Elderly Care

• Social Care:
• Care begins from the moment the case is received in the home, by handing over the required items, then introducing him/her to the home, its programs and devices, and working to make him/her feel stability in the home and solve his/her problems.
• Medical Care:
• The home provides full medical care for each resident and opens a special medical file for him/her with the knowledge of the home physician, while following up on patients, examining them, giving the necessary treatment to them, and supervising the home’s pharmacy.
• Accommodation:
• The home provides meals for residents. Such meals and materials are supplied by a vendor to be agreed upon by the Ministry. Moreover, the home provides pocket money “200 Saudi Riyals” for residents amounting, in addition to providing clothes for residents in winter and summer.

• Cultural Activity:
• The house provides many cultural activities and programs, such as reading some newspapers and magazines, listening to the internal radio, the Holy Quran, some religious talks (Hadith), and attending some seminars.
• Professional Activity:
• The home provides opportunities for handicrafts and hobbies for the unable residents to do leisure work.
• Recreational and Sport Activity:
• The home pays attention to types of recreational and sport activity. The home organizes some internal light games such as walking and some exercises that are suitable for the elderly and take into account their old age.  Moreover, the home organizes entertainment parties, arranges for visits to public parks and some annual fairs and festivals in areas and internal tourist trips, whether religious or recreational tourism. In addition, the Ministry organizes an annual forum for all homes, men and women alike.

It is a care program for the elderly within his family in which he resides to guide them on how to deal with the elderly in health and psychological terms, as well as providing some physical therapy sessions.  The home dispatches a team consisting of a physician, a psychologist, a social worker, a physiotherapist and a personal care worker through whom the necessary care is provided to the elderly within his family and the family is directed to the appropriate care for his case.

How to get the Service:

• Submit a request through Social Care Platform
• The in-charge team is then selected automatically
• Making and confirming the appointment
• Visit and case evaluation

It aims to facilitate reviews, daily transactions and alleviation of hardship to enable people with special needs who are elderly, disabled, of having a baby in various government agencies and service sector. Through this initiative, the Ministry seeks to enhance the Kingdom's pioneering image in the service of people with special needs in all categories and to improve their way of life by facilitating and overcoming the challenges they may face.

It aims to create an environment for the elderly to spend their time in a recreation, as well as linking the present with the past, benefiting from the experiences of the past, and creating a channel of communication between parents and children.