A long-term residential care home for the elderly has been inaugurated in Tarxien.

Dar L-Annuzjata will have 230 beds spread over seven storeys.

Inaugurating the home on Friday, Minister for the Elderly Michael Farrugia said €13 million had been invested in the home by the private sector. There were currently 45 employees but a total of 100 new jobs are expected to be created.

An undisclosed number of beds at the facility will be reserved for residents in state-funded care. 

The home has been designed to be dementia-friendly and includes therapy facilities. It features a roof garden on its top floor and four floors of underground parking for staff and visitors. 

The home will also have a resident doctor responsible for all of the home's residents - a requirement that the government has introduced in all its new contracts with the private sector concerning care for the elderly. 

A public consultation process to establish standards at care homes is to be launched shortly, the minister noted. 

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