A1 Snehanjali , Assisted Living Elder Care Home for Dementia / Alzheimer's , Parkinson

A1 SNEHANJALI , A Silver Innings ^TM Assisted Living Elder Care Home ,  “Transforming lives to mitigate loneliness, helplessness, and boredom”. 

 

Silver Innings^TM is proud to open “A1 Snehanjali”, its first 24 x 7 assisted living facility in a care-home for seniors, 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 suburb. It is located on the plot just opposite “D’silva Nagar Bus Stop” at Nala village. The well known coastal beaches like Kalamb, Rajodi, Arnala and Suruchi Wadi are within 2 to 4 kms radius. Historical Buddhist caves, Church, Agashi Jain Temple, Shani Dev Temple, Vasai Fort are other famous places to visit which are within the proximity of the care-home. It is accessible from Nalasopara, as well as from Vasai and Virar on western suburbs. Sanjeevani Hospital, Cardinal Gracious Hospital, Alliance and Riddhi Siddhi Hospital are within emergency access. This fabulous bungalow with a garden and home-like atmosphere will accommodate maximum of 13 seniors. Silver Innings^TM a social enterprise , was founded in 2008 and since then it has committed to ensure that ageing gracefully becomes a 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 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: Comfortable room including basic utilities ; Three VEG meals a day (As per nutritional requirement) ; Common dining facility (with option for room service if required ) ;Access to attending staff 24 hours a day ; Daily housekeeping and weekly laundry service ;Daily activities and exercise programs ; Transportation to doctor’s appointments ; Medication management, assistance with pill box ; Weekly medical checkup ; Doctor on call ; Grooming and Hygiene ; Incontinence care ; 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 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 will be provided to seniors as part of Snehanjali care depending upon need.

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 Parkinson’s Care?

Seniors with Parkinson’s disease will undergo a range of motion exercises daily to prevent contractures and maintain their mobility. 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 with fruits, vegetables etc. as advised by experienced dietician, will be provided to the seniors daily to promote healthy ageing.

We have tried our best to make rooms and overall ambience to be pleasing and tastefully designed to meet the comfort of the seniors. Apart from these bedrooms, it has a separate kitchen to cook only vegetarian food, a living cum reception room and an activity space for some group activities and visitor’s waiting room. The 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 around the bungalow and CCTV cameras for security.

Cost:

Non Refundable and Refundable deposit plus monthly payment for 2 year, 3 year or 5 year living option. Cost does not include Medicine, Diaper’s, Toiletries and Specialized Medical Diagnosis and Treatment.

Inspiration:

The Eden Alternative ®

Project Advisors:

Dr. Devendra Save, MD, Psychiatrist

Dr. Manjoj Hunur, MD, Neurologist

Founder Members:

Ramakant & Manjula Mishra

Jimmy and Dolly Dordi

                  

Team Mentors:

*         Dr. Charles Pinto, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry

*         Susan Somers, Gen Sec INPEA, USA

*         Dr Sanjay Kumawat, MD, Psychiatrist

*         Dr. Radha Murthy, President Nightingales Medical Trust

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 

*         Dr. Amol Sangekar, Occupational Therapist and Ergonomic Consultant

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

Networking Partners:

Silver Inning Foundation

ARDSI Greater Mumbai Chapter

OYA (Open Your Arm) 

Neha Nutrifit and Fitness

CNA Architects

For More Information please Contact:

Center Manager: 91+9323919145

Email Id:  a1snehanjali@gmail.com ; silverinnings@gmail.com 

Skype: a1snehanjali

Site Address: Marciana Bungalow, D’silva Nagar, Nala Village, Nalasopara West, (Mumbai W.Rly), Taluka Vasai, Dist. Thane, Maharashtra. India. 401203

Silver Innings is Social Enterprise. 10% of profit earned from this initiative will be spent for funding activities of ‘Silver Inning Foundation’, an NGO dedicated for Senior Citizens.

A new Destination : A1 SNEHANJALI , A Silver Innings Assisted Living Elder Care Home in Mumbai

A1 SNEHANJALI , A Silver Innings^TM Assisted Living Elder Care Home at Nala Village , Nalasopara west , near Mumbai (W.Rly) , is Silver Innings^TM 1^st Elder Care Facility and one of its kind in Mumbai MMRDA area , exclusively dedicated for Elders suffering from Dementia / Alzheimer’s , Parkinson etc established on 19th July 2013 .  It will be launched on 17th Aug 2013 .

