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Active Ageing Centres

The Active Ageing Centres offer opportunities for older adults to remain physically, mentally and socially active. These centres enable senior citizens to meet other people their age and enjoy themselves during the activities organised. Each centre offers a varied programme of activities which include talks, outings, a variety of games and lifelong learning programmes and sessions. Apart from promoting socialisation and entertainment, these centres are hubs where the individual can learn in an informal way and share their skills with others.
Community Geriatrician Service

The Community Geriatrician Service aims to provide a comprehensive geriatric assessment to older persons who are homebound due to physical or mental health problems. The Community Geriatrician will carry out a domiciliary medical visit together with professionals from the CommCare Assessment Unit and the Dementia Intervention Team.
Continence Service

The Continence Service aims to alleviate the psychological problems to which a person may encounter due to bladder or bowel symptom problems resulting from incontinence. The objective of this service is to provide financial support to those persons by partial or full subsidy of continence products.
Day/Night Dementia Activity Centre

Dementia Activity Centres (DACs) are situated in different localities in Malta and Gozo and provide day and night care that is specifically designed to cater for the needs of persons living with dementia. DACs provide respite and support and relieve caregiver burden whilst providing therapeutic activities to the persons with dementia. Several studies have demonstrated that caregivers of relatives with dementia who use dementia activity centres experience lower levels of caregiving-related stress and better psychological well-being than control groups not using this service. Trained professional carers also facilitate and provide therapy to those that attend the centres and this directly helps to manage the consequences of the condition.
Dementia Intervention Team

The Dementia Intervention Team (DIT) provides a community-based service to persons with dementia and their caregivers. A holistic assessment of the caregivers’ and care recipients’ situation, is carried out in the home, where the person with dementia is residing. Following an assessment, a care plan is tailor made for each case – which might include information and training; support, advice on safety and coping strategies for both the person with dementia and their caregivers. Ultimately, the main aim of the team of professionals is to enable people with dementia to continue actively ageing in the community.
Domiciliary Dietitian

The Domiciliary Dietitian Service is designed to assess, diagnose and treat diet and nutrition problems. This service aims to provide access to housebound senior citizens to obtain a comprehensive dietetic assessment.
Elderly Services

The Active Ageing and Community Care Directorate provides a number of services. This application form incorporates all the major services offered by the Department, which are:

- Active Ageing Centres
- Home Help Service
- Respite at Home
- Respite
- Handyman Service
- Telecare+
- Telephone Rent Rebate
- Meals on Wheels
- Continence Service
- Domiciliary Nursing
- Domiciliary Caring
- Carer at Home Scheme
- Dementia Activity Centre
- Social Work
- Night Shelter
- Home Admission
- Community Geriatrician
- Podiatry Service
- Physiotherapy Service
- Occupational Therapy Service
Free Medical Tests for Conditions of the Ears, Nose and Throat (ENT) and Hearing Tests

The Service of free Medical Tests for Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Conditions and Hearing Tests will allow all elderly persons over 65 years to have free tests for conditions of the ears, nose and throat, while they will also be offered a hearing examination.
Handyman Service

The Handyman Service aims to provide assistance to senior citizens and persons with special needs so that they can live as independently as possible in their own home. This service offers a range of different repair jobs, which include the service of a carpenter; painter; plumber; electrician; railings installation and transportation of items from one room to another.
As part of the Handyman Service, Active Ageing and Community Care initiated a pilot project of installing door chains (ganġetti) and peeping holes free of charge so that the elderly feel safer living in their own home.
Home Admission

Home Admission provides residential care service in an emotionally safe and secure environment for senior citizens and persons with disability, who can no longer cope with living in their own homes.

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