Misgav – Geriatric Rehabilitation Centers in the Community

Misgav – A network of geriatric rehabilitation centers in the community is a national public system developed by JDC-Eshel and the Ministry of Health, designed to enable rehabilitative treatment in the community for elderly people with functional decline as a result of health events, such as stroke, Parkinson’s disease, hip fracture and functional decline due to hospitalization. The centers were built to enable the restoration of the old man’s functioning, promoting his participation in his life environment and community, with an emphasis on providing tools for a healthy and preventing lifestyle.

Today there are six centers operating within welfare and health infrastructures in the communities: Beersheba, Kiryat Gat, Ramat Gan, Ramle, Nof HaGalil and Sheparam.
The service is provided to insurers of all health funds and offers inclusive and intigestive rehabilitation geriatric programs focused on the old person and relate to his physical, emotional and social aspects; combine the caretaker family members; Promotes prevention and a healthy lifestyle, strengthens community vision that promotes community-care continuity, and supports aging at home, in the community (Aging in place).

Treatments are provided by a multi-professional team from the fields of medicine, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapists, nutrition, social work, nursing and psychology.
For more information and to join the service , please contact the center directly in the living area,

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