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Care For The Elderly
Tops Kibbutz Priorities
JEFF BLACK
Special to The Jewish News
A
few years short of
its 40th anniversary,
Kibbutz Yizre'el, near
the northern town of Afula,
boasts some 260 members
from all over the world and an
enviable record in two com-
pletely different areas of
social activity. The kibbutz,
supported by traditional
farming and more modern in-
dustry, excells in both sports
and the care of its members'
elderly parents.
Kibbutz Yizre'el is known
in Israel for its reputation as
being one of the hot-houses of
Israeli rugby.
Not all the kibbutz's
resources, however, are
devoted to sport. Gavrush
Nachushtan recently spent
three years in Holland study-
ing for his Ph.D. degree in
gerontology, the science of the
social and psychological
needs of elderly people. For
more than 20 years, Kibbutz
Yizre'el has adopted a policy
of caring for the parents of its
members.
Of the 30 parents presently
living on the kibbutz, the ma-
jority came to Yizre'el after
the death of their spouse.
Rather than face a lonely
With the parents
growing older — 11
out of 30 are over
80 — the kibbutz
has set aside
special rooms for
the wheelchair-
bound and round-
the-clock medical
care is available.
future, they saw the chance of
living with their children and
grandchildren a much more
attractive proposition.
Parents who come to the
kibbutz have the choice of liv-
ing in a standard kibbutz
house or buying their own,
more luxurious home,
situated in the area specially
reserved for members'
parents. Although money is
not a criteria for rejecting
anyone, the parents are ex-
pected to contribute to their
upkeep, by donating their
pension benefits to the kib-
butz, or buying their own
home.
Once housed, a parent may
volunteer to be added to the
work rotation of the kibbutz.
The oldest parent on the kib-
butz, a sprightly 87-year-old,
can still be found in the
carpentry shop, fixing fur-
niture. For those who find a
four-hour work day too
strenuous, the kibbutz open-
ed a special club house this
past year where parents meet
daily under the care and
supervision of kibbutz
members like Judy Scott, who
was a social worker in London
for the Jewish Blind Society
before coming to Israel.
Ms. Scott's working day
begins with helping those
parents who are bedridden,
bringing them breakfast and
helping wash and dress before
taking them along to the club
house if they feel up to it.
There, occupational therapy
is provided, along with the
chance to sit and chat over a
cup of coffee before lunch.
Trips out of the kibbutz are
often planned for them,
especially during the
summer.
With the parents growing
older — 11 out of 30 are over
80 — the kibbutz has set aside
special rooms for the
wheelchair-bound and round-
the-clock medical care is
available. Even so,
Nachushtan feels that this is
not enough and he is current-
ly working on expanding the
range of services the kibbutz
can offer.
The first stage of his plan
calls for the construction of a
care health center, comprised
of a physiotherapy studio,
rehabilitation workshop and
daily careroom. Alongside
this, four hospital rooms are
planned, situated in two
specially renovated houses
which will be on either
side of the kibbutz's clinic.
The kibbutz has accepted
Nachushtan's plans and its
next step is finding the
$120,000 financial invest-
ment for the initial stage.
Ms. Scott has more than a
professionalinterest in the ex-
pansion of the facilities for
the elderly. Her widowed
father has recently come to
Kibbutz Yizre'el and three
weeks after his arrival, he
still marvels at how the
welcome he received made
him feel at home
immediately.
His enthusaism bears mov-
ing testimony to her own
belief that the Kibbutz should
not push its elderly away to
old-age homes. "The whole
concept of kibbutz is that kib-
butz cares for its own," she ex-
plains. Indeed Kibbutz
Yizre'el is providing a
shining example.
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