Hanan Abojabel

UNSTRUCTURED Background and Objectives: Self-rated health (SRH) is a strong predictor of morbidity, functional ability, and mortality in older adults. As Internet use becomes increasingly integrated into later life, its potential impact on SRH warrants systematic investigation. This scoping review examined the association between Internet use and S...

Older people are often cared for by family caregivers who may experience a variety of challenges. Robots may be helpful. Understanding the attitudes of family caregivers in this context is essential as they are a major factor in robot use. To date, most studies on family caregivers ‘ attitudes toward robot assistance in elder care have been conduct...

Background Mental health challenges are widespread among adolescents undergoing significant physical, emotional, social, and academic changes. However, rates of formal help-seeking remain low, particularly among those from ethnic minorities. Aims This study investigated the determinants of intentions to seek formal mental health help among Palesti...

Background Despite the great benefits of intelligent assistive technology (IAT) for dementia care – for example, the enhanced safety and increased independence of people with dementia and their caregivers – its practical adoption is still limited. The social and ethical issues pertaining to IAT in dementia care, shaped by factors such as culture, m...

The body of knowledge regarding dementia worry – people’s sense of threat about developing dementia – is still limited. Additional studies are essential to better understand levels of dementia worry and its correlates, especially in cross-cultural contexts. To reach this goal, it is critical to use structured and valid measures to assess dementia w...

Solastalgia is the pain caused by the loss of solace and isolation from one’s environment. Solastalgia is contrasted with nostalgia, which is defined as melancholy characterized by homesickness or the distance from one’s home. The present study examines the two concepts of solastalgia and nostalgia in the context of climate change among diverse pop...

Older people are under-represented in the climate change movement yet are highly susceptible to the negative effects of climate change. This study’s objectives were to identify possible barriers faced by older persons to increase their pro-environmental behaviors and participation in the climate movement. Relying on in-depth qualitative interviews...

Background and Objectives Printed and social media, as well as professional and scholarly platforms, have extensively discussed the proliferation of ageism during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, no study has systematically examined the body of knowledge on the topic. Framed around the characteristics of ageism in general, the aim of this review was...

Background Completing advance directives has been declared an essential instrument for preserving and respecting the autonomy and preferences for end-of-life care of people living with dementia. However, research deciphering the reasoning behind the decision to complete or not advance directives in the case of dementia remains limited, especially a...

Objectives Over the past decade, the idea has been promoted that intelligent assistive technology (IAT) can empower people with dementia. As a new area of inquiry, however, the concept of empowerment and the impact of IAT in this context are still unclear. Therefore, we conducted a scoping review to examine the conceptualizing and measuring of empo...

Objectives Providing care for family members of individuals with dementia can be accompanied by a myriad of emotions, usually involving negative as well as positive feelings, or “ambivalent feelings.” Recent studies conducted among family caregivers of people with dementia have shown ambivalent feelings to be associated with serious psychological c...

Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a rich environment for ageist attitudes towards both older and younger people. However, publications on ageism during the outbreak have been mostly non-empirical and have concentrated on ageist beliefs directed towards older people. To overcome these limitations, we examined empirically the prevalence a...

Background There is no doubt that people with dementia can greatly benefit from the COVID-19 vaccine, especially as they are at an increased risk of developing severe complications, including long hospitalizations and high mortality rates, as a result of being infected by the virus. However, they might need the encouragement of health professionals...

The COVID 19 pandemic has led to an increase in the number of patients in need of ventilation. Limitations in the number of respirators may cause an ethical problem for the medical and nursing staff in deciding who should be connected to the available respirators. We conducted a cross-sectional survey among a convenience sample of 278 healthcare pr...

Objectives: Many studies have attempted to identify the factors that are associated with caregiver burden among family caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease (AD), because of its plethora of negative consequences. One unique factor that has been investigated recently is family stigma. However, the path leading from family stigma to caregive...

