Prof. Liat Ayalon

Books

Ayalon, L. & Tesch-Roemer, C. (Eds.) (2018). Contemporary perspectives on ageism. Berlin, Germany: Springer.

Ayalon, L. (2018). Sex, meds and rock n' roll: Who said that the world only belongs to the young. Matar (Hebrew)

Book Chapters

Ayalon., L. (2023). Climate change, older people, and the law. In (Westwood, S. and Knauer, N. Eds.) Research Handbook on Law, Society and Ageing. eries directed by Austin Sarat (Amherst, US) and Rosemary Hunter (Queen Mary, London), London: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Koren. C. & Ayalon., L. (2023). Relationship initiation among older adults. In Justin Mogilski & Todd Shackelford (eds). The oxford handbook of evolutionary psychology and romantic relationships. Oxford University Press

Ayalon, L. (2023). Mental health, old age, physical health and oppression. In Silvia Perel-Levin (Ed.). Ageing of the oppression. Peter Lang Publishing

Tesch-Roemer, C. & Ayalon, L. (2023). Ageism and social policy: Understanding age discrimination at the societal level. In Kai Leichsenring & Alexandre Sidorenko (Eds.). A research agenda for ageing and social policy. Edward Elgar

Aharoni Lir, S* & Ayalon, L. (2023). The Celluloid Hurdles: Israeli Women Film Directors in the Prism of Gender and Time. In (N. Haring, R. Maierhofer, & B. Ratzenböck Eds.) Gender and age in popular culture. Bielefeld: Transcript Publishing.

Ayalon. L. (2023). A cross-cultural life course approach to understanding ageism. In M. E. Lachman., A. Spiro., S. Charles., S.D. Neupert (eds.) APA handbook of adult development and aging. APA

Ayalon. L. (2023). Age discrimination: Is it time for a critical age theory? In A. Motel-Klingebiel, L. Foster, and B. Luo (Eds.). The research handbook on the sociology of ageing. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

Ayalon. L. (2023). Older people, mental health, and climate change: From vulnerability to social justice and intergenerational solidarity. In R. Moore (Ed.). Climate change and mental health equity. Springer

Ayalon. L. (2023). Quality of life of older adults in continuing care retirement communities. In R. Marans, R. Simson, & N. Webster (Eds.). Handbook of quality-of-life research: Place and space perspectives. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing

Shiovitz-Ezra, S., Levinsky., M.,* Erlich. B.,* & Ayalon., L. (2022). Epidemiological control measures and subjective age among people 50 and over. SHARE publication.

Ayalon., L. (2022). Ageism towards oneself vs. ageism towards others in the context of views of aging. In Y. Palgi, A. Shrira, M. Diel (Eds.). Subjective views of aging: Theory, research, and practice. Switzerland: Springer

Ayalon., L. (2021). Successful ageing and ageism: A bi-directional influence. In C., Tesch-Römer, H-W., Whal. with S.I.S. Rattan & L. Ayalon. Successful ageing: Ambition and ambivalence. Oxford University Press.

Keating, N., Eales, J., Phillips, J., Ayalon, L., Lazaro, M., Montes de Oca, V., Rea, P., & Tyagi, P.  (2020). Critical human ecology and global contexts of rural ageing. In M. Skinner, R. Winterton and K. Walsh (Eds) Rural gerontology: Towards critical perspectives on rural ageing (pp 52-63), Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

Phelan, A. & Ayalon, L. (2020). The intersection of ageism and elder abuse. In A. Phelan (Ed.). Advances in elder abuse research (pp. 11-22). Berlin, Germany: Springer.

Chen., A. X.*, Tsang., V-A., L.*, Wong., J.T.K.*, Fung., H., H., & Ayalon., L. (2019). Three ways that ageing affects women differently from men: menopause, changes in physical appearance and caregiving. Cambridge international handbook on psychology of women. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Gewirtz-Meydan, A.*, Hafford-Letchfield, T., Benyamini, Y., Phelan, A., Jackson, J., & Ayalon, L. (2018). Ageism and sexuality. In Ayalon, L. & Tesch-Roemer, C. (Eds.). Contemporary perspectives on ageism (pp. 149-162). Berlin, Germany: Springer.

Lev, S., Wurm, S., & Ayalon, L. (2018). The origins of ageism at the individual level. In Ayalon, L. & Tesch-Roemer, C. (Eds.). Contemporary perspectives on ageism (pp. 51-72). Berlin, Germany: Springer.

Ayalon, L. & Arean, P.A. (2017). Counseling and support needs of dementia caregivers. In BJ Sadock, VA Sadock, P Ruiz. (Eds.), Kaplan & Sadock's comprehensive textbook of psychiatry, Ninth Edition. Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Ayalon, L. & Koren, C. (2015). Marriage, second couplehood, divorce and singlehood in old age. P. Lichtenberg, B. Mast & J. Wetherell (eds.). APA handbook of clinical geropsychology. American Psychological Association. pp. 617-644.

Ayalon, L. (2013). The last year of life: First results from the end of life interviews. In L. Achdut and H. Litwin (Eds.). The Financial, Health and Social Status of Older Israelis: Findings from the Second Wave of SHARE-Israel. Jerusalem: Van Leer. pp. 1-14. (Hebrew)

Ayalon, L. & Meir, A.* (2013). Predictors of change in cognitive function among older Israelis by population group. In L. Achdut and H. Litwin (Eds.). The Financial, Health and Social Status of Older Israelis: Findings from the Second Wave of SHARE-Israel. Jerusalem: Van Leer. (Hebrew). pp. 1-20

Shiovitz-Ezra, S., Ayalon, L., Brodsky, J. (2013). Measuring and evaluating ageism. In Israel (Issi) Doron (Ed.). Ageism in Israel. Jerusalem: Van Leer. (Hebrew)

Arean, P.A., & Ayalon, L. (2010). Major depression. In J. Thomas and M. Hersen. Handbook of Clinical Psychology Competencies. New York: Springer. pp. 637-670.

Arean, P.A., & Ayalon, L. (2010). Preventing depression relapse in older adults. In C. S. Richards & M. G. Perri. Relapse Prevention for Depression. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Ayalon, L. (2010). Foreign home care workers in Israel- The role of human rights organizations. Transnational Carework: Legal Framework, Social Practices, Socio-political Challenges. Part 4 (pp. 77-288).

Ayalon, L., Feliciano, L., Areán, P.A. (2005) Aging changes that affect communication. In K.L. Mauk (Ed.). Gerontological Nursing: Competencies for Care.  Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. pp. 87-

Articles in Periodicals

Cherry. K. E., Ayalon., L., Pillemer., K. A. (2023). The real impact of the changing climate on psychosocial functioning. Generations.

de Mendonça Lima, C.A., Ayalon, A., Banerjee, D., Peisah, C., & Rabheru., K. (2023). The right to education throughout the life course, advances and challenges: contribution of WPA-SOAP and IPA. International Psychogeriatrics

Ayalon., L. & Roy. S.* (2023). The role of chronological age in climate change attitudes, feelings, and behavioral intentions: The case of null results. PlosOne

Rosenberg, D.,* Shiovitz-Ezra, S. & Ayalon. L. (2023). Helps you, helps me? Provision of instrumental and personal care and loneliness among adults aged 50 years and older during the COVID-19 pandemic. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics.

Okun., S. & Ayalon. L. (2023). And what about self-ageism?   “Inner work” as a fifth strategy for the eradication of ageism. Journal of Aging & Social Policy

Roy. S.* & Ayalon., L. (2023). They did not know what they were doing”: Climate change and intergenerational compassion. The Gerontologist

Ayalon., L. & Roy. S.* (2023). Measurement development and validation to capture perceptions of younger people’s climate action: An opportunity for intergenerational collaboration and dialogue. Journal of Intergenerational Relationship

Ayalon., L. (2023). Perceived neighborhood characteristics and wellbeing: Exploring mediational pathways. Journal of Environmental Psychology

Aloni., O* & Ayalon., L. (2023). Inconsistent and arbitrary age-based policies during the first wave of the covid-19 pandemic. Journal of Aging & Social Policy

Shivoitz-Ezra, S., Erlich. B.,* & Ayalon., L. (2023). Short- and Medium-term effects of ageism on loneliness experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Applied Gerontology

Sha. N.* & Ayalon. L. (2023). The experience of social workers in the process of placing guardianship. Gerontologia (Hebrew)

Roy., S. & Ayalon. L. (2023). Intergenerational relations in the climate movement: Bridging the gap
toward a common goal. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Aharoni Lir, S.,* & Ayalon, L. (2022). The wounded lion–ageism and masculinity in the Israeli film industry. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 811.

Ayalon. L., Ulitsa, N*., Abojabel, H.,* & Engdau-Vanda, S. (2022). older persons’ perceptions concerning climate activism and pro-environmental behaviors: results from a qualitative study of diverse population groups of older Israelis. Sustainability

Ayalon. L. & Segel-Karpas, D (2022). A life course, inter-generational perspective on loneliness. International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Allen. D. L. *, Bradley. B. D., Ayalon. L. (2022). What’s keeping residents “out of the mainstream”: Challenges to participation in the news media for older people living in residential care. Journal of Applied Gerontology

Lir-Aharoni. S.* & Ayalon. L. (2022). Womanhood between oppression and expression in "Miss Granny." Feminist Media Studies

Ayalon. L. & Roy. S.* (2022). The role of ageism in climate change worries and willingness to act. Journal of Applied Gerontology

Aloni. O.* & Ayalon. L. (2022). The Missing Link: The Absence of Older Adults from the Socio-Legal Discourse on Climate Change. New York University Environmental Law Journal

de Mendonça Lima, C. A., Banerjee, D., Ayalon, L., Prasad, R., Rothenberg, K. G., & Rabheru, K. (2022). IPA and WPA-SOAP position statement on deprivation of liberty of older persons with mental health conditions. International Psychogeriatrics,

Ayalon. L. & Roy. S. (2022). A viewpoint on combatting ageism in the Western Pacific region. The Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific

Ayalon. L. Dayan. E., & Freedman. S. (2022). Combatting ageism through virtual embodiment? Using explicit and implicit measures. International Psychogeriatrics

Roy. S.,*& Ayalon. L. (2022). Ever the father: Caring masculinities among older men in two Bollywood films. The Gerontologist

Okun. S*., & Ayalon. L. (2022). The Paradox of Subjective Age: Age(ing) in the Self-Presentation of Older Adults. International Psychogeriatrics

Levinson, M.*, Ayalon, L., & Benjamini, Y. (2022). Gender homophily and gender distribution in social networks: The case of older adults in long term care settings. Social Networks, 71, 70-79.

Gweirtz-Meydan. A., Opuda., E. & Ayalon. L. (2022). Sex and love among older adults in the digital world: A scoping review. The Gerontologist.

de Mendonça Lima, C.A., Banerjee. D., Ayalon, L., Prasad, R., Rothenberg, K.G., & Rabheru. K. (2022). IPA and WPA-SOAP position statement on deprivation of liberty of older persons with mental health conditions. International Psychogeriatrics

Kottl., H.,* Tazfer., A., & Ayalon. L. (2022). COVID-19 und Techniknutzung: Alter(n)sdiskurse in deutschen Medien. Cultural Gerontology- Perspectives on Aging, Karl Landsteiner Private University. Austria.

Gewirtz-Meydan, A.*, & Ayalon, L. (2022). Reasons people refrain from sex in later life. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 1-19.

Okun, S.*, & Ayalon, L. (2022). Ageism: the importance of the linguistic concept for the construction of the experience. Ageing & Society, 1-15.

Köttl, H.*, Allen, L. D.*, Mannheim, I.*, & Ayalon, L. (2022). Associations between everyday ICT usage and (self-) ageism: a systematic literature review. The Gerontologist.

Peisah, C., de Mendonça Lima, C. A., Ayalon, L., Banerjee, D., De Leo, D., Hwang, T. J., ... & Rabheru, K. (2022). An international consensus statement on the benefits of reframing aging and mental health conditions in a culturally inclusive and respectful manner. International Psychogeriatrics, 1-4.

Gazit., T., Nissim., S., & Ayalon, L., (2022). Intergenerational family online community and older adults' overall wellbeing. Emerald Publishing.

Gewirtz-Meydan, A., Levkovich, I., Pinto, G., & Ayalon, L., (2022). Discomfort in discussing sexual issues: Developing a new scale for staff at long-term care facilities for older Adults. Journal of Gerontological Nursing.

Cohen, L., Sher-Censor, E., Oppenheim, D., Dassa, A., Ayalon, L., & Palgi, Y. (2022). Nursing aides’ mentalization, expressed emotion, and observed interaction with residents with dementia: A quasi-experimental study. Geriatric Nursing, 45, 100-107.

Cohn-Schwartz, E., Schafer, M. H., & Ayalon, L. (2022). Age integration in later life social networks and self-perceptions of aging: examining their reciprocal associations. European Journal of Ageing, 1-9.

Xi, W.*, Zhang, X., & Ayalon, L. (2022). When less intergenerational closeness helps: The influence of intergenerational physical proximity and technology attributes on technophobia among older adults. Computers in Human Behavior, 131, 107234.

Gum, A. M., Green, O.*, Dassa, A., Klausner, K., Gewirtz-Meydan, A.*, & Ayalon, L. (2022). Behavioral activation for live-in migrant home care workers and care recipients in Israel: a pilot study. Home Health Care Services Quarterly, 1-17.

Ayalon, L., Roy, S.*, Aloni, O.*, & Keating, N. (2022). A scoping review of research on older people and intergenerational relations in the context of climate change. The Gerontologist.

Lir, S. A., & Ayalon, L. (2022). “What is right and real–is the storytelling”: masculinity, media and creativity. Creativity Studies, 15(2), 348-363.

 

240. Ayalon, L., & Rapolienė, G. (2022). Changes in Attitudes Toward Aging, Older People and Elder Care From the Perspective of Former Migrant Care Workers. Research on Aging, 01640275211069605.

