Dalit Zaguri-Greener, BSN, MA, PhD.c, RN

Dalit is a doctoral student in the Nursing Department at the University of Haifa, under the supervision of Professor Anna Zisberg and Professor Ruth Palan Lopez. Her doctoral dissertation subject is on the topic of family caregiving of long-term care residents with dementia. Dalit completed an MA in Nursing at Haifa University, with a thesis in the field of acute hospital care examining relationship between fall risk assessment, fear of falling, and mobility among acutely ill hospitalized older adults. Dalit worked as a head nurse in a nursing home and gained knowledge and experience in treatment and coping of the alders and their family members. Nowadays Dalit is a lecturer and a faculty member in the nursing department at the Ruppin Academic Center.

Research Interests:

• Treatment models of self-transcendence in family members of those suffering from dementia
• Family involvement in nursing homes

Keywords:

Older adults; Falls; Dementia; Self-Transcendence; Trust; Informal Caregivers; Palliative Care; Long Term Care Facilities; Nursing Homs.

SDG Keywords:

Vulnerable; Disadvantaged; Disability; Mental health; Ageism; Knowledge sharing.

She can be contacted at: dalitzg@gmail.com