The Parliamentary Secretary for Rights of Persons with Disability and Active Ageing, Dr. Justyne Caruana has announced that a day centre in Gozo for persons suffering with dementia, is to open in the coming days. The last preparations are underway for the service to become operational.
Dr Caruana was addressing a Regional Informal Carer Session held in Gozo, for those who care for family members with dementia, to which over 150 people attended. She said that this number proves the need for services aimed towards the elderly in Gozo, many of which are already being offered.
She stressed that the Government, through the Parliamentary Secretariat, will remain committed to starting new services and enhancing existing ones for the elderly on a national basis, with a greater emphasis in Gozo with its increasingly older population.
This latest service in Gozo will be offered free of charge at Dar Padova in Ghajnsielem.