Segel-Karpas, D., Cohn-Schwartz, E., & Ayalon, L. (2022). Self-perceptions of aging and depressive symptoms: the mediating role of loneliness. Aging & Mental Health, 26(7), 1495-1501.

Ayalon, L., & Lir, S. A.* (2022). “The Internal Police Officer Has Not Retired but Has Slowed Down”: Israeli Women Reframe Their Aging Experiences in the Second Half of Life. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 41(3), 847-854.

Harel, D.*, & Ayalon, L. (2022). A Bibliotherapeutic discourse on aging and masculinity in continuing care retirement communities. Journal of Aging Studies, 101033.

Köttl, H.*, Tatzer, V. C., & Ayalon, L. (2022). COVID-19 and everyday ICT use: The discursive construction of old age in German media. The Gerontologist, 62(3), 413-424.

Koren, C., & Ayalon, L. (2022). Envy and Jealousy of Living apart Together Relationships in Continuing Care Retirement Communities: Perspectives of Staff and Residents. The British Journal of Social Work, 52(1), 79-97.

Avidor, S., & Ayalon, L. (2022). “I didn’t meet my mother; I saw my mother”: The challenges facing long-term care residents and their families in the age of COVID-19. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 41(1), 22-29.

Ayalon, L., & Cohn-Schwartz, E. (2021). Ageism from a cross-cultural perspective: results from a national survey of Israelis over the age of 50. International Psychogeriatrics, 1-9.

Rapolienė, G., & Ayalon, L. (2021). Why People Emigrate to Work in Elder Care?. Socialinė teorija, empirija, politika ir praktika, 23, 54-67.

Ayalon, L., & Cohn-Schwartz, E. (2021). The Relationship Between Perceived Age Discrimination in the Healthcare System and Health: An Examination of a Multi-Path Model in a National Sample of Israelis Over the Age of 50. Journal of Aging and Health, 08982643211058025.

Xi, W.*, Zhang, X., & Ayalon, L. (2021). The framing effect of intergenerational comparison of technologies on technophobia among older adults. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B.

Negeri, Z. F., Levis, B., Sun, Y., He, C., Krishnan, A., Wu, Y., ... & Thombs, B. D. (2021). Accuracy of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for screening to detect major depression: updated systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. British Medical Journal, 375.

Amar.A.* & Ayalon, L. (2021). The place of forgiving oneself and an older parent in the transition to long term care: Time capsule of the older parent-child dyad. Gerontology & Geriatrics (Hebrew)

Köttl, H.*, Gallistl, V., Rohner, R., & Ayalon, L. (2021). “But at the age of 85? Forget it!”: Internalized ageism, a barrier to technology use. Journal of Aging Studies, 59, 100971.

Ayalon, L., & Rapolienė, G. (2021). The disruption of the care chain: why do Lithuanian migrant home care workers return to their home country?. Ageing & Society, 1-17.

Lir, S. A.*, & Ayalon, L. (2021). “I was born a man-I'm close to myself”: Israeli film directors and cinema in the MeToo era. Journal of Aging Studies, 101039.

Hamilton, M., Peisah, C., Rabheru, K., Ayalon, L., Verbeek, H., Stoppe, G., & de Mendonça Lima, C. (2021). Understanding barriers to the realization of human rights among older women with mental health conditions. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 29(10), 1009-1014.

Cohen, L.*, Sher-Censor, E., Oppenheim, D., Dassa, A., Ayalon, L., & Palgi, Y. (2022). Emotional availability in dyads of nursing aide-resident with dementia: Old tool, new perspective. Dementia, 21(3), 882-898.

Aharoni Lir, S.*, & Ayalon, L. (2022). The ethos of the auteur as father of the film craft–on masculinity, creativity and the art of filmmaking. Creativity Studies, 15(1), 130-146.

Allen, L. D.*, Odziemczyk, I. Z.*, Perek-Białas, J., & Ayalon, L. (2021). “We should be at the back of the line”: A frame analysis of old age within the distribution order of the COVID-19 vaccine. The Gerontologist, 61(8), 1317-1325.

Ayalon, L., Perel-Levin, S., Georgantzi, N., & de Mendonça Lima, C. (2021). Participation of Older Persons With Mental Health Conditions and Psychosocial Disabilities in the Labor Market. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 29(10), 1033-1037.

Ayalon, L., Peisah, C., de Mendonça Lima, C., Verbeek, H., & Rabheru, K. (2021). Ageism and the state of older people with mental conditions during the pandemic and beyond: manifestations, etiology, consequences, and future directions. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 29(10), 995-999.

Verbeek, H., Peisah, C., de Mendonca Lima, C. A., Rabheru, K., & Ayalon, L. (2021). Human rights to inclusive living and care for older people with mental health conditions. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 29(10), 1015-1020.

Ayalon, L., Keating, N., Pillemer, K., & Rabheru, K. (2021). Climate change and mental health of older persons: A human rights imperative. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 29(10), 1038-1040.

Peisah, C., Ayalon, L., Verbeek, H., Benbow, S. M., Wiskerke, E., Rabheru, K., & Sorinmade, O. (2021). Sexuality and the human rights of persons with dementia. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 29(10), 1021-1026.

Segel-Karpas, D., & Ayalon, L. (2022). Adult daughters’ emotional response to COVID-19: the role of worry, solidarity, conflict, and ambivalence in the relationship with the mother. Aging & Mental Health, 26(3), 578-585.

Ayalon, L., & Cohn-Schwartz, E. (2021). Measures of self-and other-directed ageism and worries concerning COVID-19 health consequences: Results from a nationally representative sample of Israelis over the age of 50. Plos one, 16(5), e0251577.

de la Fuente-Núñez, V., Cohn-Schwartz, E., Roy, S., & Ayalon, L. (2021). Scoping review on ageism against younger populations. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(8), 3988.

Lin, H., Chang, Y., Chen, C., Ho, Y. W., Xi, W., Zhang, X., ... & Ayalon, L. (2021). Are older adults more optimistic? Evidence from China, Israel and the US. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences.

Ayalon, L. (2021). Trust and compliance with COVID-19 preventive behaviors during the pandemic. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(5), 2643.

Fischer, F., Levis, B., Falk, C., Sun, Y., Ioannidis, J. P., Cuijpers, P., ... & Thombs, B. D. (2021). Comparison of different scoring methods based on latent variable models of the PHQ-9: an individual participant data meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine, 1-12.

Cohn-Schwartz, E.*, & Ayalon, L. (2021). COVID-19 protective behaviors: the role of living arrangements and localities. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 40(8), 799-803.

Ayalon, L., & Shinan‐Altman, S. (2021). Tension between reality and visions: Lessons from an evaluation of a training program of paid elder care workers. Health & Social Care in the Community, 29(6), 1915-1924.

Ayalon, L., & Avidor, S. (2021). ‘We have become prisoners of our own age’: from a continuing care retirement community to a total institution in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak. Age and ageing, 50(3), 664-667.

Ayalon, L. (2021). The global care network and its impact on sending and receiving countries: current knowledge and future directions. Ageing & Society, 1-18.

Ayalon, L., & Segel-Karpas, D. (2021). When she worries I worry too: COVID-19 worries in the context of daughters’ and mothers’ relations. Research on Aging, 44(1), 3-9.

Ayalon, L., Lev, S., & Lev, G. (2021). What can we learn from the past about the future of gerontology: Using natural language processing to examine the field of gerontology. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 76(9), 1828-1837.

Aharoni Lir, S.*, & Ayalon, L. (2021). For Better or Worse: A Gendered Outlook of the films The Leisure Seeker and Alaska. Feminist Media Studies, 1-16.

Roy, S.*, & Ayalon, L. (2021). “Goodness and kindness”: Long-distance caregiving through volunteers during the COVID-19 lockdown in India. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 76(7), e281-e289.

Allen, L. D.*, & Ayalon, L. (2021). “It’s pure panic”: The portrayal of residential care in American newspapers during COVID-19. The Gerontologist, 61(1), 86-97.

Köttl, H.*, Cohn-Schwartz, E.*, & Ayalon, L. (2021). Self-perceptions of aging and everyday ICT engagement: A test of reciprocal associations. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 76(9), 1913-1922.

Cohn-Schwartz, E.*, & Ayalon, L. (2021). Societal views of older adults as vulnerable and a burden to society during the COVID-19 outbreak: Results from an Israeli nationally representative sample. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 76(7), e313-e317.

Levkovich, I., Gewirtz‐Meydan, A., & Ayalon, L. (2021). Communicating with older adults about sexual issues: How are these issues handled by physicians with and without training in human sexuality?. Health & Social Care in the Community, 29(5), 1317-1326.

Xi, W.*, Xu, W.*, Zhang, X., & Ayalon, L. (2021). A thematic analysis of Weibo topics (Chinese Twitter Hashtags) regarding older adults during the COVID-19 outbreak. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 76(7), e306-e312.

Ayalon, L. & Gewirtz-Meydan, A. (2021). Physicians’ Moral Dilemmas in the Age of Viagra. Men and Masculinities, 24(4), 690-707.

Schwartz, E., Ayalon, L., & Huxhold, O. (2021). Exploring the reciprocal associations of perceptions of aging and social involvement. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 76(3), 563-573.

Ayalon, L., Chasteen, A., Diehl, M., Levy, B. R., Neupert, S. D., Rothermund, K., ... & Wahl, H. W. (2021). Aging in times of the COVID-19 pandemic: Avoiding ageism and fostering intergenerational solidarity. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 76(2), e49-e52.

Ayalon, L., & Cohn-Schwartz, E. (2021). The reciprocal temporal associations between subjective age and social relations in adult day care centers over a one-year period. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 45(1), 69-77.

Cohn-Schwartz, E., Segel-Karpas, D., & Ayalon, L. (2021). Longitudinal dyadic effects of aging self-perceptions on health. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 76(5), 900-909.

Vitman-Schorr, A., Ayalon, L., & Tamir, S. (2020). The relationship between satisfaction with the accessibility of the living environment and depressive symptoms. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 72, 101527.

Ayalon, L. (2020). Life in a world for all ages: From a utopic idea to reality. Journal of Elder Policy, 1(1), 39-67.

Levis, B., Sun, Y., He, C., Wu, Y., Krishnan, A., Bhandari, P. M., ... & Thombs, B. D. (2020). Accuracy of the PHQ-2 alone and in combination with the PHQ-9 for screening to detect major depression: systematic review and meta-analysis. Jama, 323(22), 2290-2300.

Ayalon, L. (2020). There is nothing new under the sun: Ageism and intergenerational tension in the age of the COVID-19 outbreak. International Psychogeriatrics, 32(10), 1221-1224.

Vitman-Schorr, A., & Ayalon, L. (2020). Older adults’ mental maps of their spatial environment: Exploring differences in attachment to the environment between participants in adult day care centers in rural and urban environments. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 35(4), 1037-1054.

Fridman, S.,* Schindler, M. & Ayalon, L. (2020). No magic solutions: Social workers’ perceptions concerning the guardianship of older adults. Gerontologia (Hebrew)

Levis, B., Benedetti, A., Ioannidis, J. P., Sun, Y., Negeri, Z., He, C., ... & Thombs, B. D. (2020). Patient Health Questionnaire-9 scores do not accurately estimate depression prevalence: individual participant data meta-analysis. Journal of clinical epidemiology, 122, 115-128.

Gewirtz-Meydan, A., Levkovich, I., Mock, M., Gur, U., Karkabi, K., & Ayalon, L. (2020). Sex for seniors: how physicians discuss older adult’s sexuality. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 9(1), 1-9.

Vitman-Schorr, A., & Ayalon, L. (2020). The changing status of Israeli Arab women as reflected in their role as main caregivers. Journal of Family Issues, 41(11), 2203-2222.

Ayalon, L., Zisberg, A., Cohn-Schwartz, E., Cohen-Mansfield, J., Perel-Levin, S., & Siegal, E. B. A. (2020). Long-term care settings in the times of COVID-19: challenges and future directions. International psychogeriatrics, 32(10), 1239-1243.

Ben-Harush, A., Ayalon, L., & Shinan-Altman, S. (2020). Turning Community Elder Care into a Profession: Insights from Trainees, Developers, Employers and Supervisors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(16), 5867.

Roy, S., & Ayalon, L. (2020). Age and gender stereotypes reflected in Google’s “autocomplete” function: The portrayal and possible spread of societal stereotypes. The Gerontologist, 60(6), 1020-1028.

Shinan-Altman, S., Soskolne, V., & Ayalon, L. (2020). Becoming a home care worker: Job-seekers’ push and pull factors. Research on Aging, 42(2), 62-71.

Shinan-Altman, S., Gum, A. M., & Ayalon, L. (2020). Moving to a continuing care retirement community or staying in the community? A comparison between American and Israeli older adults. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 39(11), 1221-1229.

Ayalon, L. (2020). Sense of belonging to the community in continuing care retirement communities and adult day care centers: The role of the social network. Journal of Community Psychology, 48(2), 437-447.

Gewirtz-Meydan, A., & Ayalon, L. (2020). “Shades of Grey”: Exploring Public Opinion about Later-Life Sexuality. Canadian Journal on Aging/La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 39(4), 647-661.

Segel-Karpas, D., & Ayalon, L. (2020). Loneliness and hostility in older adults: A cross-lagged model. Psychology and aging, 35(2), 169.

Ayalon, L., & Yahav, I. (2019). Location, location, location: close ties among older continuing care retirement community residents. Plos one, 14(11), e0225554.

Ayalon, L. (2019). Perceived discrimination and stigma in the context of the long-term care insurance law from the perspectives of Arabs and the Jews in the North of Israel. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(19), 3511.

Ayalon, L. (2019). Subjective social status as a predictor of loneliness: The moderating effect of the type of long-term care setting. Research on Aging, 41(10), 915-935.

Ayalon, L., Dolberg, P., Mikulionienė, S., Perek-Bialak, J., Rapoliene, G., Stypińska, J., Willińska, M., & de la Fuente Núñez, V. (2019). A systematic review of existing ageism scales. Ageing Research Reviews, 54, 10909.

Ayalon, L. (2019). Social network type in the continuing care retirement community. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 84, 103900.

