The Office of the Elderly people is inserted in the Department of the Family, under the subordination of the Direction of Community Development. In our city, 151.749 people are older adults (representing 17,7% of the population).

We have the communal Defense of the elderly, with the hope of becoming an Ombudsman for Older Adults. We have eighty one clubs organized in the commune. In 2019, the professional lawyer of the Communal Defender of the Elderly was incorporated as a permanent member of the Communal Public Security Council. Different public policies are at work in Talcahuano, in order to improve the welfare conditions of older adults.

Programs such as “Accompanying Older Adults who live alone or have few support networks”, “Volunteer Senior Advisors”, “Social Travel for Older Adults (SERNATUR)” are executed. The intersectoral work means meeting every month with the members of the different areas, such as: Education, Health, Social services, the National Service for older adults representing the Government, Public Security, Police, and some specific municipals programs.

There are also recreational activities, intergenerational and intersectoral meetings, as well as 27 active Folklore workshops, 9 Craft workshops, and a range of other activities including; Gastronomy, Medicinal Herbs, Theater, Painting, Folk Song, Tango, Polynesian Dance, Folk Dances, Guitar, Accordion, Reiki and Flowers of Bach, the National Dance of La Cueca and the Latin American Dance.