Daily Routine in Wartime
Information center and how to establish a daily routine in wartime
Information center and how to establish a daily routine in wartime
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Hospital Elective Activities
All the information about the hospitals that have renewed their elective (non-urgent) activities. -
Family Care Centers
Due to the emergency, Tipat Halav clinics provide local and accessible services throughout Israel for anyone who is away from home. For further information, call the Ministry of Health's Hotline… -
Self-Care to Be Able to Help Others
During emergencues, parents have a twofold challenge: function and cope with the situation themselves, so they can support and communicate the situation to their children. This way you can take… -
Healthy Nutrition in Emergency
Healthy nutrition is important and helps reinforcing our physical and mental resilience. We have gathered here all the information, hotlines and phone numbers on the subject of nutritional counseling and… -
Keeping Children and Adults Busy
Keeping busy and active during crisis times carries therapeutic powers. It helps self-regulation of powerful emotions, relieve tensions and maintain resilience. We have gathered here some examples for suitable activities. -
Screens in Wartime
Everything you need to know about screen time, both during emergency situations and in general. Pros, cons and what is the recommended screen time for every age group. -
Child and Teenager Online Safety
Especially during war and emergency situations, like the one that we are currently experiencing, the internet provides us with escapism and pleasure, but it may also present us with challenges… -
Information Security and Cyber Security
Alongside physical attacks, the State of Israel is also currently facing many cyber threats against citizens, organizations and companies. -
Staying Home with the Children
Prolonged stay at home with the children may increase both our stress and our children's. Important guidelines for prolonged stay at home and for relieving children's stress and trauma. -
Leaving Children Home Alone
According to law, you can leave children alone at home from the age of 6, but it is recommended not to leave them alone before the age of 9, as… -
Helping Children Understand Tragic Events
A couple of tips that will help you if you need to talk to your children about difficult subjects. -
Recruited Parents
How you can help your children cope with the recruitment of a parent to military service. It is important to remember that recruitment causes pressure but it also provides an… -
Pregnancy and Labor During Wartime
At times of emergency, such as war, we are exposed to stressful situations that affect the health of the mother and the fetus. It is crucial to follow the pregnancy… -
To Breastfeed is to Provide Resilience
Especially during emergency and crisis situations, breastfeeding was found to be especially healthy both for the breastfeeding mother and the nursing baby. All information about breastfeeding during stressful and emergency… -
Traumatic Stress While Pregnant or Breastfeeding
All the information for women who are coping with stress and trauma while they are pregnant or breastfeeding. Tips for coping with stress, emotional support hotlines and more. -
Older Adults in Wartime
During war situations, when everyone's level of anxiety is on the rise, it is even more elevated in older adults. All the information about making accommodations to their home environment… -
Substance Abuse
Stressful and emergency situation may increase abuse of such substances as drugs and alcohol. You should avoid abusing these substances to avoid addiction and you should seek professional help or…
Healthy Nutrition in Emergency
Even during difficult times, we should remember that healthy nutrition is important and contributes to our physical and mental resilience.
Basic needs
The most important thing is to take care of our basic needs, as much as possible: sleep, showering, nutrition. It is important to eat and drink throughout the day to grow stronger. It is really important that we drink plenty of water throughout the day and eat regular and diverse meals.
Every form of physical activity can be helpful. Even a 10-minute walk around the block should do the trick. Even meditation, breathing exercises and yoga can help us relax.
Changes in appetite
During such times, we may feel either lack of appetite or increased appetite, both among us adults and especially among the children. It is important that we do not go too hard on ourselves and understand that these reactions are normal and typical in times of stress and anxiety.
If we feel that we are unable to eat anything at all, or can only eat one meal a day, we should try to eat such things as some rich soup, some shakes or some porridge that may be more suitable for us. We should try to eat together with others, and more small meals frequently (about every two hours).
It is important that we monitor our appetite, so we do not stay in this situation for too long. If we feel that we are unable to cope with this, we will seek help from professionals.
Some of us may prefer food that is rich in carbohydrates and sugar that releases dopamine that improves our mood for a bit, and gives us a sense of relaxation. However, this relaxation is only temporary and soon the body demands more sugar. We should be mindful of this cycle and listen to our body's signals to better cope with this need. If we eat regular and diverse meals, we could cope better.
Eat healthy on Efhsarinbari (the Ministry of Health's website on active and healthy living)
Nutritional counseling
We should seek counseling if we or our family members are unable to cope alone. If we are unable to acquire food, if our medical condition requires certain foods that we have no access to, if we experience dramatic changes in our desire to eat, extreme fatigue, lightheadedness, nausea or vomiting, falling for no apparent reason, and so on.
Nutritional counseling in the HMOs
The HMOs offer personal nutritional counseling appointments (either in-person or over the phone or by Zoom). You may want to visit the website or the application of your HMO, or call the HMOs' hotlines to schedule an appointment:
Nutritional counseling about medical food
With regard to task-specific medical food for older adults, children and babies, you should contact the HMOs' hotlines and the specific contacts:
- Clalit *2700 or the mother and child clinic
- Maccabi *3555 or e-mail mazon@mac.org.il
- Meuhedet *3833 or 050-7857093 or fax 03-7251940
- Leumit *507 or e-mail Onlineservice@leumit.co.il
Nutritional counseling for babies and toddlers
Families who require nutritional counseling for babies or toddlers may call the Family Care Center Hotline, and talk to a nutritionist specializing in young children.
Tel *5400 or 08-6241010 - extension 2 then extension 9
Sun-Thu 16:00-21:00, Fri and Holiday Eves 08:00-13:00
Further information about Tipat Halav's hotline
Breastfeeding
If you are a breastfeeding mother, it is important that you try to continue to breastfeed even during emergency situations. Breastfeeding is so important for your baby. It prevents diseases and relieves stress.
Further information about breastfeeding during an emergency
If your baby is eating baby formula, you should continue to feed them as normal, according to their age.
Mother's Milk Bank
Due to the emergency, the National Mother's Milk Bank is allowing for donation of mother's milk units to babies who require them.
Further information about the National Mothers' Milk Bank (Hebrew)