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Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute Studies
The Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute for applied social research was established as an independent non-profit organization in 1974. The Institute was created with a grant from the Brookdale Foundation and as a partnership between the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJJDC) and the Government of Israel, in 2004 it expanded into the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute.
Highly regarded, the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute is an internationally recognized model of the effective linking of research practice and policy. Today, it continues in its objective to seek to improve the effectiveness of social services and social policies by developing and disseminating knowledge of social needs, as well as the effectiveness of programs intended to meet those needs.
Listed below are a few of most recent published studies — to read the full report please visit Myers - JDC - Brookdale Institute.
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A System of Support to Enable the Physically Disabled to Live Independently in the Community
The goal of this study was twofold: First, to identify the needs of persons with physical disabilities that are not addressed … Second, to map initiatives and programs for disabled persons living in the community that go beyond traditional services …
- Quality Forum: Strategies for Promoting Quality of Care in Israel
The Israel Quality Forum included leading Israeli directors, policymakers, and researchers, all of whom shared a strong commitment to quality. … In recent years, its main goal has been to engage the leadership of the health care system in exploring alternative strategies for enhancing quality of care.
- Populations Not Fully Participating in the Labor Market: Extent, Characteristics and Programs to Promote their Employment and Occupational Mobility
This report was prepared in the framework of the strategic planning for the Tevet Employment Initiative, a partnership between the Government of Israel and JDC-Israel. Tevet’s goal is to develop programs and projects to promote the integration of weak populations into employment and to create new possibilities for mobility in the labor market for them.
- Patterns of Integration in Employment of New Immigrants Aged 22-64
This report presents the patterns of integration into employment of immigrants aged 22–64 who have arrived in Israel since 1990. It examines immigrants from the former Soviet Union (FSU), Ethiopian Israelis, and three groups of immigrants from Western countries…
- Elderly Woman: Their Situation and Needs, and Directions for Improving their Quality of Life
Women live longer than men. In the last years of their life, many of them live alone and suffer from chronic morbidity, physical, functional, and psychological disability, loneliness and, frequently, economic deprivation.
November 2006
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