Ayalon, L., Gewirtz-Meydan, A.*, Levkovich, I.*, & Karkabi, K. (2019). Older men and women reflect on changes in sexual functioning in later life. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 1-21

Wu, Y. for the DEPRESSED collaboration. (2019). Equivalency of the diagnostic accuracy of the PHQ-8 and PHQ-9: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine, 1-13

Levis., B. for the DEPRESSED collaboration. (2019). The Accuracy of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) for Screening to Detect Major Depression: an Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis. British Medical Journal

Koren, C. & Ayalon, L. (2019). "Not living together yet all the time together": The construction of Living-Apart-Together in Continuing Care Retirement Communities from perspectives of residents and CCRC staff. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 0265407519840711.

Levinson, N., & Ayalon, L. (2019). the life experiences of old women diagnosed with a gambling disorder. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 1-18.

Levkovich, I., Gewirtz-Meydan, A., Karkabi, K., & Ayalon, L. (2019). When sex meets age: Family physicians’ perspectives about sexual dysfunction among older men and women: A qualitative study from Israel. European Journal of General Practice, 25(2), 85-90.

Ayalon, L., & Gum, A. (2019). A typology of source of information about the continuing care retirement community and older adults’ living arrangement. Journal of Housing for the Elderly

Gewirtz-Meydan, A.,* & Ayalon, L. (2019). Why do older adults have sex? Approach and avoidance sexual motives among older women and men. The Journal of Sex Research, 56(7), 870-881.

Ayalon, L., Gewirtz-Meydan, A., & Levkovich, I. (2019). older adults’ coping strategies with changes in sexual functioning: results from qualitative research. The Journal of Sexual Medicine, 16(1), 52-60.

Dolberg, P.,* Goldfracht, M., Karkabi, K., Bleichman, I., Fleischmann, S., & Ayalon, L. (2019). Knowledge and attitudes about mental health among older immigrants from the former Soviet Union to Israel and their primary care physicians. Transcultural Psychiatry, 56(1), 123-145.

Shinan-Altman, S., Riabzev, A., & Ayalon, L. (2019). Mixed motivations to provide formal care to older adults: lessons from a training program. International Psychogeriatrics, 31(3), 341-349.

Ayalon, L., Levkovich, I., Gewirtz-Meydan, A., & Karkabi, K. (2019). A life course perspective on the ways older men and women discuss sexual issues. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48(3), 911-919.

Ayalon, L., Nevedal, A., & Briller, S. (2018). Capturing change and stability in longitudinal qualitative research: insights from a study about aging and life transitions in Israeli continuing care retirement communities. Educational Gerontology, 44(12), 753-765.

Palgi, Y., Ayalon, L., Avidor, S., Segel-Karpas, D., & Bodner, E. (2018). On the edge: The association between extreme values of proportional felt-age and functioning. Psychiatry Research, 270, 538-543.

Ayalon, L. (2018). Loneliness and anxiety about aging in adult day care centers and continuing care retirement communities. Innovation in Aging, 2(2), igy021.

Segel-Karpas, D., Ayalon, L., & Lachman, M. E. (2018). Retirement and depressive symptoms: A 10-year cross-lagged analysis. Psychiatry Research, 269, 565-570.

Levkovich. I. *, Gewirtz-Meydan, A. *, Karkabi, K., & Ayalon, L. (2018). Views of family physicians on heterosexual sexual function in older adults. BMC Family Practice, 19(1), 86.‏

Ayalon, L. (2018). Examining alternative items for the assessment of perceived ageism. Educational Gerontology, 1-9.‏

Nevedal, A. L., Ayalon, L., & Briller, S. H. (2018). A qualitative evidence synthesis review of longitudinal qualitative research in gerontology. The Gerontologist, 59(6), e791-e801.

Grean, O., * & Ayalon, L. (2018). “Home is where my couch is": The role of possessions in the process of moving and adjusting to continuing care retirement communities. Qualitative Health Research. doi: 1049732318780350.‏

Green, O. *, & Ayalon, L. (2018). Violations of workers’ rights and exposure to work-related abuse of live-in migrant and live-out local home care workers–a preliminary study: implications for health policy and practice. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 7(1), 32.

Gewirtz-Meydan, A. *, Hafford-Letchfield, T., Ayalon, L., Benyamini, Y., Biermann, V., Coffey, A., ... & Zeman, Z. (2018). How do older people discuss their own sexuality? A systematic review of qualitative research studies. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 1-16.‏

Ayalon, L., Yahav, I., & Lesser, O. (2018). From a bird’s eye view: Whole social networks in adult day care centers and continuing care retirement communities. Innovation in Aging, 2(3), igy024.

Shamir, H. *, Shinan-Altman, S., & Ayalon, L. (2018). Perceptions of death and aging among terminally ill older adults. Society and Welfare. In Hebrew.

Levis, B. for the DEPRESSED collaboration. (2018). Probability of major depression diagnostic classification using semi-structured versus fully structured diagnostic interviews. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 212(6), 377-385.

Ayalon, L. (2018). Between older adults' needs and the law: The Israeli Long Term Care Insurance Law from the perspectives of service users and providers. Health & Social Care in the Community, 26(4), E514-E522. DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12563

Gweirtz-Meydan, A., Levkovich, I., Mock, M., Gur, U., & Ayalon, L. (2018). Promoting a discussion on later life sexuality: Lessons from sexologist physicians. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 1-18. doi: 10.1080/14681994.2018.1437258

Kave, G., Fridkin, S. *, & Ayalon, L. (2018). Demographic factors and retrieval of object and proper names after age 70. PloS One, 13(1).  doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191876

Ayalon, L. (2018). Family relations and elder care among Arabs in the North of Israel. Research on Aging. doi: 10.1177/0164027517749612

Ayalon, L. & Levkovich, I. (2018). A systematic review of research on social networks of older adults. The Gerontologist.‏ doi: 10.1093/geront/gnx218

Ayalon, L. & Rothermund, K. (2018). Examining the utility of national indicators of relative age disadvantage in Europe. European Journal of Ageing, 15(2), 189-197.‏ doi: 10.1007/s10433-017-0435-2

Lev. S., * & Ayalon, L. (2018). A typology of social workers in long term care facilities in Israel. Social Work, 63(2), 171-178.‏ doi: 10.1093/sw/swy002

Lev, S. * & Ayalon, L. (2018). Development and content validation of a questionnaire to assess moral distress among social workers in long term care facilities. Social Work in Health Care. https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2017.1414096

Segel-Karpas, D., Ayalon, L., & Lachman, M. E. (2018). Loneliness and depressive symptoms: the moderating role of the transition into retirement. Aging & Mental Health, 22(1), 135-140. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2016.1226770.

Avidor, S., Ayalon, L., Palgi, Y., & Bodner, E. (2017). Longitudinal associations between perceived age discrimination and subjective well-being: variations by age and subjective life expectancy. Aging & Mental Health, 21(7), 761-765.‏ doi: 10.1080/13607863.2016.1156050

Ayalon, L. (2017). Are older adults perceived as a threat to society? Exploring perceived age-based threats in 29 nations. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B.‏ doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbx107  

Ayalon, L. (2017). Retrospective reports of negative early life events over a 4-year period: A test of measurement invariance and response consistency. Journal of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 72(5), 901-912.‏ doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbv087.

Ayalon, L. & Gewirtz-Meydan, A. * (2017). Senior, mature or single: A qualitative analysis of homepage advertisements of dating sites for older adults. Computers in Human Behavior, 75, 876-882. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.06.033.

Noon, R. B. *, & Ayalon, L. (2017). Older adults in public open spaces: Age and gender segregation. The Gerontologist, 58(1), 149-158.‏ doi: 10.1093/geront/gnx047.

Dolberg, P. *, & Ayalon, L. (2017). Subjective meanings and identification with middle-age. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. doi: 10.1177/0091415017721932.

Gewirtz-Meydan, A. *, & Ayalon, L. (2017). Forever young: Visual representations of gender and age in online dating sites for older adults. Journal of Women & Aging, 1-19. doi: 10.1080/08952841.2017.1330586.

Green, O. *, & Ayalon, L. (2017). The contribution of working conditions and care recipient characteristics to work-related abuse and exploitation of migrant home care workers. Employee Relations, 39(7), 1001-1014. doi: 10.1108/ER-07-2016-0136.

Gum, A. M., & Ayalon, L. (2017). Self‐perceptions of aging mediate the longitudinal relationship of hopelessness and depressive symptoms. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 33(4), 591-597.‏ doi: 10.1002/gps.4826.

Gum, A. M., Segal-Karpas, D., Avidor, S. A, Ayalon, L., Bodner, E., & Palgi, Y. (2017). Grip strength and quality of life in the second half of life: Hope as a moderator. Aging & Mental Health, 1-6. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2017.1383972

Gum, A. M., Shiovitz-Ezra, S., & Ayalon, L. (2017). Longitudinal associations of hopelessness and loneliness in older adults: Results from the US health and retirement study. International Psychogeriatrics, 29(9), 1451-1459.‏ doi: 10.1017/S1041610217000904

Shinan-Altman, S. & Ayalon, L. (2017). If I am not for myself, who is for me? The experiences of older migrant home care recipients during their hospitalization. Aging & Mental Health, 21(2), 182-189. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2015.1093604

Shinan-Altman, S. & Ayalon, L. (2017). Perceived control among migrant live-in and local live-out home care workers in Israel. Aging & Mental Health, 1-7. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2017.1401584

Shrira, A., Ayalon, L., Bensimon, M., Bodner, E., Rosenbloom, T., & Yadid, G. (2017). Parental post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms are related to successful aging in offspring of holocaust survivors. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1099. Doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01099.

Vitman-Schorr, A. *, Ayalon, L., & Khalaila, R. (2017). Perceived accessibility to services and sites among Israeli older adults. Journal of Applied Gerontology. doi: 10.1177/0733464817721112

Ayalon, L. (2016). Do not hear, see, or speak: Views of older residents and their adult children about the nursing unit in the continuing care retirement community. International Psychogeriatrics, 28(11), 1867-1877.

Ayalon, L. (2016). Intergenerational perspectives on autonomy following a transition to a continuing care retirement community. Research on Aging, 38(2), 127-149. doi: 10.1177/0164027515575029

Ayalon, L. (2016). Perceived age discrimination: A precipitator or a consequence of depressive symptoms? Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbw101

Ayalon, L. (2016). Profiles of loneliness in the caregiving unit. The Gerontologist, 56(2), 201-214. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnu046.

Ayalon, L. (2016). Satisfaction with aging reduces the risk for falling. International Psychogeriatrics, 28(5), 741-747. doi: 10.1017/S1041610215001969.

Ayalon, L. (2016). Transition and adaptation to the continuing care retirement community from a life course perspective: Something old, something new, and something borrowed. Journal of Applied Gerontology. doi: 10.1177/0733464816637851

Ayalon, L., Bodner, E., Avidor, S., Palgi, Y. (2016). Accelerated increase and decrease in subjective age as a function of changes in loneliness and objective social indicators over a four-year period: Results from the Health and Retirement Study. Aging & Mental Health, 20(7), 743-751. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2015.1035696. 

Ayalon, L. & Green, O.* (2016). A typology of new residents' adjustment to the continuing care retirement community. The Gerontologist, 56(4), 641-50. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnu121.

Ayalon, L., Lev, S.*, Green, O.*, Nevo, U* (2016). A systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions designed to prevent or stop elder maltreatment. Age and Ageing, 45(2), 216-227. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afv193

Ayalon, L. & Roziner, I. (2016). Satisfaction with the relationship from the perspectives of family caregivers, older adults and their home care workers. Aging and Mental Health, 20(1), 56-64. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2015.1020412

Ayalon, L., Shiovitz-Ezra, S., Roziner, I. (2016). A cross-lagged model of the reciprocal associations of loneliness and memory functioning. Psychology and Aging, 31(3), 255-261. doi: 10.1037/pag0000075

Ben-Harush, A.*, Shiovitz-Ezra, S., Doron, I., Alon, S.,  Leibovitz, A. Golander, H., Haron, Y., &  Ayalon, L. (2016). Ageism among physicians, nurses and social workers: Findings from a qualitative research. European Journal of Ageing, 14(1), 39-48. doi: 10.1007/s10433-016-0389-9

Bodner, E., Ayalon, L., Avidor, S., & Palgi, Y. (2016). Accelerated increase and relative decrease in subjective age and changes in attitudes towards own aging over a four-year period: Results from the Health and Retirement Study. European Journal of Ageing, 14(1), 17-27. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2015.1035696

Dolberg, P.*, Ayalon, L., & Shiovitz-Ezra, S. (2016). Migration and changes in loneliness over a four-year period:  The case of older former Soviet Union immigrants in Israel. European Journal of Ageing, 13(4), 287-297. doi:10.1007/s10433-016-0391-2

Gweirtz-Meydan, A.* & Ayalon, L. (2016). Physicians' response to sexual dysfunction presented by a younger vs. an older adult. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 32(12), 1476-1483. doi: 10.1002/gps.4638

Lev, S.* & Ayalon, L. (2016). Coping with the obligation dilemma:  Prototypes of social workers in the nursing home. British Journal of Social Work, 46(5), 1318-1335. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcv038

Lev, S.* & Ayalon, L. (2016). Moral distress among long term care social workers: Questionnaire validation. Research on Social Work Practice. doi: 10.1177/1049731516672070.

Palgi, Y., Ayalon, L., Avidor, S., Bodner, E. (2016). Changes in positive and negative affect as predictors of change in felt age: Results from the Health and Retirement Study. Journal of Positive Psychology, 12(6). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2016.1221121.

Shinan-Altman, S. & Ayalon, L. (2016). Perceptions of older residents and their adult children regarding continuing care retirement community staff. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 1-21. doi: 10.1177/0733464816675420

Shiovitz-Ezra, S, Ayalon, L., Brodsky, J., & Doron, I. (2016). Measuring ageism based on knowledge, attitudes and behavior:  Findings from an Israeli pilot study. Ageing International, 41(3), 298-310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12126-016-9253-7.

