These services used to be provided in basic healthcare centers, as follows:  Mental health services provided by the Psychiatric Hospital: This hospital plays an important and vital role in mental health care for the elderly of both sexes. It provides its services through specialized clinics and admission of patients, as well as community care for the elderly. Specialized medical consultations are provided to the elderly, in particular intervention services and immediate home care and assistance, which is provided urgently to patients due to altered mental status, or because the family is unable to take care of them for psychological or behavioral reasons. A telephone line that operates during working hours is provided to facilitate communications between patients and their families.  Health services provided at Muharraq Special Healthcare Center for the Elderly: o This Center is affiliated to the Ministry of Health and it provides comprehensive health, nursing, rehabilitation and social services in an integrated manner to the elderly patients and those with severe physical disabilities. The Center offers periodic medical examination and evaluation of inpatients with the provision of treatment and appropriate care, as well as supervising the transfer of patients to other hospitals for acute or intensive care for routine check-ups. The Center offers periodic regular professional development programs in the field of geriatrics for health professionals. o Due to the challenges faced during the Covid-19 pandemic, the elderly and long-stay patients were transferred from Muharraq Special Healthcare Center for the Elderly to eight private hospitals in 2020-2021. This step was taken because the Center was transformed into a special center for the treatment and isolation of Covid-19 patients. Accordingly, integrated teams were formed in the private hospitals consisting of members of the departments of administration, rehabilitation, nursing, pharmacy, medical field, social services, and services provided to the elderly, so that their needs are best met.  Primary health care centers for the elderly: o Primary health services are provided to all segments of society, including the elderly. Such services, namely curative, preventive and rehabilitative, are easily accessible to the elderly. Family doctors’ clinics specializing in family medicine and qualified Ninth Annual Report of the NIHR 56