In a study undertaken by the JDC-Brookdale Institute of Gerontology and Human Development, researchers Jenny Brodsky and Yaron King found that Israel's survivor population of 65 and over were more vulnerable than the general population, more isolated, and had more difficulty washing, dressing and feeding themselves. Yet, researchers found, the percentage receiving long-term care services was lower than that of the general population. The study also showed that significant numbers of elderly survivors were dissatisfied with their social life, that they have unmet social and emotional needs. That they were often lonely. This includes intensive individual and group counseling, social clubs and support groups.
Holocaust survivors are perfectly normal people who went through an abnormal situation.
You have 120,000 people with blurred memories, no identity, who've spent the last fifty years finding out their real name. Take Rose, for example. As a result of the therapy and support she received. Rose became a volunteer herself. One reads in the papers all the time about the millions and millions of dollars that survivors have coming to them from the Swiss banks, and insurance companies, and Jewish properties in Eastern Europe.