Uziel, N.* & Ayalon, L. (2016). Burden and meaning in care among primary caregivers of older adults who receive home care assistance. Gerontology & Geriatrics, 43(2), (in Hebrew).

Ayalon, L., Karkabi, K., Bleichman, I., Fleischmann, S., Goldfracht, M. (2016). Barriers to the treatment of mental illness in primary care clinics in Israel. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 43(2), 231-40. doi: 10.1007/s10488-015-0634-0.

Ayalon. L. (2015). reports of elder neglect by older adults, their family caregivers and their home care workers: A test of measurement invariance. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 70(3), 432-442. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbu051.

Ayalon, L. (2015). A triadic perspective on elder neglect. Ageing and Society, 36(4), 811-836. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X14001512.

Ayalon, L. & Green, O.* (2015). Live-in vs. live-out home care in Israel: Satisfaction with services and caregivers’ outcomes. The Gerontologist, 55(4), 628-642. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnt122.

Ayalon, L., Halevi-Levin, S., Ben-Yizhak, Z., & Friedman, G.  (2015). Personal home care workers’ role in hospital: a qualitative study. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 20(4), 217-223. doi: 10.1177/1355819615577807.

Ayalon, L., Karkabi, K., Bleichman, I., Fleischmann, S., Goldfracht, M. (2015). Between modern and traditional values: Informal mental health help seeking attitudes according to Israeli Arab women, primary care patients and their providers. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 61, 386-393. doi: 10.1177/0020764014549082.

Ayalon, L. (2015). Perceptions of old age and aging in the continuing care retirement community. International Psychogeriatrics, 27(4), 611-620. doi: 10.1017/S1041610214002415.

Green, O.* & Ayalon, L. (2015) Improving the cooperation rate of older adults and their caregivers with research surveys. Gerontology, 61, 355-363. doi: 10.1159/000366161.

Green, O.* & Ayalon, L. (2015). Whom do migrant home care workers contact in the case of work-related abuse? An exploratory study of help-seeking behaviors. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. doi: 10.1177/0886260515584347.

Green, O*. & Ayalon, L. (2015). Whose right is it anyway? Familiarity with workers' rights among older adults, family caregivers and migrant live-in home care workers: implications for policy and practice. Educational Gerontology, 41, 471-481. https://doi.org/10.1080/03601277.2014.990747.

Lev, S.*& Ayalon, L. (2015). Running between the raindrops: The obligation dilemma of the social worker in the nursing home. Health and Social Work, 40(1), 8-10.

Peleg, M.,* & Ayalon, L. (2015). From caregiving to shoulder caregiving: An empowerment program for Nepalese home care workers. Megamot, 50(1). (Hebrew).

Schwarts, Y.* & Ayalon, L. (2015). The experiences of older mothers following the return of an adult child home. Journal of Aging Studies, 33, 47-57. doi: 10.1016/j.jaging.2015.03.002.

Ashkenazi, O.* & Ayalon, L. (2014). The cultural encounter of Filipino home care workers with older home care recipients and their family members in Israel. Megamot (Hebrew)

Ayalon, L. (2014). "Do foreigners deserve rights?”- revisited: The role of familiarity and satisfaction with foreign home care services. Educational Gerontology, 40(11), 816-824.

Ayalon, L. (2014). Perceived Age, Gender, and Racial/Ethnic Discrimination in Europe: Results from the European Social Survey. Educational Gerontology, 40(7), 499-517.

Ayalon, L. Doron, I., Bodner, E., & Inbar, N. (2014). Macro- and micro- level predictors of age categorization: Results from the European Social Survey. European Journal of Ageing, 11(1), 5-18.

Ayalon, L., Lev, S.*, Rotstein, A. (2014). Who will take care of me? perceptions and expectations of future long-term care needs among middle-aged and older Israelis. Seniors Housing & Care Journal, (22)1, 43-58.

Lev, S.* & Ayalon, L. (2014). A development of a theoretical model to explain the commitment dilemma of the social worker in the nursing home. Society and Welfare, 34(2), 259-279. (Hebrew).

Ayalon, L. (2013). Feelings towards older vs. younger adults: Results from the European Social Survey. Educational Gerontology, 39(12), pp. 888-901.

Ayalon, L. (2013). Re-examining ethnic differences in concerns, knowledge, and beliefs about Alzheimer's disease: Results from a national sample. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 28(12), 1288-1295.

Ayalon, L. & Green, V. (2013). Social ties in the context of the continuing care retirement community. Qualitative Health Research. 23(3), 396-406.

Ayalon, L., Halevi-Levin, S., Ben-Yizhak, Z., Friedman, G. (2013). Family caregiving at the intersection of private care by migrant home care workers and public care by nursing staff. International Psychogeriatrics, 25(9), 1463-1473.

Ayalon, L. Shiovitz-Ezra, S., Palgi, Y* (2013). Associations of loneliness in older married men and women. Aging & Mental Health, 17(1), 33-39.

Bachner, Y.G., Rourke, O. N., Goldfracht, M., Bech, M., & Ayalon, L. (2013). Psychometric properties of responses by clinicians and older adults to a 6-item Hebrew version of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. BMC Psychiatry, 13(2).

Yechezkel, R.*, & Ayalon, L. (2013). Social workers’ attitudes towards intimate partner violence in younger vs. older women, Journal of Family Violence, 28, 381-391.

Ayalon, L. (2012). Suicidal and depressive symptoms in Filipino home care workers in Israel. Journal of Cross Cultural Gerontology, 27(1), 51-63.

Ayalon, L., Bachner, Y., Dwolatzky, T., Heinik, J. (2012). Preferences for life sustaining treatment: Concordance between older adults with dementia or mild cognitive impairment and their spouses. International Psychogeriatrics, 24, 1798-1804.

Ayalon, L. & Green, V. (2012) Grief in the initial adjustment process to the continuing care retirement community. Journal of Aging Studies, 26, 394-400.

Ayalon, L., Gross, R., Yaari, A., Feldhamer, I., Balicer, R., Goldfracht, M. (2012). Factors associated with the type of psychotropic medications purchased for common mental disorders in the largest managed care organization in Israel. International Journal of Psychiatry and Medicine, 44, 91-102.

Ayalon, L., Shiovitz-Ezra, S., Palgi, Y.* (2012). No place like home? Potential pathways to loneliness in older adults under the care of a foreign home care worker. The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 146(1-2), 189-200. 

Green, V., & Ayalon, L. (2012). Intergenerational communication in the continuing care retirement community. Gerontologia, 39, 31-56 (Hebrew).

Palgi, Y*., Shrira, A., Ben Ezra, M., Shiovitz-Ezra, S, & Ayalon, L. (2012). Self- and other-oriented potential lifetime traumatic events as predictors of loneliness in the second half of life. Aging and Mental Health, 16(4), 423-430.

Ayalon, L. (2011). Abuse is in the eyes of the beholder: using multiple perspectives to evaluate elder mistreatment under round-the-clock foreign home carers in Israel. Ageing & Society, 31, 499-520.  

Ayalon, L. (2011). Examining satisfaction with live-in foreign home care in Israel from the perspectives of care recipients, their family members, and their foreign home care workers. Aging and Mental Health, 15(3), 376-384. 

Ayalon, L. (2011). The IQCODE vs. a single-item informant measure to discriminate between cognitively intact individuals and individuals with dementia or cognitive impairment. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 24(3), 168-173.

Ayalon, L. (2011). The prevalence and predictors of passive death wishes in Europe: A two year follow-up of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 26 (9), 923-929.  

Ayalon, L., Gross, R., Yaari, A., Feldhamer, I., Balicer, R., Goldfracht, M. (2011). Characteristics associated with purchasing antidepressant or antianxiety medications through primary care in Israel. Psychiatric Services, 62, 1041-1046. 

Ayalon, L., Gross, R., Yaari, A., Feldhamer, I., Balicer, R., Goldfracht, M. (2011). Disparities in antidepressant adherence in primary care: Report from Israel. American Journal of Managed Care, 17(9), 340-347.

Ayalon, L., Gross, R., Yaari, A., Feldhamer, I., Balicer, R., Goldfracht, M. (2011). Patients' and physicians' characteristics associated with the purchase of benzodiazepines by older primary care patients in Israel. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 40 (2), 117-123.

Ayalon, L. & Gum, A. (2011). The relationships between major lifetime discrimination, everyday discrimination and mental health in three racial and ethnic groups of older adults. Aging and Mental Health, 15(5), 587-594.

Ayalon, L. & Shiovitz-Ezra, S. (2011). The relationship between loneliness and passive death wishes in the second half of life. International Psychogeriatrics, 1-9.

Bachner, Y.G., O'Rourke, N., Ayalon, L., Bernard, M. (2011). Comparison of caregiver responses to English and Hebrew language versions of an abridged Zarit Burden Interview. Aging and Mental Health, 15(3), 370-375.

Doron, I., Ayalon, L., Shiovitz-Ezra, S., Bodner, E., Inbar, N., Koren, C., Golander, H., Hazan, H., Carmel, S., Alon, S., Brodsky, J., Goldberg, A. (2011). Initial findings from the European Society Survey (ESS). Gerontologia, 38, 2-3, (in Hebrew).

Shiovitz-Ezra, S. & Ayalon, L. (2011). Use of direct versus indirect approaches to measure loneliness in later life. Research on Aging, 34, 572-591.

Shiovitz-Ezra, S., Ben-Arush, A., Doron, I., Ayalon, L., Golander. H., Alon, S., & Leibovitz, A. (2011). A review of indirect measures of ageism through the use of case vignettes with health professions. Gerontologia, 38, 2-3 (in Hebrew).

Ayalon, L. (2010). Intention to leave the job among live-in foreign home care workers in Israel. Home Care Services Quarterly, 29, 22-36

Ayalon, L. (2010). The perspectives of older care recipients, their family members, and their round the clock foreign home care workers regarding elder mistreatment. Aging and Mental Health, 14, 411-415.

Ayalon, L., & Baum, N. (2010). Social workers in home care: The Israeli case. Educational Gerontology, 36(10-11), 858-871.

Ayalon, L., Fialová, D., Areán, P.A., Onder, G. (2010). Challenges associated with the recognition and treatment of depression in older recipients of home care services. International Psychogeriatrics, 22, 514-522.

Ayalon, L., Goldfracht, M., Bech, P. (2010) “Do you think you suffer from depression?” Reevaluating the use of a single item question for the screening of depression in primary care. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 25, 497-502.

Ayalon, L., Heinik, J., Litwin, H. (2010). Population group differences in cognitive functioning. Research on Aging, 32, 304-322.

Ayalon, L. & Kalimantis-King, B. (2010). Trading years for perfect health: results from the Health and Retirement Study. Journal of Aging and Health, 22, 1184-1197.

Ayalon, L., & Shiovitz-Ezra, S. (2010). The experience of loneliness among live-in Filipino home care workers in Israel: Implications for social workers. British Journal of Social Work, 40(8), 2538-2559.

Bachner, Y.G., & Ayalon, L. (2010). initial examination of the psychometric properties of the short hebrew version of the Zarit Burden Interview. Aging and Mental Health, 14, 725-730.

Gum, A. M., Ayalon, L., Greenberg, J. M., Palko, B., Ruffo, E., & Areán, P. A. (2010). Preferences for professional assistance for distress in a diverse sample of older adults. Clinical Gerontologist, 33, 136.

Heinik, I., & Ayalon, L. (2010). Self-estimation of perception time versus actual performance time in older adults with suspected mild cognitive impairment: A clinical perspective. Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 47, 291-296.

Mackin, S.R., Ayalon, L., Feliciano, L., Arean, P.A. (2010). The sensitivity and specificity of cognitive screening instruments to detect cognitive impairment in older adults with severe psychiatric illness.  Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 23, 94-99.

Shiovitz-Ezra, R., Ayalon, L. (2010). Situational versus chronic loneliness as risk factors for all cause mortality. International Psychogeriatrics, 22, 455-462.

Ayalon, L. (2009). Beliefs and practices regarding Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias among Filipino home care workers in Israel. Aging and Mental Health, 13, 456-462.

Ayalon, L. (2009). Evaluating the working conditions and exposure to abuse of Filipino home care workers in Israel: Characteristics and clinical correlates. International Psychogeriatrics, 21, 40-49.

Ayalon, L. (2009). Family and family-like interactions in households with round-the-clock paid foreign carers in Israel. Aging and Society, 29, 1-16.

Ayalon, L. (2009). Fears come true: The experience of older care recipients and their family members of foreign home care workers. International Psychogeriatrics.21, 779-786. Also available in Hebrew in Gerontologia.

Ayalon, L. (2009). Reports of neuropsychiatric symptoms of older care recipients by their family members and their foreign home care workers: Results from triadic data. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology. 23, 115-122.

Ayalon, L. (2009). Willingness to participate in Alzheimer's disease research and attitudes towards proxy informed consent: Results from the Health and Retirement Study. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17, 65-74.

Ayalon, L., Arean, P., Bornfeld, H., Beard, R. (2009). Long term care staff beliefs about evidence based practices for the management of dementia and agitation. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 24, 118-124.

Ayalon, L., Bornfeld, H., Gum, A.M. & Areán, P.A. (2009). The use of problem-solving therapy and restraint free environment for the management of depression and agitation in long-term care. Clinical Gerontologist, 32, 77-90

Ayalon, L., Covinsky, K. (2009). Spouse-Rated vs. Self-rate Health as Predictors of Mortality. Archives of Internal Medicine, 169, 2156-2161.

Ayalon, L. & Litwin, H. (2009). What cognitive functions are associated with passive suicidal ideation? Findings from a national sample of community dwelling Israelis. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 24(5), 472-478.

Lee, H., Mericle, A., Ayalon, L., Arean, P. (2009). Harm reduction among at-risk elderly drinkers: A site-specific analysis from the multi-site Primary Care Research in Substance Abuse and Mental Health for Elderly (PRISM-E) Study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 24, 54-60.

