diff --git a/src/main/java/com/systelab/seed/App.java b/src/main/java/com/systelab/seed/App.java
index 5dde697..2bc10db 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/systelab/seed/App.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/systelab/seed/App.java
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.circuitbreaker.EnableCircuitBreaker;
 import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.hystrix.dashboard.EnableHystrixDashboard;
 import org.springframework.cloud.openfeign.EnableFeignClients;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.EnableScheduling;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 
 @EnableCircuitBreaker
 @EnableHystrixDashboard
 @EnableFeignClients
 @EnableCaching
+@EnableScheduling
 @SpringBootApplication
 public class App {
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/systelab/seed/model/ModelBase.java b/src/main/java/com/systelab/seed/model/ModelBase.java
index 5bccc30..c048c1f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/systelab/seed/model/ModelBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/systelab/seed/model/ModelBase.java
@@ -33,4 +33,6 @@ public abstract class ModelBase {
     @JsonIgnore
     protected Timestamp updateTime;
 
+    protected Boolean active = Boolean.TRUE;
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/systelab/seed/repository/PatientRepository.java b/src/main/java/com/systelab/seed/repository/PatientRepository.java
index 08b2409..e102542 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/systelab/seed/repository/PatientRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/systelab/seed/repository/PatientRepository.java
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 
 import com.systelab.seed.model.patient.Patient;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.Modifying;
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.Query;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.Param;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
@@ -13,4 +17,9 @@ public interface PatientRepository extends JpaRepository<Patient, UUID> {
 
     Optional<Patient> findById(@Param("id") UUID id);
 
+    @Modifying
+    @Transactional
+    @Query("update Patient p set p.active = FALSE where p.updateTime < ?1")
+    int setActiveForUpdatedBefore(Date somedate);
+
 }
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diff --git a/src/main/java/com/systelab/seed/service/PatientMaintenanceService.java b/src/main/java/com/systelab/seed/service/PatientMaintenanceService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bdbfb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/systelab/seed/service/PatientMaintenanceService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package com.systelab.seed.service;
+
+import com.systelab.seed.repository.PatientRepository;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import java.util.Calendar;
+
+@Service
+public class PatientMaintenanceService {
+
+    private Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PatientMaintenanceService.class);
+
+    @Autowired
+    private PatientRepository patientRepository;
+
+    @Scheduled(cron = "${patient.maintenance.cron.expression}")
+    public void schedulePurgeOlderRecordsTask() {
+        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
+        cal.add(Calendar.YEAR, -1);
+        this.patientRepository.setActiveForUpdatedBefore(cal.getTime());
+        logger.info("Patients DB purged!");
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.yml b/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 308ce5a..279124d 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -90,4 +90,10 @@ bucket4j:
         - bandwidths:
             - capacity: 10000
               time: 1
-              unit: minutes
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+              unit: minutes
+
+patient:
+  maintenance:
+    cron:
+      # Check https://www.baeldung.com/cron-expressions
+      expression: "0/20 * * * * *"