The 30 elderly residents of the Apap Institute care home in Santa Venera will be relocated to another residence in Bugibba. This decision follows the Dominican Sisters’ announcement that they can no longer sustain their mission and manage the home, due to the sister’s advancing age, a decline in vocations and insufficient resources to refurbish the 80-year-old building.
The Sisters will continue providing care for the residents until the end of the year.
The Secretariat for Active Aging has informed residents and their families that they may also apply for transfers to other care homes.
Staff members from the Apap Institute have been offered alternative employment at other residential care facilities.
Although the Apap Institute is not part of the homes for the elderly managed by the Archdiocese, as it falls under the Dominican Order, the Archdiocese has assisted as much as possible in finding suitable alternatives for the elderly residents.