A1 Snehanjali, Assisted Living Elder Care Home: “Transforming lives to
mitigate loneliness, helplessness, and boredom”
“A1 Snehanjali”, an
initiative started by Silver
Innings on 17th Aug 2013, is one of its kind first
dedicated 24 x 7 assisted living facility in a care-home for seniors in Mumbai,
who do not need constant medical intervention or nursing home care. The care-home is located at historic town of
Nalasopara (West Rly), which is about 50 km from Mumbai in western suburbs. The
well known coastal beaches like Kalamb, Rajodi, Arnala and Suruchi Wadi are
within 2 to 4 kms radius. Historical Buddhist caves, Ancient Church, Agashi
Jain Temple, Shani Dev Temple, Vasai Fort are other famous places to visit
within the proximity of the care-home. It is accessible from Nalasopara, as
well as from Vasai and Virar. Sanjeevani Hospital, Cardinal Gracious Hospital,
Alliance and Riddhi Siddhi Hospital are within accessible distance for any
medical emergency.
Silver
Innings is an internationally
acclaimed Social Enterprise working with Senior Citizens since 2008. Since then
it has committed to ensure that ageing gracefully becomes positive and
rewarding experience for all seniors.
At
A1 Snehanjali our mission is to help elders and their family members to
overcome the challenges of ageing and show them the way to transform lives to
mitigate loneliness, helplessness and boredom and live with dignity in their
silver years.
Our 'A1 Snehanjali' project offers our
residents both personalized and group programs and services that focus on
stimulating mind, body and soul. In our 24 x7 assisted living elder care homes,
every person gets relationship-based individualized care. Our facilities are
not typical old-age homes or nursing home. Instead, we implement the
international, contemporary concept of person-centric care, an area where we
are pioneers in Mumbai. Our management and staff know and respect each resident
as an individual. We know their life stories, their strengths, concerns and
challenges, needs, preferences, and expectations. We form meaningful
relationships with the residents and their family members and provide elders,
including elders with dementia, an environment where they can lead satisfying
lives in spite of their constraints.
It is around three years now that we started our
first unit of A1 Snehanhali - D’silva
Nagar in Aug 2013. This is a fabulous five bedroom bungalow with a garden,
a cozy home with a capacity to host ten seniors and is located at D’silva
Nagar, Nalasopara West, on the outskirts of Mumbai. It is situated in middle of
residential locality and is easily accessible.
'A1 SNEHANJALI’, the assisted living project
promoted by Silver Innings, is happy to announce opening a second assisted
living unit at Rajodi Beach on 1st June, 2016. Through this, we continue to
move forward towards our goal to transform lives of elders by providing
person-centric care and eliminating loneliness, helplessness, and boredom. Our
new unit will create more spaces where elders lead fulfilling lives based on
their capacity and desires and continue to be an integral part of society.
It has been a journey full of love and
learning, and we have obtained an even deeper appreciation of the great need
for offering such places to families that need such facilities but have nowhere
to go. Our new unit, just ten minutes away from our first unit, will increase
our overall of A1 Snehanjali capacity to 22 residents.
Our second unit, A1 SNEHANJALI – Rajodi, is a lush green, spacious facility very
close to the Rajodi beach. The ample space and enriching surrounding provides a
relaxed residential space to elders where we will support them using
individualized care based on their medical situations. In addition to long-term
stay options, we will also have short-term stay ‘Respite’ for elders who need
personal care while their family members need time away for work or respite.
One guest room will be available for family members who need to stay near their
elders for short durations, depending on availability.
Our nurturing and trained professional staff is
dedicated to provide all residents with highest level of quality and expert
services. Families subscribing to our service will be assured peace of mind;
knowing that their loved one is enjoying his/her best days of “Silver Years” at
A1 Snehanjali. A
therapeutic and secure environment will be provided to the residents along with
non-pharmacological interventions if required.
A1 Snehanjali has
created package of integrated amenities that is designed to provide seniors
with most of the service required to lead a normal home-like life. It offers both personalized and
group programs and services that focus on stimulating mind, body and
soul. We are offering a convenient month-to-month room rental
that includes the following:
1.
Comfortable room
including basic utilities
2.
Three VEG meals a day (As
per nutritional requirement)
3.
Common dining facility (with option for room
service if required )
4.
Access to attending staff
24 hours a day
5.
Daily housekeeping and
weekly laundry service
6.
Daily activities and
exercise programs
7.
Transportation to
doctor’s appointments
8.
Medication management,
assistance with pill box
9.
Weekly medical checkup
10.
Doctor on call
11.
Grooming and Hygiene
12.
Incontinence care
13.
Bathing & Dressing
General Principles of Caring for
Residents at A1 Snehanjali
•
Person Centered Care
•
Dignity & Respect
•
Communication
•
Independence
•
Privacy
•
Safety
Unique Features of A1 Snehanjali:
What
is A1 Snehanjali care?
The power of loving touch has
proved to have calming effect on seniors and decreases the need for psychiatric
medication. Massage along with soothing music, Art base therapies, Gardening
and other meaningful activities will be provided to seniors as part of Snehanjali
care depending upon need and capability. As part of our HOLISTIC care, we
are first t in India to have implemented ‘Rights of Resident’ to give dignity
to their silver years.
