Caregiver

Gal Gadot's $3m. Genesis Prize initiative funds 24 Israeli mental health and trauma care NGOs

Recipients include Make-A-Wish Israel, United Hatzalah, and CareGivers Israel. The grants will support treatment, trauma counseling, caregiver training, and social work services.

A superhero in every field. Gal Gadot.
Police tape cordons off an area at a childcare centre, as Indonesian police investigate allegations of physical abuse involving young children, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, April 30, 2026.

Indonesian police name 14 more suspects in daycare abuse case, bringing total to 27

(From R) MALI RUBINSTEIN; Orit Horn; President Isaac Herzog; Galit Shebo Mahasri; and Prof. Pia Raanani.

Israel’s hospitals are beginning to recognize, empower family caregivers

 Israelis take cover in a public shelter as a siren is sounded warning of incoming missiles fired from Iran into Israel. March 06, 2026.

Petition calls for emergency evacuation for disabled, elderly Israelis amid Iran missile threat


A psychologist explains: What can Punch the monkey and his doll teach us?

Everyone has been talking this past week about the cute monkey who found comfort with another monkey doll. An experts explains why that is precisely where he finds his safe place.

Punch, a Japanese macaque who was abandoned at birth

'Cruel and systematic': Netanya-based caregiver convicted of abusing 12 toddlers

Separately, six West Bank caregivers were arrested, and a kindergarten director was detained on Monday on suspicion of abusing a vulnerable person

Man in handcuffs - illustrative

Knesset lobby pushes for increased support for Israel's caregivers

Corn, a veteran family therapist, who was thrilled by the establishment of the lobby, noted that caregivers “are invisible in the population."

 THE RATE OF caregivers will increase significantly in the coming decades.

Toddlers found wandering streets of Netanya alone, Israel Police investigate

The Netanya police opened an investigation into the incident and are expected to question the daycare staff. 

 View of buildings and houses in the central Israeli city of Netanya, September 8, 2024.

Revelation of Neanderthals with Down syndrome places special emphasis on caregiving - study

The study, which was published late last month in the journal Science Advances, centers its findings on how disabled individuals among the Neanderthal population were often cared for.

 Red ocher markings which were painted on stalagmites by Neanderthals about 65,000 years ago, according to an international study, are seen in a prehistoric cave in Ardales, southern Spain, August 7, 2021.

Lend a hand: New 'dressing robot' may mimic assistance provided by caregivers

This technology could be significant in the social-care system to allow caregivers to spend less time on practical tasks and more time on the health and mental well-being of individuals. 

 A demonstration of the dressing robot in the laboratory

Winners of the Danielle Sonnenfeld Prize announced after 800,000 Israelis vote

The prize for outstanding medical professionals was set up in memory of mensch Danielle Sonnenfeld, who died before completing her dream of becoming a doctor.

Danielle Sonnenfeld Prize ceremony, September 2023.

Ben-Gvir sued his father's caretaker - and ended up having to pay him

A foreign worker who cared for Ben-Gvir's father was sued by the minister for going on vacation.

 Israeli minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir at the National Security offices in Jerusalem June 15, 2023.

1 in 5 Israelis take care of individuals with disabilities for free

Haredim are the group who are most often caregivers, with 34% of the sector serving as caregivers for a family member.

Caregiver (illustrative)

83-year-old woman imprisoned in warehouse by caregiver

The shocking incident comes as cases of elder abuse by caregivers rise year over year.

Wheelchair (illustrative)