Arean, P., Ayalon, L., Jin, C., Linkins, K., Chen, H., McDonnell-Herr, B., Levkoff, S., Estes, C., (2008). Integrated specialty mental health care among older minorities improves access but not outcomes: Results from the PRISMe study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23, 1086-1092.

Ayalon, L. (2008). Cognitive functioning of older Israelis 50 years and older. Bitachon Sociali, 76, 225-245 (Hebrew)

Ayalon, L. (2008). Subjective cognitive functioning as a predictor of all cause mortality in an Israeli national sample of community dwelling older adults. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23, 830-836.

Ayalon, L. (2008). Volunteering as a predictor of all cause mortality: What aspects of volunteering really matter? International Psychogeriatrics, 20, 1000-1013.

Ayalon, L., Arean, P.A., Bornfeld, H. (2008). Correlates of knowledge and beliefs about depression among long-term care staff. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23, 356-363.

Ayalon, L., Gross, R., Tabenkin, H., Porath, A., Heymann, A., & Porter, B. (2008). Determinants of quality of life in primary care patients with diabetes: Implications for social workers. Health and Social Work, 33, 229-236.

Ayalon, L., Kaniel*, M., & Rosenberg*, L. (2008). Social workers’ perspectives on care arrangements between vulnerable elders and foreign home care workers:  Lessons from Israeli/Filipino caregiving arrangements. Home Health Care Services Quarterly, 27, 121-142.

Ayalon, L. (2008). Subjective socioeconomic status as a predictor of long-term care staff burnout and positive caregiving experiences. International Psychogeriatrics, 17, 521-537.

Ayalon, L., & Young, M.A. (2007). Using the SCL-90 to assess distress in African Americans and Caucasian Americans. Journal of Black Studies, 39(3), 420-433.

Ayalon, L., & Covinsky, K. (2007). Late life mortality in older Jews exposed to the Nazi regime. Journal of American Geriatrics Society, 55, 1380-1386.

Ayalon, L., Mackin, S., Arean, P.A., Chen, H., McDonel Herr, E.C. (2007).The role of cognitive functioning and distress in suicidal ideation in older adults. Journal of the American GeriatricS Society, 55, 1090-1094.

Huyck, M.H., Ayalon, L., Yoder, J. (2007). Using mixed-methods to evaluate the use of a caregiver strain measure to assess outcomes of a caregiver support program for caregivers of older adults. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22, 160-165.

Ayalon, L., Areán, P.A., Linkins, K., Lynch, M., Estes, C.L. (2007). Integration of mental health services into primary care overcomes ethnic disparities in access to mental health services between Black and White elderly.  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 15, 906-912.

Ayalon, L. (2007). The potential role of dependency in the weaning process: The case of a 57-year old woman connected to a mechanical ventilator. Clinical Case Studies, 6, 459-467.

Ayalon, L., Perry C.*, Areán, P.A., Horowitz, M. J. (2007). Making sense of the past - Perspectives on resilience among holocaust survivors. Journal of Loss and Trauma. 12(3), 281-294.

Ayalon, L., & Alvidrez, J. (2007). The experience of Black consumers in the mental health system – identifying barriers to and facilitators of mental health treatment using the consumers' perspectives. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 28, 1323-1340.

Ayalon, L., Gross, R., Tabenkin, H., Porath, A., Heymann, A., & Porter, B. (2006) Correlates of quality of life in primary care patients with hypertension. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 36, 483-497.

Ayalon, L., Gum, A. Feliciano, L., & Areán, P.A. (2006). Effectiveness of nonpharmacological interventions for the management of neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with dementia: A systematic review. Archives of Internal Medicine, 166, 2182-2188.

Areán, P.A., Ayalon, L. (2005) Assessment and treatment of depressed older adults in primary care. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 12(3), 321-335.

Areán, P.A., Ayalon, L., Hunkeler, E., Lin, E., Tang, L., Harpole, L., Hendrie, H., Williams, J.W, Jr., Unutzer, J. (2005) Improving depression care for older, minority patients treated in primary care: Results from the IMPACT study. Medical Care, 43, 381-390.

Ayalon, L. (2005). Challenges associated with the study of resilience to trauma in Holocaust survivors. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 10(4), 347-358.

Ayalon, L., Areán, P.A., & Alvidrez, J. (2005) Adherence to antidepressant medications in Black and Latino elderly. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 13, 572-580.

Ayalon, L. & Young, M. (2005). Racial group differences in help seeking behaviors. Journal of Social Psychology, 145, 391-403.

Ayalon, L. & Areán, P.A. (2004). Knowledge of Alzheimer’s disease in four ethnic groups of older adults. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 19, 51-57.

Ayalon, L. & Huyck, M. H. (2004). Cultural variants of caregiving. Journal of Cultural Diversity, 11, 131-138.

Ayalon, L. (2003). Providing care in the end of life- Ethical and therapeutic considerations. Clinical Case Studies, 2, 107-126.

Ayalon, L. & Young, M. A. (2003). A comparison of depressive symptoms in African Americans and Caucasian Americans. Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 34, 111-1.

Ayalon, L. & Huyck, M. H. (2001). Latino caregiving to patients with Alzheimer’s Disease. Clinical Gerontologist, 24, 93-106.                                                                              

Amir, M., Ayalon, L., Varshavsky, S., & Bulygina, N. (1999). Motherland or home country: a comparative study of quality of life among Jews from the former Soviet Union, who immigrated to Israel, Jews in Russia, and Israeli nonimmigrants. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 30, 712-721.

* Work conducted with students

INVITED COMMENTARIES/EDITORIALS

Alvidrez, J. & Ayalon, L. (2003). Commentary on “Running a community clinical trial: lessons from the CAMELOT project”. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 10, 447. In International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 10, 443-446.

Ayalon, L. (2008). Depression recognition and treatment in long-term care: Future Directions. Expert Review in Neuropsychopharmacology, 8, 1005-1007

Ayalon L. & Tesch-Römer C. (2017). Taking a closer look at ageism: self- and other-directed ageist attitudes and discrimination. European Journal of Ageing, 14(1), 1-4. doi: 10.1007/s10433-016-0409-9

Avidor, S. & Ayalon, L. (2020). Selective isolation of older adults is ageist and unhealthy. British Medical Journal

Ayalon., L. (2020). Ageism and intergenerational tension in the age of climate change. GYA Connections, the magazine of the Global Young Academy.

Flores, E. C., Kelman, I., Joye, Y., Bolderdijk, J. W., Ayeb-Karlsson, S., Wutich, A, Ayalon. L. & Hickman, C. (2022). A healthy planet for a healthy mind. One Earth, 5(4), 307-310.

PRESENTATIONS

Segal-Karpas, D & Ayalon., L. (November 2023). A gendered perspective on intergenerational relations in the second half of life. Paper presented as part of a symposium on Intergenerational contacts and the benefits for older adults organized by Xin Zhang at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. Tampa, Florida, USA.

Ayalon., L. (November 2023). Climate change and aging: From vulnerability to action. Symposium presented as part of the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. Tampa, Florida, USA.

Ayalon., L. & Octavio., B. (November 2023). Perceived age discrimination in the second half of life: An examination of age-, period-, and cohort-effects. Paper presented as part of the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. Tampa, Florida, USA.

Sarit., O., *& Ayalon., L. (February 2023). The use of a word cloud to identify the paradox of subjective aging. The 9^th conference of qualitative research. Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel

Allen., L.,* Bradly., D. B., & Ayalon., L. (November, 2022). A Glaring Omission”: Barriers to Including Long-Term Care Residents’ Voices in the News Media. Paper to be presented as part of the Gerontological Society of America, Indianapolis, IN., United States 

Cohen., L.,* Sher-Zensor, E., Openheim, D., Ayalon., L., & Plagi., Y. (July, 2022). Mentalization and emotional expression in care workers regarding persons with dementia in long-term care settings: The relationship to dyadic availability. Paper presented as part of a symposium on persons with dementia. Israel Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel 

Ayalon., L., & Avidor., S. (July, 2022). We have become prisoners of our own age: Challenges faced by long-term care residents and their family members during the pandemic. Paper presented as part of a symposium on the pandemic and long term care settings. Israel Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel 

Shrira., A., Sherf., M., Palgi., Y., Ayalon., L., Bodner., E., Ben-Simon., M., Rosenblum., T., Yadid., G., & Shiff., M. (July, 2022). Intergenerational transmission of stress and aging indicators in families of Holocaust survivors. Paper presented as part of a symposium on biopsychological aspects of aging. Israel Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel 

Okun., S.* & Ayalon., L. (July, 2022). Is age just a number? Age self-presentation among older people. Paper presented as part of a symposium on social exclusion and ageism. Israel Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel 

Ayalon., L., & Avidor., S. (June, 2022). We have become prisoners of our own age: Older people in continuing care retirement communities during the pandemic. Poster presented as part of the UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing

Rapolienė, G. & Ayalon, (November, 2019). Nutrūkusi priežiūros grandinė: kodėl grįžta lietuviai migrantai, dirbę vyresnių žmonių priežiūroje užsienyje?” [The disrupted care chain: Why do Lithuanian migrants return after work in older care abroad?], 13th national Lithuanian sociological conference “Visuomenė, regionai, transformacijos: ar turime scenarijus ateičiai?” [Society, regions, transformations: do we have scenarios for the future?], Kaunas, VMU. Abstract: https://lsdkonferencija2021.wordpress.com/category/pradzia/

Harel., D. & Ayalon., L. (November, 2021). Aging and masculinity in bibliotherapy and poetry groups for men in late life. Paper presented = at the Gerontological Society of America Annual meeting. Phoenix, Arizona (weibinar)

Avidor. S., & Ayalon., L. (November, 2021). The Challenges Faced By Long-Term Care Residents and Their Families During COVID-19. Paper presented as part of a symposium by Wyman at the Gerontological Society of America Annual meeting. Phoenix, Arizona (weibinar)

Cohn-Schwartz., E., Segel-Karpas., D. & Ayalon. L. (August, 2021). Self-perceptions of aging, loneliness, and depressive symptoms in the second half of life. Paper presented as part of a symposium by Segel-Karpas & Ermer at the International Association for Relationship Research annual meeting. (webinar)

Lir. S. *& Ayalon. L. (July, 2021). Old Age between Horror and Leisure – aboard The Leisure Seeker Shlomit Lir and Liat Ayalon Bar Ilan University, Fear of aging: Old age in horror fiction and film Conference, The Institute for Comparative Literature Margarida Losa, Portugal (webinar)

Harel., D. *& & Ayalon. L. (June, 2021). A Bibliotherapeutic Discourse on Aging and Masculinity in Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC). Presented as part of the Gender age/ageing in popular culture online symposium. Graz, Austria

Lir. S. *& Ayalon. L. (June, 2021). A Cinematic View of Two Familial Pursuits of Freedom in Old Age. Presented as part of the Gender age/ageing in popular culture online symposium. Graz, Austria

Allen., L.*, Odziemczyk., I.* Perez-Bialak., J., & Ayalon. L. (Sept., 2021), “We Should Be at the Back of the Line”: A Frame Analysis of Old Age within the Distribution Order of the COVID Vaccine. Paper presented as part of the European Sociological Association (webinar)

Ayalon., L. & Shinan-Altman., S. (Nov., 2020). Lessons from an evaluation of a training program of paid eldercare workers. Paper presented as part of a symposium by Ayalon., L. & Wyman., M. Service development and implementation: Learning from diverse case examples. The annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (webinar)

Ayalon., L. (Nov., 2020). Discussant in the symposium: Exploring longitudinal links and mechanisms, connecting views of aging with health in later life. The annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (webinar)

Ayalon., L. & Gweirtz-Meydan., A. (Nov., 2020). Physicians’ moral dilemmas in the age of Viagra. Paper presented as part of a symposium by Ayalon., L. Exploring aging masculinities from difference disciplines and perspectives. The annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (webinar)

Koren., C. & Ayalon., L. (Nov., 2020). Envy and jealousy of living apart together relationship in continuing care retirement communities. Poster presentation. The annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (webinar)

Ayalon., L. (Nov., 2020). Challenges associated with the assessment of exposure to ageism. Paper presented as part of a symposium by Lee., J. The Science of ageism: Two steps forward one step back. The annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (webinar)

Ayalon, L. (February, 2020). Loneliness and anxiety about aging in continuing care retirement communities and adult day care centers. The biannual meeting of the Israel Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel

Schwartz, E.,* Segal-Karpas, D., & Ayalon, L. (February, 2020). Attitudes towards aging, loneliness and depression in the second half of life. The biannual meeting of the Israel Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel

Segal-Karpas, D., & Ayalon, L. (February, 2020). Hostility and loneliness: Examining the reciprocal associations using longitudinal data. The biannual meeting of the Israel Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel

Koren, C., & Ayalon, L. (February, 2020). Envy and jealousy of late life couplehood in continuing care retirement communities from the perspectives of staff and residents. The biannual meeting of the Israel Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel

Levkovitch, I.* Gervitz-Miden, A.* Ayalon, L. (February, 2020). Sexual functioning in old age: The explanations provided by physicians with and without training in sexual therapy. The biannual meeting of the Israel Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel

Shinan-Altman, S., Soskolnik, V., & Ayalon, L. (February, 2020). Reasons for willingness to work as home care workers among job seekers. The biannual meeting of the Israel Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel

Gweritz-Meydan, A.* & Ayalon, L. (February, 2020). Forever young: Ageism and sexism in dating sites for older adults. The biannual meeting of the Israel Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel

Gerevitch, D. & Ayalon, L. (February, 2020). The last battle of the (in)visible old man. The biannual meeting of the Israel Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel

Seyoung, K.,* & Ayalon, L. (September, 2019). The relationship between older and younger people’s employment in the context of Israel. Aging & Social Change: Ninth Interdisciplinary Conference. Vienna, Austria

Levinson, M.*, Benjamini, Y., Ayalon, L. (July, 2019). The making of a place: social networks in long term care institutions for older adults. Poster presented as part of the International Conference on Computational Social Science. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Seyoung, K.,* Melendez-Torres, G. J., & Ayalon, L. (May, 2019). The Association between Job participation and mental health among older adults in the Republic of Korea. Oral poster presented at the bi-annual meeting of IAGG-ER. Gothenburg, Sweden.

