of awakening residents during the night for toileting was found to be …
Predictors of Aggressive Behaviors
Aggressive behaviors place elderly persons and their caregivers at risk. This study examines longitudinally the predictors of aggressive behaviors based on staff and family members' ratings of 200 community-dwelling participants from senior day care centers. The main difference between physically and verbally aggressive behaviors was found to be the role of physical and mental health. Cognitive impairment and poor quality of relationship were the…
Self-identity in older persons suffering from dementia
Development of a Framework to Encourage Addressing Advance Directives When Resources Are Limited
Although the specific models need validation using larger samples, they demonstrate a method that facilitates transfer of information concerning treatment preferences if future incapacitation occurs
Which Signs and Symptoms Warrant Involvement of Medical Staff? The Definition and Identification of Status-change Events in the Nursing Home
In this article, the authors clarify the concept of status-change events (a significant clinical change that calls for medical follow-up by a physician) by providing preliminary descriptions of these events, and attempting to differentiate them from incidents that did not qualify as status-change events. Participants were residents from a large, nonprofit nursing home. Data were collected about the source of information, the nature of the inciden…
Medical Decision-Making around the Time of Death of Cognitively Impaired Nursing Home Residents
The purpose of this article is to describe the end-of-life process in the nursing home for three groups of cognitively-impaired nursing home residents: those who died with a medical decision-making process prior to death; those who died without such a decision-making process; and those who had a status-change event and a medical decision-making process, and did not die prior to data collection. Residents had experienced a medical status-change ev…
Technology-Mediated versus Face-to-Face Intergenerational Programming
Elderly computer novices received 1-on-1 e-mail training, which enabled them to communicate electronically with elementary school-aged pen-pals. A traditional intergenerational visiting program was conducted concurrently. Program evaluation revealed that the intergenerational visiting program was rated favorably by 88% of the participating seniors and the intergenerational e-mail program was rated favorably by 57% of the seniors. Yet, only 6 (out…
To Hospitalize or Not to Hospitalize? That Is the Question
The authors examined the processes and factors that influence physicians' decision-making processes as regarding hospitalization of nursing home residents. In a large nonprofit nursing home, 6 full-time male physicians and 1 female nurse practitioner completed questionnaires that described the medical decision-making process for 52 nursing home residents for whom hospitalization was considered. The questionnaire covered the following topics: medi…
Utilization of Self-Identity Roles for Designing Interventions for Persons With Dementia
To date, little research has systematically explored the retention of self-identity in dementia and its potential use for the individualization of care. The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of role-identity-based treatment for persons with dementia. We recruited a total of 93 elderly persons with dementia (mean Mini-Mental State Exam score = 10.58) for this study. Experimental (treatment) group participants were engaged in activit…
Salience of self-identity roles in persons with dementia
The impact of a Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities service program in Maryland, USA
Most older adults prefer to age in place and it is therefore vital to support them in maintaining a high quality of life in their place of residence. Many Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) have implemented services to fulfill a range of needs of their residents. Community Partners (CP) provided 58 NORC residents in six apartment buildings within two suburban neighborhoods in Maryland with health and social work services, activiti…
The Relationships Among Health Behaviors in Older Persons
The analysis enables identification of underlying health-behavior dimensions in an understudied population. Furthermore, the findings have important implications for health-promotion policy, indicating that prevention and health-promotion programs for older persons should target each health behavior, and not assume that the practice of any health behavior implies a healthy overall lifestyle in this population
Parental bereavement increases mortality in older persons
Studies of the link between parental grief and subsequent morbidity and mortality risks have yielded inconclusive results. We aim to investigate whether the death of a child is related to increased mortality in older parents. Data were drawn from a national survey of a random sample of older Jewish persons in Israel, conducted during 1989-1992. Analyses included 1239 self-respondent community-dwelling and institutionalized participants ages 75-94…
Trends in Health Behaviors in the Old-Old Population
This study aimed to examine changes in the practice of health behaviors (smoking, physical activity, and alcohol consumption) via comparing two Israeli cohorts of persons aged 75 to 94 over a 10-year period. Data collection was conducted during 1989-1992 for the first cohort (N=1,200) and during 2000-2002 for the second (N=421). Decreases in smoking indices (rates of current smokers, total nicotine consumption, years of smoking), increase in phys…
Predicting Service Use and Intent to Use Services of Older Adult Residents of Two Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities
The Andersen-Newman framework was used to examine predictors of service use and intent to use services within the context of multiple services provided to residents of a naturally occurring retirement community (NORC). Predisposing, enabling, need, and interest in service factors were measured with a baseline survey administered to 180 residents. The relationship between each factor and actual service use was analyzed for total services and indiv…
Migrant Home Attendants
We compared regulation and working and living conditions of foreign home attendants in 7 countries (Canada, Germany, Israel, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, United States). We conducted a literature search in the PSYCinfo, MEDLINE, and Google Scholar databases for 2002 to 2012. We found substantial between-country differences in the legal status of migrant caregivers and regulations regarding working and living conditions and drew 3 conclusions…
Correlates and predictors of loneliness in older-adults
BACKGROUND: Older persons are particularly vulnerable to loneliness because of common age-related changes and losses. This paper reviews predictors of loneliness in the older population as described in the current literature and a small qualitative study. METHODS: Peer-reviewed journal articles were identified from psycINFO, MEDLINE, and Google Scholar from 2000-2012. Overall, 38 articles were reviewed. Two focus groups were conducted asking olde…
Recommended Vs. Reported Working Conditions & Current Satisfaction Levels among Migrant Caregivers in Israel
Retirement Preparation Programs
Purpose: This study was designed to examine whether preretirement intervention, through preparation programs conducted by social workers, enhances retirees’ healthy retirement transition, self-mastery, and well-being outcomes. Methods: Data were gathered at preprogram, postprogram, and at 6-month follow-up. A total of 84 participants filled out pre- and postprogram questionnaires, of which 66 also completed follow-up assessment. Participants were…
Telephone hotline for aging
This study examined the reasons for use and the utility of an aging-focused telephone hotline. The most common topic of inquiry was care, followed by referrals for institutional placement and financial queries. Advice from hotline professionals was reported to be useful and helpful. Yet the issue of the query was not resolved in half of the cases. Some queries may be addressed by enhancing hotline procedures, but others reflect general unmet need…
Dementia prevention, intervention, and care
Medicine (32 obras) · Psychology (31 obras) · Gerontology (19 obras) · Nursing (14 obras) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (12 obras) · Psychiatry (11 obras) · Social Psychology (11 obras) · Social Psychology (10 obras) · Health disparities and outcomes (9 obras) · Sociology (9 obras)