The present study aimed to assess dementia caregivers’ reports of the prevalence and correlates of forgone care regarding visits to a general practitioner (GP) and to a specialist during the COVID-19 lockdown in Israel, using Andersen’s Behavioral Model of Healthcare Utilization. A cross-sectional study using an online survey was conducted with 73...

Providing care to people with Parkinson's disease (PD) poses challenges for family carers, including experiencing stigmatic beliefs —i.e., family stigma. However, to the best of our knowledge, there is no empirical study examining the stigmatic experiences of family members of people with PD. This was the aim of the present study. Three focus group...

Background Engagement in behaviors aimed at reducing the risk of developing dementia is a leading recommendation in most National Dementia Strategy programs. Objective In an effort to advance knowledge regarding the implementation of this recommendation, the current study examined the perceptions and engagement of the adult population in Israel re...

Objectives Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common type of dementia, is one of the most feared diseases, obstructing help-seeking, and leading to discrimination. While research interest in fear of developing AD is increasing, little is known about its characterization, triggers, and consequences, especially among different cultures. In this study...

Aim To validate the Hebrew version of the Person‐Centered Care of Older People with Cognitive Impairment in the Acute Care scale. Background The Person‐Centered Care of Older People with Cognitive Impairment in Acute Care scale is a reliable and valid measure to assess the extent to which person‐centred care among people with dementia is adopted i...

Purpose: The combination of a growing population of older adults and increasing prevalence and awareness of dementia diagnoses suggests that dementia worry may also intensify. As a relatively new area of investigation, the dementia worry literature is growing, but variability in definitions and measurement continue. A scoping review was conducted...

Objectives: Providing care for family members with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) might awaken ambivalent feelings in caregivers. This topic, however, has received little research attention. Having reliable and valid scales is a first step in expanding our knowledge in this area, particularly among different cultural groups, as ambivalent emotions have b...

Objectives: The expected rise in the number of persons with dementia is accompanied by an increasing interest in understanding and reducing the stigmatic beliefs experienced by family caregivers of persons with the disease. While researchers have recently distinguished between family caregivers’ perceptions of public stereotypes (i.e., courtesy sti...

The use of quantitative self-report methods for assessing the stress associated with dementia caregiving, especially among minority groups, has been lately criticized. The aim of this study was to examine whether Human Figures Drawings might provide a tool for assessing caregivers' burden. Sixty Israeli Arabs – 30 family caregivers of a person with...

Research in the area of public stigma and Alzheimer disease (AD) is attracting increased attention in the last years. However, studies are limited to assessing the topic among adult persons. The aims of this study were to assess stigmatic beliefs toward a person with AD in high-school students and to examine whether majority–minority status is asso...

The aim of the present study was to examine the objective characteristics and the portrayal of Alzheimer's disease and of persons with Alzheimer's disease in Hebrew and Arabic online newspapers across time. The sample included 180 articles published in seven national online newspapers between 2010-2011 and 2014-2015 and dealing specifically with th...

Providing care to persons with Alzheimer's disease poses challenges for spouses and adult children, including experiencing stigmatic beliefs towards themselves—i.e., family stigma. Drawing on the frameworks of ethnicity and stigma and ethnicity and dementia, the current study explored stigmatic experiences among Israeli Arab family caregivers of a...

מטרת המחקר הייתה לבדוק הבדלים בין זקנים יהודים לערבים ובין גברים לנשים בביטוי תסמינים של דיכאון, תסמינים גופניים ודפוסי שליטה ברגשות, וכן לבדוק את הקשרים בין שליטה ברגשות לבין רמות דיכאון ותסמינים גופניים. במחקר השתתפו 153 נשים וגברים, יהודים (n=73) וערבים (n=80), בני 65 ומעלה, המבקרים בתשעה מרכזי יום בצפון הארץ. הנתונים נאספו באמצעות ראיונות פנים...