Segal-Karpas, D. & Ayalon, L. (May, 2019). Loneliness, Anger and Hostility: Using a Cross-lagged Analysis to Assess their Temporal Relationship. Paper presented as part of a symposium on Loneliness: Lifespan, social family and individual considerations co-organized by Segal-Karpas, D. & Ayalon, L. at the bi-annual meeting of IAGG-ER. Gothenburg, Sweden

Ayalon, L., Dolberg, P., Mikulionienė, S., Perek-Bialak, J., Rapoliene, G.,  Stypińska, J., Willińska, M., & de la Fuente Núñez, V. (May, 2019). Recommended measures for the assessment of ageism: Results from a systematic review of the psychometric properties of ageism measures. Paper presented as part of a symposium on Building the evidence base for a global campaign to combat ageism organized by de la Fuente Núñez, V. at the bi-annual meeting of IAGG-ER. Gothenburg, Sweden

Schwartz, E.* & Ayalon, L. (May, 2019). Will You Still Need Me? The Longitudinal Associations of Social Usefulness and Aging Self-perceptions. Paper presented as part of a symposium on Ageism from a Multi-Disciplinary Perspective co-organized by Ayalon, L. & Rothermund, K. at the bi-annual meeting of IAGG-ER. Gothenburg, Sweden

Allen, L.,* Ayalon, L., & Smits, C.  (May, 2019). Paternalism, Autonomy, and Quality of Life in Long-Term Care: The Administrator's Perspective. Poster presented at the bi-annual meeting of IAGG-ER. Gothenburg, Sweden

Kottl, H. * & Ayalon, L. (May, 2019). Longitudinal Associations between Ageism and Self-ageism and Engagement in Everyday Technology. Poster presented at the bi-annual meeting of IAGG-ER. Gothenburg, Sweden

Ayalon, L. (May, 2019). Personal Home Care Workers in the Hospital: Results from a Qualitative Research. Paper presented as part of a symposium on The complexities of informal caregiving during older adults’ hospitalization co-organized by Gur-Yaish, N & Zisberg., A. at the bi-annual meeting of IAGG-ER. Gothenburg, Sweden

Lev., S,* &  Ayalon, L. (May, 2019). A Typology of Social Workers in Long-Term Care Facilities in Israel. Poster presented at the bi-annual meeting of IAGG-ER. Gothenburg, Sweden

Lev. S, & Ayalon, L. (May, 2019). Development and Validation of a Questionnaire to Assess Moral Distress Among Social Workers in Long-Term Care Facilities. Poster presented at the bi-annual meeting of IAGG-ER. Gothenburg, Sweden

Roy., S.* & Ayalon, L.  (May, 2019). What Do We Want to Know About Old Age: A Cross-National Comparison Facilitated via Google. Poster presented at the bi-annual meeting of IAGG-ER. Gothenburg, Sweden

Ayalon, L. (May, 2019). A life course perspective on ageing: A contribution to the SAPEA panel on the Future of Ageing. Paper presented as part of a symposium on Forecasting and Addressing the Care Needs of the Ageing EU Population organized by Michel, J-P. at the bi-annual meeting of IAGG-ER. Gothenburg, Sweden

Shinan-Altman, S., Soskolnik, V., & Ayalon, L. (February, 2019). Push and pull factors of job seekers who consider employment as home care workers for older adults. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of Espanet-Israel, Rupin, Israel

Ayalon, L., Yahav, I., Lesser O. (November, 2018). From a Bird’s Eye View: Whole Social Networks in Adult Day Care Centers and Continuing Care Retirement Communities. Paper presented at the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, MA.

Ayalon, L., de la Fuente Núñez, V., Dolberg, P., Mikulionienė, S., Perek-Bialak, J., Rapoliene, G.,  Stypińska, J., Willińska, M. (November, 2018). Separating the Wheat From the Chaff: A Systematic Review of Measures for the Assessment of Ageism. Paper presented at the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, MA.

Ayalon, L. (November, 2018). Engaging older people’s views with students who are researchers in training. (November, 2018). Discussant as part of a symposium. Symposium discussant at the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, MA.

Ayalon, L. (November, 2018).  Ageism in everyday contexts: factors that influence perceptions and outcomes. (November, 2018). iscussant as part of a symposium. Symposium discussant at the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, MA.

Koren, C. & Ayalon, L. (May 2018). The Meaning of Living-Apart-Together in Continuing Care Retirement Communities: Perspectives of Residents and Healthcare Professionals. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA

Shinan-Altman, S. & Ayalon, L. (September, 2018). Mixed motivations to provide formal care to older adults: Lessons from a training program. Paper presented at the Aging and Rejuvenation conference, Rome, Italy.

Lachman, M. Segal-Karfes, D. Ayalon, L. (February 2018). Loneliness and depressive symptoms: the moderating role of retirement. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Israeli Society of Gerontology, Tel Aviv, Israel

Levkovitch, I.* Karkavi, C. Gervitz-Miden, A.* Ayalon, L. (February 2018). "I will not hear about it, because I will not ask"; Family doctors' perceptions of the sexuality of the elderly. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Israeli Society of Gerontology, Tel Aviv, Israel

Koren, C. Ayalon, L. (February 2018). "We do not live together but are together all the time": The meaning of a second relationship in old age in protected housing from the perspectives of tenants and professionals. Paper presented in the annual meeting of the Israeli Society of Gerontology, Tel Aviv, Israel

Lev, S. Ayalon, L. (February 2018). The discourse on expanding the definition of ageism - a critical view. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Israeli Society of Gerontology, Tel Aviv, Israel

Levkovitch, I.* Gervitz-Miden, A.* Ayalon, L. (February 2018). Physicians' response to sexual dysfunction presented to them by younger patients compared with older patients. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Israeli Society of Gerontology, Tel Aviv, Israel

Ben-Nun, R. Ayalon, L. (February 2018). The city streets as a continuation of old people's private living room. Analysis of elderly activity in urban areas. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Israeli Society of Gerontology, Tel Aviv, Israel

Levkovich, I*, Gweritz-Meydan, A.* & Ayalon, L. (March 2018). Primary care physicians’ perceptions of sexuality among older adults. Paper presented as part of the Ben Meyir conference. Kfar Hamachabia, Israel

Domb, L.* & Ayalon, L. (November 2017). Sexuality in older adults who suffer from mental illness. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Israeli Social Work Association. Tel Aviv, Israel

Levinson, N.* & Ayalon, L. (November 2017). The experience of older women who suffer from a gambling disorder. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Israeli Social Work Association. Tel Aviv, Israel

Lev, S.* & Ayalon, L. (November 2017). Development and validation of an instrument to assess moral distress among social workers in long term care. Paper presented at annual meeting of the Israeli Social Work Association. Tel Aviv, Israel

Ayalon, L. & Klaus, R. (July 2017). Examining the utility of national disadvantage of age inequality in Europe. Paper presented as part of a symposium organized by L. Ayalon & K. Rothermund on Ageism in a global context: combining societal and individual perspectives on age discrimination at the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics/ Gerontological Social of America, San Francisco, CA.

Ayalon L. (July 2017). Discussant as part of a symposium organized by A. Kydd on Challenging attitudes to ageing and ageism presented at the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics/ Gerontological Social of America, San Francisco, CA.

Ayalon, L. & Tesch-Roemer, C. (July, 2017). Ageism from a multi-national, interdisciplinary perspective presented as part of a symposium organized by T Scharf & A. Lowenstein on Social gerontology without borders? New perspectives from international research at the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics/ Gerontological Social of America, San Francisco, CA.

Ayalon, L. (July, 2017). Discussant as part of a symposium organized by L. Ayalon on Policies Related to Ageism: Presentations from COST IS1402 on Ageism presented at the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics/ Gerontological Social of America, San Francisco, CA.

Lev, S.* & Ayalon, L. (February, 2017). Psychometric properties of a measure to assess moral distress among social workers in long term care. ESPAnet, Ramat Gan, Israel.

Lev, S.* & Ayalon, L. (February, 2017). A typology of social workers in long term care. ESPAnet, Ramat Gan, Israel.

Shinan-Altman, S. & Ayalon, L. (February, 2017). The perceptions of older residents and their adult children regarding staff in the CCRC. ESPAnet, Ramat Gan, Israel.

Dolberg, P. * & Ayalon, L. (November, 2016). Middle Age: A Tacit Peak in the Young - Old Dichotomy. Paper presented in the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, U.S.A

Ben-Noon, R.* & Ayalon, L. (June, 2016). Older adults outdoors. Paper presented as part of a symposium on Ageism and the city: Representations of older people in urban development at the annual meeting of the Nordic Congress of Gerontology, Tampere, Florida.

Gweirtz-Meydan, A.* & Ayalon, L. (May, 2016). PDE5i as a "cure all" for older adults: An indicator of ageist practices among physicians. Paper presented as part of a symposium at the 3th Congress of the European Federation of Sexology, Dubrovnik; Croatia

Dolberg, P.,* Shiovitz-Ezra, S., Ayalon, L. (February, 2016). Loneliness among immigrants from the former Soviet Union. Paper presented as part of a symposium at the bi-annual meeting of the Israeli Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Ayalon, L. (February, 2016). Symposium on COST Action IS1402 on ageism presented at the bi-annual meeting of the Israeli Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Ayalon, L. & Reuveni, Y. (February, 2016). Symposium on the wellbeing of caregivers presented at the bi-annual meeting of the Israeli Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Ayalon, L. (February, 2016). Do foreigners deserve rights? Reexamined attitudes towards the rights of foreign workers presented as part of a symposium at the bi-annual meeting of the Israeli Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Shinan-Altman, S. & Ayalon, L. (February, 2016). Hospitalized older adults accompanied by foreing home care workers. Perceptions regarding formal and informal care presented as part of a symposium at the bi-annual meeting of the Israeli Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Dassa, A. & Ayalon, L. (February, 2016). Training paraprofessional workers to use music therapy with older adults with dementia presented as part of a symposium at the bi-annual meeting of the Israeli Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Segel-Karpas, D.*, Ayalon, L., & Lachman, M. (February, 2016). Social activity and loneliness, the moderating role of cognitive functioning presented as part of a symposium at the bi-annual meeting of the Israeli Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Cohen, L. *, Palgi, Y., Dassa, A., Ayalon, L., Ophenheim, D., Sher-Tsenzor, E. (February, 2016). The relationship between emotional availability of the professional carer and neuropsychiatric symptoms of older adults with dementia presented as part of a symposium at the bi-annual meeting of the Israeli Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Lev, S.* & Ayalon, L. (February, 2016). Ethical distress among social workers in long term care presented as part of a symposium at the bi-annual meeting of the Israeli Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Ayalon, L. (November, 2015). Intergenerational relations in the continuing care retirement community. Paper presented as part of a symposium at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando, FL, USA.

Shinan-Altman, S. & Ayalon, L. (November, 2015). If I am not for myself, who is for me? The experiences of older migrant home care recipients during their hospitalization. Paper presented as part of a symposium at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando, FL, USA.

Ayalon, L. (May, 2015). The invisible world of home care. Paper presented as part of the annual meeting of the Global Young Academy, Montebello, Canada.

Ayalon, L. (April, 2015). Ageism from a cross-cultural, multi-disciplinary perspective. Symposium organized as part of the IAGG-ER meeting, Dublin, Ireland.

Ayalon, L. & Green, O.*(April, 2015). A typology of new residents' adjustment to the continuing care retirement community. Poster presented as part of the IAGG-ER meeting, Dublin, Ireland.

Ayalon, L. & Roziner, I. (April, 2015). A social relations model of satisfaction with the relationship within the home care setting. Poster presented as part of the IAGG-ER meeting, Dublin, Ireland.

Dolberg, P.*, Goldfracht, M., Karkabi, K., Bleichman, I., Fleisher, S., & Ayalon., L. (February, 2015). Barriers to mental health treatment among older adults from the former Soviet Union. Paper presented during the annual meeting of the Israel Sociological Association, Kinneret, Israel.

Goldfracht, M., Karkabi, K., Bleichman, I., Fleisher, S., & Ayalon., L. (March, 2015). Barriers to the treatment of mental illness from the perspective of primary care physicians. Paper presented during the annual Family Medicine Conference. Haifa, Israel.

Ayalon., L., Karkabi, K., Bleichman, I., Fleisher, S., & Goldfracht, M. (2015). Between modern and traditional values. Paper presented during the annual Family Medicine Conference on Behalf of Shabtai Ben Meir.

Green, O. * & Ayalon, L. (October, 2014). "To report or not to report - this is the question": Exploring the reporting behavior of abused and exploited migrant care workers. Canadian Gerontological Association, Toronto, CA

Green, O. * & Ayalon, L. (October, 2014). Familiarity with workers' rights among migrant home care workers, older adults and family member. Canadian Gerontological Association, Toronto, CA

Lev, S* & Ayalon, L. (January, 2014). The obligation dilemma in long term care: A theoretical model. To be presented at the annual meeting of Israeli Gerontological Society Tel Aviv, Israel.

Cohen, N.* & Ayalon, L. (January, 2014). Attitudes of older widows towards second marriage. To be presented at the annual meeting of Israeli Gerontological Society Tel Aviv, Israel.

Ashkenazi, O* & Ayalon, L. (January, 2014). The cross-cultural interaction of Filipino home care workers and their employers. To be presented at the annual meeting of social workers in Health. Jerusalem, Israel.

Green, O.* & Ayalon, L. (October, 2013).Improving the participation rate of older adults and their caregivers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association on Gerontology, Halifax, Canada.

Green, O.* & Ayalon, L. (October, 2013). “Deprived and invisible”: Comparing the working condition of migrant live-in care workers and local live-out care workers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association on Gerontology, Halifax, Canada.

