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The Claims Conference has allocated approximately $82 million for social welfare services for Nazi victims in Israel for 2009

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Special aid to Gaza-area Nazi victims

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Funding for Services to Nazi Victims

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Institutional Allocations to Assist Survivors

Israel

A Nazi victim with her social worker at a geriatric facility in Israel.

Claims Conference funding provides comfortable, modern facilities for Nazi victims in geriatric centers.

The AMCHA friendly visiting program pairs Nazi victims with young volunteers.

Mira Specter at her home in Bat Yam where she receives homecare.

The Claims Conference funds the maintenance of institutions caring for Nazi victims in Israel such as nursing homes, hospital wards, and day centers, so that the most up-to-date care is provided in dignified, modern facilities. The Claims Conference also subsidizes the cost of day center attendance for needy Nazi victims.

Pictured: Eliana Gross receives services from a Claims Conference-funded nursing facility in Israel.

Claims Conference funds have spurred a recognition and support network for the special needs of survivors. Priorities include:

• In-home Services
• Old Age Homes
• Nursing Units on Kibbutzim
• Mental Hospitals
• Senior Day Centers
• Geriatric Centers and General Hospitals
• Medical equipment, assistance, and medical alert systems
• Sheltered Housing Supportive Communities

The Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims in Israel is receiving approximately $68 million in Claims Conference funding in 2009. It was founded in 1995 with a Claims Conference grant, providing:

• In-home services to approximately 15,000 Nazi victims all over Israel who are unable to fully care for themselves at home. The Claims Conference seeks to enable Nazi victims to remain living in their own homes for as long as possible, through these services. Many recipients of assistance from the Foundation are disabled to the point of being unable to perform basic activities of daily living such as cooking, bathing, dressing and even using the bathroom or taking a walk outside.
  
• Individual grants to Nazi victims for essential items not covered by Israeli National Health programs, such as dental treatment, medications, and medical equipment.
  
• Emergency lifeline buttons for those who live alone or who suffer from a severe health problem; and emergency funds for items not covered under any of the other areas of assistance.

Capital Projects: The Claims Conference supports the building and renovation of facilities that assist elderly Nazi victims such as nursing homes, hospital wards, sheltered housing, day centers, and soup kitchens. The Claims Conference funds these projects only in Israel, and has been a major contributor to raising the standards of living and care for victims of Nazism in these institutions.

With Claims Conference funding, dignified and attractive facilities have been built to care for survivors requiring special care:


• Nursing units have been built on kibbutzim so residents do not have to leave their longtime homes and communities.
  
• Mentally disturbed victims of the Shoah now have light, airy, and modern accommodations so they may live out their last days in dignity.
  
• Hospital units have been renovated, reducing the number of patients per room to two to three, rather than the previous five to ten, and upgraded to include the most modern equipment and treatment options. Funds are allocated to modernize the infrastructure of institutions caring for Nazi victims including the upgrading or addition of air-conditioning, sprinkler systems, and plumbing.