Dr. Sharon Ost Mor, PhD
Dr. Sharon Ost Mor is a research fellow at the Department of Gerontology, University of Haifa. She is also an active member of the Committee of Gerontology Promotion in Israel. She finished her doctoral studies at the Department of Gerontology, University of Haifa, supervised by Professor Yuval Palgi and Dr. Dikla Segel-Karpas. While in the process of her PhD studies, she coined a new concept: positive solitude ( סולנותin Hebrew). She studies the experience of positive solitude among older adults and other populations, as well as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the experience. Dr. Mor also has an MHA degree with honors from the Health and Welfare Faculty, University of Haifa. She is a gerontological occupational therapist.
Research Interests:
- Positive solitude meaning
- Leisure time and activities
- Model of human occupation
- Palliative care
Keywords:
Qualitative research; Older adults; Positive Psychology; Quality of life
SDG Keywords:
Learning opportunities; Lifelong learning; Marginalised; Social inclusion; Workplace; equality; Job creation; Productive employment; Ageism; Prison
She can be reached at: petelmor@netvision.net.il
