The Long-Term Care Insurance Program in Israel: solidarity with the elderly in a changing society

Table 3 Average scoring in activities of daily living by dependency score

Dependency score	Number of individuals	Bathing	Dressing	Mobility in the home	Occurrences of falls	Control of urine and bowel movements	Eating and cooking	Need of Supervision	Living Alone
2.5	34,478	0.70	0.91	0.01	0.06	0.15	0.42	0.06	0.25
3	21,962	0.81	0.94	0.03	0.07	0.29	0.47	0.15	0.33
3.5	10,088	0.84	0.97	0.13	0.12	0.65	0.50	0.07	0.28
4	6,469	0.93	0.98	0.31	0.12	0.92	0.51	0.07	0.23
4.5	4,259	0.98	0.98	0.40	0.17	1.13	0.52	0.06	0.31
5	2,209	0.99	0.99	0.50	0.08	1.91	0.52	0.06	0.00
5.5	1,098	1.15	0.99	0.55	0.14	2.14	0.54	0.07	0.07
6	5,267	1.31	1.00	0.62	0.18	2.34	0.56	0.06	0.00
6.5	10,065	1.20	0.99	0.52	0.26	1.78	0.58	0.06	1.16
7	8,852	1.13	0.99	0.57	0.14	2.12	0.58	0.05	1.46
7.5	5,482	1.20	1.00	0.59	0.19	2.24	0.62	0.06	1.66
8	4,239	1.31	1.00	0.64	0.22	2.43	0.67	0.07	1.74
8.5	2,399	1.39	1.00	0.72	0.23	2.56	0.63	0.05	1.96
9	15,282	1.24	0.92	0.48	0.15	1.84	0.73	7.38	0.36
9.5	1,056	1.49	1.00	0.89	0.28	2.80	1.03	0.08	2.00
10	600	1.50	1.00	0.96	0.22	2.95	1.37	0.09	2.00
10.5	60	1.49	1.00	0.93	0.76	2.93	1.39	0.13	2.00
11	12,436	1.13	0.87	0.33	0.15	1.42	0.68	8.99	2.00

Source: [1]: 127.
Note: Data do not include beneficiaries who died or moved to an institution during December 2011 or beneficiaries whose eligibility was determined in a “fast track” procedure (see below).

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