Ayalon, L. (June, 2013). Between private and public care. Paper presented as part of the COST meeting Cohesion - Social Services, Welfare State and Places, Reykjavik, Iceland

Green, O.* & Ayalon, L. (May, 2013). "Nothing to do, no one to tell?" Exploitation and abuse of migrant-worker women in Israel and their willingness to report it formally and informally, Paper presented as part of the Global Discourse in Women's and Gender Studies, Middle Tennessee state university, Murfreesboro, Tennessee 

Ayalon, L. (Nov., 2012). Predictors of successful aging in three population groups of Israelis. Paper to be presented as part of a symposium on SHARE Israel organized by Prof. Litwin, the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Diego, CA.

Ayalon, L. (Nov., 2012). Perceived discrimination in Europe: Results from the European Social Study. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Diego, CA.

Ayalon, L. (Nov., 2012). Feelings towards older vs. younger adults in Europe . Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Diego, CA.

Ayalon, L. (Nov., 2012). ethnic differences in concerns, knowledge, and beliefs about Alzheimer's disease: Results from a National Sample. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Diego, CA.

Ayalon, L. (Nov., 2012). Continuing care retirement communities: American and Israeli attitudes and residence satisfaction. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Diego, CA.

Ayalon, L. (June, 2012). Ageism and modernization. Paper presented as part of the RAND dataset workshop. Oxford, United Kingdom

Ayalon, L. & Green, V. (March, 2012). Grief in the context of the continuing care retirement community. Paper presented as part of the biannual meeting of the Israeli Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel

Ayalon, L. & Rotstein, A. (March, 2012). Attitudes towards continuing care retirement communities. Paper presented as part of the biannual meeting of the Israeli Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel

Green, V. & Ayalon, L. (March, 2012). Intergenerational discussion about the transition to the continuing care retirement community. Paper presented as part of the biannual meeting of the Israeli Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel

Lev, S.* & Ayalon, L. (March, 2012). The moral dilemmas of social workers in long term care settings. Paper presented as part of the biannual meeting of the Israeli Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel

Ayalon, L. (March, 2012). The role of burden in reports of neuropsychiatric symptoms by formal and informal caregivers. Paper presented as part of the biannual meeting of the Israeli Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel

Ayalon, L. (March, 2012). The prevalence and predictors of suicidal ideation in Europe: Results from the Survey of Health Aging and Retirement in Europe. Paper presented as part of the biannual meeting of the Israeli Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel

Ayalon, L. & Green, V. (March, 2012). Social ties in the context of the continuing care retirement community. Poster presented as part of the annual meeting of the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry, Washington, D.C.

Ayalon, L., Gross, R., Yaari, A., Feldhamer, I., Balicer, R., Goldfracht, M. (2012). Patients' and physicians' characteristics associated with the purchase of benzodiazepines by older primary care patients in Israel. Poster presented as part of the annual meeting of the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry, Washington, D.C.

Ayalon, L., & Shiovitz-Ezra, S. (November, 2011). The relationship between loneliness and passive death wishes in the second half of life. Poster presented as part of the annual meeting of the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, MA.

Ayalon, L. (September, 2010). The prevalence and predictors of passive death wishes in Europe. Paper and poster presented as part of the annual meeting of the International College of Geriatric Psychoneuropharmacology. Athens, Greece.

Ayalon, L. (June, 2010). Fears come true. The experiences of older care recipients, their family members, and their foreign home care workers. Paper presented as part of the annual meeting of the Israeli Social Work Association. Tel Aviv, Israel

Bachner, G. Y., & Ayalon, L. (February, 2010). Initial Examination of the Psychometric Properties of the Short Hebrew Version of the Zarit Burden Interview. Paper presented as part of the annual meeting of the Israeli Geronotological Society. Tel Aviv, Israel.

Kaniel, M.,* & Ayalon, L (February, 2010). Examining gender differences among foreign home care workers. Paper presented as part of the annual meeting of the Israeli Geronotological Society. Tel Aviv, Israel.

Shiovitz-Ezra, S. & Ayalon, L (February, 2010). Loneliness in foreign home care workers. Paper presented as part of the annual meeting of the Israeli Geronotological Society. Tel Aviv, Israel.

Ayalon, L (February, 2010). Satisfaction with foreign home care services: Results from triadic data. Paper presented as part of the annual meeting of the Israeli Geronotological Society. Tel Aviv, Israel.

Ayalon, L., Gum, A., Rotstein. (February, 2010). Characteristics and attitudes of residents of continuing care retirement communities. Poster presented as part of the annual meeting of the Israeli Geronotological Society. Tel Aviv, Israel.

Ayalon, L. (Nov., 2009). The many roles of foreign home care workers under the live-in home care system in Israel. Paper presented as part of a symposium on the roles of home care workers organized by Anne Martin-Matthews as part of the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. Atlanta, Georgia.

Ayalon, L. (June, 2009). Family and family-like interactions in households with round the clock foreign home carers in Israel. Talk presented as part of the conference on Diasporic Encounters, Sacred Journeys: Gendered Migrants, Sociality and the Religious Imagination. Keele, England.

Ayalon, L. (July, 2009). Home care to older adults: Challenges and promise. Symposium presented at the World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics. Paris, France.

Ayalon, L. (July, 2009). Fears and fears come true: The experience of older care recipients and their family members of foreign home care workers. Paper presented at the World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics. Paris, France.

Ayalon, L. (May, 2009). Using structural equation modeling to examine the relationship between problem behaviors and caregivers’ well being: Results from triadic data. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Geriatrics Society. Chicago, IL.

Mackin, S., Savla, G*., Gillung, E*., Ayalon, L., McKay, E*., Arean, P. (February, 2009). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Atlanta, Georgia

Ayalon, L. (November, 2008). Willingness to participate in Alzheimer’s research and attitudes towards proxy informed consent. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. National Harbor, Maryland.

Ayalon, L. (November, 2008). Dementia knowledge and practice of foreign home care workers in Israel. Paper presented as part of a symposium on Behavioral Symptoms in Dementia: Translating knowledge into practice organized by Kimberly Curyto, Ph.D. at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. National Harbor, Maryland.

Ayalon, L., & Itzhaki, H. (March, 2008). The moderating role of health status and trauma in determining sense of well being immediately after the war. Poster presented as part of the annual meeting of the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry, Orlando, FL.

Ayalon, L. (March, 2008). Subjective cognitive functioning as a predictor of all cause mortality. Poster presented as part of the annual meeting of the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry, Orlando, FL.

Ayalon, L. (March, 2008). Volunteering as a predictor of all cause mortality: What aspects of volunteering really matter? Poster presented as part of the annual meeting of the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry, Orlando, FL. Also presented as a poster at the bi-annual meeting of Israel Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Ayalon, L. (February, 2008). Using a mixed-methods approach to evaluate the working conditions of foreign home care workers in Israel. Paper presented at the bi-annual meeting of Israel Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Ayalon, L. (February, 2008). Cognitive functioning of older Israeli. Presented as part of a symposium of first results of SHARE-Israel at the bi-annual meeting of Israel Gerontological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel

Ayalon, L. (Nov. 2007). No place like home? Challenges associated with foreign home care work in Israel.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA

Ayalon, L., Arean, PA., Bornfeld, H. (2007). Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about depression among long-term care staff. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA

Ayalon, L. (March, 2007). Knowledge about evidence based practices among long-term care staff. Paper presented as part of a symposium on the Senior Behavioral Mental Health Services, organized by Arean, P.A.  at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA

Ayalon, L., & Covinsky, K. (March, 2007). Long term mortality in Jewish survivors of the Nazi regime. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry. New Orleans

Gum, A., McDougal, S.,* & Ayalon, L. (March, 2007). Utilization and preferences for psychotherapy modalities in racial and ethnic minority older adults. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry. New Orleans

Ayalon, L. (March, 2007). Improving the knowledge and clinical practices of long-term care staff. Paper to be presented as part of a symposium on Innovations in Behavioral Interventions for Agitation Management in Assisted Living chaired by Arean, P. at the annual meeting of the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry. New Orleans

Ayalon, L., Kaniel, M.*, Rosenberg, L.* (June, 2006). The development of an acculturation measure of Filipino home care workers in Israel. Paper presented at the second Qualitative Methods Research Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel. 

Kaniel, M.*, Ayalon, L., Rosenberg, L.* (June, 2006). Gender roles and their impact on Filipino home care workers in Israel. Poster presented at the second Qualitative Methods Research Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel. 

Rosenberg, L.* Ayalon, L., Kaniel, M.* (June, 2006). Intergentational solidarity in the face of foreign home care workers. Paper presented at the second Qualitative Methods Research Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel. 

Bornfeld, H.L., Areán, P.A., Linkins, K., Beard, R., Ayalon, L. (May, 2006). Senior Behavioral Health Services Project: Improving implementation of evidence-based treatments for neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia through staff training and consultation in residential care facilities for the elderly. Poster presented at the Bay Area Health Care Quality & Outcomes Research Conference. San Francisco, CA

Ayalon, L., & Areán, P.A. (March, 2006) Integration of Mental Health Services into Primary Care Overcomes Ethnic Disparities in Access to Mental Health Services between Black and White Elderly. Poster presented at the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry. San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Ayalon, L., Mackin, S. & Areán, P.A. (March, 2006) Cognitive functioning predicts thoughts of hurting one self and thoughts of death. Poster presented at the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry. San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Ayalon, L., Alvidrez, A., Areán, P.A. (November, 2005). Beliefs about mental illness predict mental health service use in a sample of ethnic minority elderly. Poster presented at the Latino Mental Health Conference. Princeton, New Jersey, NY.

Ayalon, L., Gum, A., Areán, P.A. (November, 2005). “In the absence of a magic pill”: the evidence for behavioral interventions for the treatment of neuropsychiatric symptoms in demented elderly. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, Louisiana

Huyck, M.H., Ayalon, L., Yoder, J. (July, 2005). Evaluating the impact of the SeniorCare program. Paper presented at the International Congress of Gerontology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Gum, A., Ayalon, L., Greenberg, M.*, Palko, B.*, Areán, P.A. (November, 2004). Development of a measure of utilization and preferences for mental health services for ethnic minorities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington D.C.

Ayalon, L, Perri, C.*, Horowitz, M, Areán, P.A. (November, 2004). “How come I survived?”” Learning about resilience from testimonies of Holocaust survivors. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington D.C.

Amber, G., Ayalon, L., Palko, B.*, Greenberg, J.M.*, Ruffo, E.*, & Areán, P.A. (June, 2004). Older adults’ utilization and preferences for mental health services. Poster presented at the National Research Services Award (NRSA) Trainees Research Conference, San Diego, California

Wyman, M., Ayalon, L., Gum, A., & Areán, P.A. (April, 2004). Mental health research and treatment issues with minority older adults. Lecture/mini workshop presented at the joint conference of the National Council on Aging/ American Society on Aging, San Francisco, California.

Huyck, M., Ayalon, L., Rowland, S. & Yoder, J (November, 2003). Evaluating impact of caregiving support programs. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Diego, California

Ayalon, L., & Areán, P.A. (November, 2003). Knowledge of Alzheimer’s Disease in Four Ethnic Groups of Older Adults. Talk presented as part of a symposium “ Ethnic differences in knowledge of Alzheimer’s disease and their implications for educational and treatment interventions” by L. Ayalon, P.A. Areán (D. Gallagher-Thompson as a discussant) at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Diego, California

Ayalon, L., Areán, P.A., & Alvidrez, J. (November, 2003). The role of perceived stigma and patient-physician relationship in compliance with antidepressant medications among older adults. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Diego, California

Areán, P.A., Ayalon, L., Alvidrez, J. (August, 2003). Consumer-based research methods for recruiting and retaining ethnic minorities into mental health research. Talk presented as part of a symposium “Enhancing Research Participation for Ethnic Minority Elders: An American Problem with International Implications “, by W.E. Faison at the International Psychogeriatrics Association, Chicago, Illinois.

Ayalon, L. & Young, M.A. (May, 2003). Understanding Racial Group Differences in Service Use. Poster presented at the American Psychiatric Association, San Francisco, California.

Ayalon, L. & Young, M.A. (January, 2003). Alexithymia- A personality style or a socio-cultural variant? Poster presented at the Second Multi-Cultural Summit, Hollywood, California.

Ayalon, L. & Young, M. A. (November, 2002). Locus of control as a mediator of racial variations in symptom expression. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno, Nevada.

Ayalon, L. & Huyck, M.H. (November, 2002). Cultural variants of caregiving or the culture of caregiver. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, Massachusetts

Ayalon, L. & Young, M.A. (September, 2002). Examining racial Group differences in symptom report. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, San Francisco, California. 

Huyck, M. H., Yoder, J., Lopez, G., & Ayalon, L. (April, 2002). Developing effective urban caregiving support programs. Lecture/mini workshop presented at the joint conference of the National Council on Aging/ American Society on Aging, Denver, Colorado.

Huyck, M.H., Rich, A., Rybal, T., Yoder, J., & Ayalon, L (December, 2001). Marketing effective caregiving support programs: from the novice to the professional. Session presented at the Governor's Conference on Aging and Human Services, Chicago, Illinois

Ayalon, L., Huyck, M. H, Lopez, G., & Yoder, J. (November, 2001). Providing informal care to an elderly family member- the Latino perspective. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Chicago, Illinois

Ayalon, L. & Young, M. A. (November, 2001). Somatic versus psychological expressions of depression- Can they be differentiated? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Madison, Wisconsin.

Ayalon, L. & Young, M. A. (November, 2000). A comparison of depressive symptoms in African Americans and Caucasian Americans. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Boulder, Colorado.

 

* Work conducted with students

INVITED TALKS

10/23 How we think, feel, and act on ageing. Keynote and moderator. Policy innovation for healthy ageing in the WHO European Region Regional summit for national policy experts on healthy ageing. Lisbon, Portugal

6/2023 Humanitarian crisis and old age mental health. Lisbon, Portugal (workshop)

6/2023 Mitigating ageism in everyday clinical care. Lisbon, Portugal (workshop)

3/2023 Ageism and intergenerational relations in the age of climate change. KAIST. South Korea (webinar).