What
is Dementia care?
We have trained our staff at A1 Snehanjali, to provide care for persons challenged with dementia. This
involves redirection, engagement, stimulation, simplifying complex tasks and
speaking to seniors at slow pace in an appropriate tone. Brain fitness will be
promoted using games, puzzles, crosswords etc. The facility has a secured
environment that enables persons with dementia to stroll freely in a protected
and supervised setting.
What
is Assisted Care?
Seniors with difficulty in
managing activity of daily living will be provided assistance to perform such
daily activity by trained staff and if required will undergo a range of motion
exercises daily to prevent contractures and maintain their mobility on paid
basis. Staff at A1 Snehanjali will ensure that durable medical
equipment such as canes, walkers, wheelchairs are used by the senior to assist
with ambulation and prevent falls.
What
Social Services will be available?
Silver Innings TM
is well known for linking seniors with available community resources based on
needs. Seniors at “A1 Snehanjali”
will be taken on field trips to community events or people from
community will visit regularly. They can participate in a variety of activities
such as yoga, arts and crafts and Chai Social (Tea chats).
What
Nutrition will be provided?
A1 Snehanjali understands
the importance of nutrition. It has direct impact on health, socialization and
well-being of seniors. A healthy, nutritious, vegetarian, low fats diet, rich
in proteins and vitamins etc. as advised by experienced dietician, will be
provided to the residents daily to promote healthy ageing.
Overall
ambience of the bedrooms is pleasing and tastefully designed to meet the
comfort requirement of the seniors. Our both facilities have apart from these
bedrooms, will have a separate kitchen to cook only vegetarian food, a living
room (only at D’silva nagar), dining hall, activity area for some group
activities and office space depending on each facility. Both facility is
equipped with amenities including Television, Music system, Activity area,
Inverter and Generator for back-up during power failure, Fire extinguisher,
walk way, a beautiful garden and CCTV cameras for security.
We at #A1Snehanjali and #SilverInnings hope
that our efforts will continue to make the world elder-friendly and make ageing
a positive and rewarding experience.
Cost:
Non Refundable and Refundable deposit Plus
monthly payment for 2 year, 3 year or 5 year plus living option. Cost does not
include Medicine, Diaper’s, Toiletries and Specialized Medical Diagnosis and
Treatment.
Inspiration:
The Eden Alternative ®
Founder
Members:
Ramakant & Manjula Mishra
Jimmy and Dolly Dordi
Team
Mentors:
*
Dr. Charles Pinto, Professor Emeritus of
Psychiatry
*
Susan Somers, President INPEA, USA
*
Dr Sanjay Kumawat,
MD, Psychiatrist
*
Dr. Radha Murthy, President Nightingales Medical
Trust
Project
Advisors:
Dr. Devendra Save, MD, Psychiatrist
Dr. Manjoj Hunur, MD, Neurologist
Advocate
and Legal Advisor:
Solicitor Rajni Divkar
Hon.
Consultants:
*
Dr. Nidhi Mishra, (Ph.D) Gerontologist
*
Prof. Parul Kibliwala, Professor (Nursing), SNDT
University
*
Raheen Jummani, Clinical Psychologist
*
Neha Chedda, Dietician
*
Dr. Alka Subramanyam, MD, Psychiatrist
*
Dr. Leena Gangooli, Family Care Physician
*
Dr. Neha Deshpande Kamat (Ph.D) Gerontologist
and Trainer
*
Dhanalaxmi Rao, Gerontologist
International
Consultants:
*
Reis Woollen, Geriatric Nurse & Elder Care
Educator, California, USA
*
Hendi Lingiah, Psychologist & Aging Service
Management Consultancy, France
*
Prof. Denise Burnette, Sociologist, Columbia
University, USA
*
Dr. Ritabelle Fernandes, Geriatrician, Hawai,
USA
*
Sylvie DuPont, Counsellor in Geriatric care
Networking
Partners:
Silver Inning Foundation
ARDSI Greater Mumbai Chapter
OYA (Open Your Arm)
Neha Nutrifit and Fitness
CNA Architects
PrideAge
Purple Angel
TISS
Nirmala Niketan College of Social Work
Address:
A1 Snehanjali –
D’Silva Nagar
Address:
A1 SNEHANJALI Elder Care
Home, Marciana Bungalow, D’silva Nagar,
Nala Village, Nalasopara West, (Mumbai W. Rly), Taluka Vasai, Dist. Palghar,
Maharashtra. Pin Code – 401203. India
Center Manager: +91- 93239 19145 / 9987104233
A1 Snehanjali -
Rajodi
Address: A1 SNEHANJALI Elder Care Home, House no. 445, Chaar Rasta, after Satpala,
Rajodi Beach Road, Virar / Nalasopara West, Dist. Palghar, Maharashtra. Pin
Code – 401301. India
Center Manager: +91
9860789145 / 93239 19145
Silver Innings and
A1 Snehanjali are Social Enterprise. 10% of profit earned from this initiative
will be spent for funding activities of ‘Silver Inning Foundation’, an NGO
dedicated for #SeniorCitizens .
How can you help?
*Become a member *Promote us on social media *Volunteer /
Intern *Partner with us
*Donate in kind & materials *Sponsor events &
programmes *Participate in events *Advertise on our website/Blog
