The Health Establishment of the Druze Community is a private, non-profit organization, granted the qualification of public benefit with the notification No.133/AD, Decree No.4021.
Located in the Chouf region, Mount Lebanon, at 40 km from Beirut and 45 km from Saida, the Establishment’s original role was to fulfill the needs of a region deprived and destroyed by war.

By the year 1978, spiritual leader of the Druze community, Shiek Akl Druze, Sheikh Mohammad Abu Chakra founded the “aged home” with the aim to provide superior quality health and residential care for the elderly. Later on, this “home” improved to become an elderly care center serving 75 residents.

Since the world is undergoing significant demographic changes. Epidemiological studies indicate that due to the progress of medicine and medical sciences, the percentage of elderly people is expected to increase from 8% currently to 12% by the year 2025. At the moment, and due to the increasing number of elders in the community, the current center cannot provide long term care services those who are in need.

The board of trustees and the Establishment’s management have planned for a new geriatric center that would be able to provide inpatient services to 300 residents in addition to outpatient services. The foundation stone was laid on September 2004, and the construction of the new geriatric care center is underway. The center opened its doors for its first customers in August 2009.

Objectives of the Geriatric Medical Center:

» Optimizing the health of patients in the center to the best possible degree

» Improving the functional status of patients in order to maximize their independence through individual and group rehabilitation

» Assisting the residents with their day to day activities through nursing support as well as recreational and social activities

» Preventing illnesses through routine surveillance of their health and immunization.

» Improve the knowledge of health care practitioners (physicians, nurses, therapists) in the field of geriatrics and gerontology.

» To train future practitioners in the above fields so that they can provide good medical and nursing care to patients wherever they are planning to practice.

» To be a resource for other centers in the area, in terms of training and support.

» To be a research center in the field of geriatrics