11/2022 Ageism in cancer care forum. The Clinical Oncology Society of Australia, Geriatric Oncology Executive of COSA, and Geriatric Oncology Emerging Experts & Researchers Group. Australia (webinar)

11/2022 Triple jeopardy: Intersection of Ageism, Sexism, Ableism as Barriers to Mental Health Services for Older Adults. Supporting the mental health and wellbeing of older people. World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Turkey (hybrid)

8/2022- Ageism and elder abuse. World Psychiatric Association annual meeting. Bangkok, Thailand (hybrid).

8/2022- Do’s and don’ts as an ageing researcher. SWEAH alumni gathering, Lund, Sweden.

7/2022- Older people at times of war: The role of cumulative trauma, WFMH World Congress London, United Kingdom (webinar)

7/2022- The social construction of old age: From ageism to intergenerational solidarity. Keynote speaker: European Sociological Association. Vienna, Austria.

6/2022- Mainstreaming ageing. UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing. Rome, Italy

6/2022- Ageism and social campaigns. Keynote speaker: International Association of Geriatrics and Gerontology. Buenos Aires, Argentina (webinar)

3/2022- From social frailty to societal frailty. IAGG e-Trigger. Canberra, Australia (online)

3/2022- Climate change as a violation of human rights. IPA/ WPA Webinar- Violations of Human Rights of Older Adults with Mental Health Conditions in a Changing World (online)

3/0222- Ageism, intergenerational tension and solidarity: Future directions to a world for all ages. Keynote speaker: Building and intergenerational nation. Generations working together. Scotland, United Kingdom (webinar)

1/2022- Ageism in vaccination policies of older people in long term care settings: Recommendations for times of scarce resources. “Combatting ageism as a policy lever in the delivery of vaccines in long-term care facilities”. International Federation of Ageing (webinar)

12/2021- Older people have the right to choose where they live and who cares for them when they are unable to care for themselves. Debate: Human Rights and the Mental Health of Older Persons. with Dawn Garret. IPA Virtual Congress (webinar) 

12/2001- Ageism and older people. Presented as part of a seminar series of advanced gerontology students organized by Israel Gerontological Society, the University of Haifa, Bar Ilan University and Ben Gurion University (webinar)

11/2021- Ageism and its impact on mental health during the pandemic. The Silver Forum: Mental health and social wellbeing. United Nations Population Funds, Belarus (webinar)

11/2021- Ageism: The right to work and climate change. International Federation of Ageing (webinar)

11/2021-Ageism its impact on the mental health of older people. World Psychiatric Association (webinar)

10/2021- Keynote speaker, The Swedish National Graduate School for Competitive Science on Ageing and Health (SWEAH) Milestone Conference, Sweden (webinar)

9/2021- Ageism as a barrier to human rights. Human Rights Watch, United Kingdom (webinar)

9/2021- Ageism: Its manifestation and impact on older people’s mental health. Regional IPA/JPS meeting (webinar)

9/2021-What worked and what didn’t work: Mental health of older adults in the pandemic. GSA COVID Conversation (webinar)

5/2021- (With Dr. Shlomit Lir) The intersection of sexism and ageism. Presented to the Israeli consulate in Chile (webinar)

3/2021- The right to work and access to the labour market. UN General Assembly the Open Ending Working Group on Aging for the purpose of strengthening the human rights of older persons, New York, USA (webinar)

3/2021-An international perspective on ageism. Ageism and human rights. Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, Canada (webinar)

2/2021- (With Dr. Shlomit Lir) Male directors in the second half of life: Israel and beyond. Analyzing social constructions of ageing masculinities and their cultural representations in contemporary European literatures and cinemas. Sweden

2/2021- When ageism meets gender. Women in old age. JDC Eshel & Women and their body. Israel (webinar)

12/2020- Ageism and language and policies' in relation to COVID-19. Irish Gerontological Society, Ireland (webinar)

11/2020-Older adults’ panel. The International Summit on domestic/family violence during the COVID-19 era. International webinar.

9/2020- Older adults in long term care. Israel Alzheimer’s Association annual meeting. EMDA, Israel (webinar)   

9/2020- Older people in Israel and around the world: Past, present and future. The over 65 survey. JDC Brookdale, Israel (webinar)

9/2020- Ageism and COVID-19. Plenary Speaker - Virtual Aging & Social Change: Tenth Interdisciplinary Conference, Canada (webinar)

9/2020- Nursing homes should be abolished global debate. Capacity Australia, Australia (webinar)

7/2020- From ageing (and gender) representations to men representing gender. Graz International Summer School, Gratz University, Austria (webinar)

6/2020- What data are needed to monitor the direct and indirect effects of COVID-19 on older people? Global Platform data webinar

4/2020- Aging sex and sexuality. Bar Ilan University, Israel (webinar)

3/2020- Aging in the times of COVID-19. Krav Mada, Israel Young Academy and Galaz (webinar)

12/2019- New directions in the field of gerontology, The future of gerontology, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel

11/2019- Our ageing futures, Anglo-Israel colloquium, Jerusalem, Israel

11/2019- Lessons from SHARE-Israel, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

11/2019-Success stories. The advantages of collaborating on an ITN. ISERD, Jerusalem, Israel

11/2019- The pathways and implications of ageism: Is it possible to eliminate ageism. Social, Behavioral, and Environmental Enablers for Healthy Longevity. National Academy of Medicine, Washington, D.C.

11/2019-Understanding ageism. The 12th meeting of the UNECE’s intergovernmental Working Group on Ageing meeting in Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

11/2019- Ageing as an opportunity. Ageing from basic science to policy advise. International Antonio Feltrinelli Conference. Rome, Italy  

7/ 2019- Addressing the challenges of ageing across the life course. Transforming the future of ageing: Lessons from the SAPEA report and its application to the Israeli context. The Israel Academy of Science, Jerusalem, Israel

7/2019- Panel discussant. Human Rights’ Council 41st session side event. Can human rights education curtail ageism? United Nations, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.

5/2019- Keynote Speaker- Ageism: Challenges and new directions. The annual meeting of IAGG-ER. Gothenburg, Sweden

5/2019-IAGG Master class on ageism- speaker and mentor

3/2019- Challenges and new directions in the conduct of transnational elder care research. Presented as part of the Long term care crisis: Tapping into labour resources within and across national borders. Mainz, Germany. 

2/2019- Old age and ageing in long term care. Presented as part of the ISF subjective ageing conference. Haifa, Israel

10/2018- Active aging. The Prime Minister’s round table on aging. Tel Aviv, Israel

8/2018- Participation of older adults in society. The Tvuna Forum on ageing (A program organized by various governmental and non-governmental agencies to develop a comprehensive ageing agenda in Israel. Jerusalem, Israel

6/2018- Ageism 101. A colloquium in the department of Psychology. The Open University, Israel

5/2018- Innovations in social gerontology- A University of Southern California course on aging. The IDC, Herzlia, Israel

4/2018- An introduction to aging in the 21^st century. An introductory conference concerning older adults and aging. Rupin college, Israel.

4/2018- What do we mean when we say ‘old age?’ The Hackathon forum, organized by the National Insurance Institute of Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel

4/2018- Older adults living at home: Challenges and opportunities. Forum Tvuna (all Israeli governmental and non-governmental officials in the field of aging), Neve Ilan, Israel. 

3/2018- Everything about ageism. The interdisciplinary colloquium, Bar Ilan University, Israel.

11/2017- What do we mean by ageism? The EU contribution to the WHO global campaign to combat ageism. Brussels, Belgium.

11/2017- Challenges associated with age and aging. Presented as part of the annual meeting of the association of rehabilitation psychology. Ashkelon, Israel

10/2017- Assessing change using longitudinal qualitative research. Qualitative Research in Communication, Bucharest, Romania

7/2017- Ageism from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Presented as part of the postdoctorate training at Palo Alto VA, Palo Alto, CA

7/2016- Challenges associated with the assessment of ageism. Paper presented as part of the Ageing as Future Conference. Institute of Psychogerontology, Nuremburg, Germany.

3/ 2016- The Israeli Young Academy: Addressing social issues in academia. Paper presented as part of a conference of the Asian Young Academies. Science Council of Japan, National Young Academy of Japan, Tokyo, Japan

12/2015- Loneliness as a source of inequality. The annual meeting of the conference on Inequalities in Health. The Ministry of Health, Tel Aviv, Israel

10-11/2015; 3/2016- Foreign home care workers in Israel. EMDA, Raanana, Israel; National Insurance Institute of Israel, Ramat Efal, Israel; Dorot, Ranana, Israel

6/2015- Preliminary findings from a meta-analysis and systematic review of elder abuse interventions. The National Elder Abuse Day, Ramat Gan, Israel

11/2014- Migrant home care workers in Israel: Challenges and advantages. Emda, Haifa, Israel

5/2014-The intersection of home care and hospital care. Israel Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel

4/2014- Ageism in the health care system. Haifa University, Haifa, Israel

3/2014- Ageism. Tirat Rishonim (nursing home), Rishon Lezion, Israel

11/2013- The measurement of ageism. A meeting to honor the new book on ageism in Israeli society. Tel Aviv University, Israel

4-5/2013- Program evaluation. National Insurance Institute of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

3/2013- Functionally disabled older adults-An exploration of the options of care. Psychogeriatric Unit, Ichilov Hospital, Tel Aviv University, Israel

3/2013- Home care workers in the hospital unit. Paper presented at the Multi-disciplinary conference on aging. Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

2/2013- Home care to older adults- What are the options. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the European Network for Social Policy Analysis. Jerusalem, Israel.

11/2012- Older adults accompanied by their live-in migrant home care workers during hospitalization. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Geriatrics Conference. Tel Aviv, Israel

10/2012- Cognitive changes in older Israelis. Presented as part of the SHARE workshop. The Hebrew University, Israel

9/2012- Evidence based practice. National Insurance Institute of Israel (to be presented)

6/2012- Violence behind closed doors. Opening talk of the elder abuse day, Tel Aviv, Israel

3/2012- Innovation in social gerontology. The opening talk of the biannual meeting of the Israeli Gerontrological Society.

4/2012- Between formal and informal care. The Cathedra for Gerontologists. Tel Aviv University, Israel

2/2012- Ageism: From theory to practice. The annual conference of Israeli speech therapist. Tel Aviv, Israel

11/2011- Foreign home care workers in Israel. Sheba Tel Hashomer, Israel

9/2011-Loneliness in old adults. Eshel, Israel

6/2011- The intersection of formal and informal caregiving to older adults with disability. Ben Gurion University, Israel

2010-ongoing workshops and lectures concerning suicide prevention in older adults given in a variety of settings including Eran (hotline), mental health social workers, psychiatrists and psychologists as part of the national program for the prevention of suicide.

10/2010 Suicide in older adults-Results from the Survey of Health and Retirement in Europe. Hebrew University. 

10/2009 Social and Legal Responses to Elder Abuse. The Jewish Federation-Tel Aviv-Los Angeles. Abuse and neglect in older adults who receive round the clock home care services. Tel Aviv, Israel

9/2009 Hebrew University, Advancing the Knowledge Concerning Older Adults- Suicide prevention in older adults. Talk presented to the Israel Ministry of Welfare. Jerusalem, Israel

5/2009 Hebrew University, School of Social Work-Celebrating 50 years to the school of social work- Examining elder abuse and neglect under the live-in foreign home care system. Jerusalem, Israel

5/2009 Hebrew University, School of Social Work- SHARE ISRAEL. The role of cognitive functioning as a predictor of suicidal ideation in older adults.

12/2008 Bar Ilan University, Departmental Colloquium- The new caregivers of the 21^st century. Ramat Gan, Israel

11/2008 Alzheimer’s Center Research Day- Ethical Issues involving the enrolment of patients with Alzheimer’s disease into research. Tel Hashomer, Israel

11/2007 Israel-SHARE first results' conference- Cognitive functioning in older adults 50 years and older. Jerusalem, Israel

4/2007 International Psychogeriatric Association Satellite Conference- Filipino home care workers in Israel- The new caregivers of the 21^st century. Haifa, Israel

5/2006 Continuing education at Bar Ilan University. An introduction to cognitive behavioral therapy. Talk given to field supervisors

4/2006 The Israeli Psychogeritatric Nursing Association-An interdisciplinary panel on nursing in long-term care. Talk given to pscychogeriatric nurses

10/2006 University of California, San Francisco- Developing your research in the community- How to conduct community based research. Talk given to NIH postdoctoral students

12/2005 Lev Zahav- Potential conflicts between family caregivers and formal caregivers. Talk given to paraprofessional workers

ORGANIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

2014-2018: As the coordinator of a COST Action on ageism, I have organized multiple conferences in various locations, including, Dublin, Berlin, Barcelona, Bucharest, Krakow, Vilnius, London, Eindhoven, Brussels, and Tel Aviv.

2017-2021: As the coordinator of an international Ph.D. program funded through the European Commission on ageism, I have organized multiple conferences and training schools in various locations, including, Tampere, Aberdeen, Gothenburg, Krakow, The Czech Republic, Brussels, and Tel Aviv.

A meeting of the Asian Young Academies in Israel, Feb, 2018, The Israel Academy of Science, Israel

Israel Science Foundation workshop on longitudinal research, Jan., 2019, Bar Ilan University, Israel

Israel Science Foundation workshop on social network, Feb., 2020, Bar Ilan University, Israel

A meeting of the Science Advice for Policy work group on transforming the future of ageing, July, 2019, The Israel Academy of Science, Israel

The WHO expert group meeting to develop a measure to assess ageism, February, 2020, Tel Aviv, Israel

UNIDOP Resilience of Older Persons in a Changing World, October, 2022. (Geneva, webinar)

ESRC-ISF meeting series on the topic of ageing. February-March, 2022 (online)

VolkswagenStiftung Niedersächsisches Vorab  live-in care in context: Care ethics, care constellations, and caring communities. October, 2023, Tel Aviv, Israel

UNIDOP Climate change induced disasters: Older persons preparedness and response to build forward better. September, 2023. (Geneva, hybrid)

Gerontological Society of America Special interest webinar series: Climate change and aging, starting July 2023- ongoing