Old people’s home waiting list down by 30%

The number of people on waiting lists for long-term care at old people’s homes has gone down by some 30% since October 2014, active ageing parliamentary secretary Justyne Caruana said in a tweet.

That means that around 1,404 people are now on the waiting lists, a significantly smaller number than the 2,000 registered last year.

The number of people waiting for assessment has also gone down by 34.5% when compared to last month. 

#Elderly Long Term Care for waiting list reduced by 29.75% compared to last year. Assesements waiting list 34.5% less compared to last month

— Justyne Caruana (@justynecaruana) October 6, 2015