At A1 SNEHANJALI , Our mission is to Transform lives of our elders to mitigate loneliness, helplessness and boredom and to encourage them to live with dignity in their sliver years.

Chief Guest :

Dr. Charles Pinto : International renowned Psychiatrist ; President ARDSI Greater Mumbai ; Prof Emeritus, Dept of Psychiatry, Nair Hospital and Topiwala National Medical College ; Consulting Psychiatrist Holy Family Hospital Mumbai ; Ex Chairperson Geriatric section of the Indian Psychiatric society ; EX V P Indian Association of Geriatric Mental Health and Ex past President Bombay Psychiatry Society

Guest of Honour :

Mr.Prakash Borgaonkar : Director , Western Region , HelpAge India

Mr.Mansukhlal Ruparelia : Prominent Senior Citizen RTI Activist , UN Karmaveer Chakra 2011 Award winner 

Venue : Marciana Bunglow, D’silva Nagar, Nala Village, Nalasopara west, Taluka Vasai , Dist : Thane , Maharashtra . India. 401203 ( Mumbai W.Rly) .

Date: Saturday 17^th Aug 2013 , Shravan Ekadashi

Time: 10.30am

Silver Innings ^TM  is working towards creating an Elder Friendly World where Ageing becomes a Positive and Rewarding Experience.

PS:  How to reach : 4 KM from Nalasopara station west ; Approx 40 KM from Dahisar Checknaka . Get down at Nalasopara station west , take ST bus for NALA Village get down at D'silva nagar - 15 minutes ; OR By Road come ahead of Dahisar Cheknaka , travel on Ahmedabad Highway , take a Left Turn for Sativali (for Vasai) , come via Vasant nagari and come to link road for Nalasopara , then take Fly over from Nalasopara east to west , after this flyover ask for NALA Village , it will take around 15 min from this point - total travel from Dahisar around 1 hour.

Contact for more information :

Mobile : Ms. Joylet Rebello : 9323919145 .

Email: a1snehanjali@gmail.com ; silverinnings@gmail.com

 

Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) clears policy to provide better facilities for Senior Citizens

The civic body’s muchawaited policy for senior citizens in the city is finally going to become a reality.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) cleared it at its general body meeting on Monday 5th Aug 2013.

The policy, which includes the provision of day care and recreation grounds for them in every municipal ward and medical helpline services and amenities in open spaces, was announced on October 1 last year.

According to the plan, five recreational grounds, admeasuring 700 sqft each, and 34 new gardens will be developed across the city, which will include facilities such as libraries, provisions for indoor games and amphitheatres.

Among other measures are dedicated spaces for senior citizens when large housing complexes are proposed, a library for them with books on spirituality and health, and ramps and railings at public toilets.

BJP corporator Vinod Shelar had moved a notice of motion in the civic house in June 2012. “This is the first time any corporation has formed such a policy for senior citizens. The Federation of Senior Citizens’ Organisation, Maharashtra, had submitted a draft policy to make the city more senior citizenfriendly. I am glad that the commissioner considered it and the policy has finally come into effect,” said Shelar.

According to the policy, the civic body will also hold special programmes in the city for elderly on October 1, the International Day for Senior Citizens. Apart from this, special geriatric units will be set up in civic hospitals and they will be also provided halls and classrooms in civic schools to hold meetings or functions during weekends at nominal costs.

According to census 2011, there are around 12 lakh senior citizens in Mumbai and more than 21% of them live below the poverty line.

Source:  Hindustan Times , Mumbai 6th Aug 2013

Thanks to Joint advocacy effort of JAC Joint Action Committee of Senior Citizens Organizations and FESCOM .

Old is gold — yesterday, today and ; tomorrow - The Hindu

Old is gold, it is always said. When I was a five-year old, some 55 years ago, my elders said their olden days were gold. Today, my son, who is around 30, says, “old is gold.” 

I always wonder why everyone's olden days are better than their present. Old music and songs were good. Old films were outstanding. Old clothings were of better quality. Old craftsmanship was worthier. Old silk sarees were good. In the olden days, food was of high standards. Old vessels and wares were of high quality.

Old teachers were excellent. Old schools were better centres of learning. Old furniture pieces were more appealing. Old houses were user-friendly, airy and well ventilated. Old games with minimum but crude gadgets were more enchanting. The old All India Radio entertained us all with high quality programmes. Old friendships were more reliable. Old wine was tasty. Why this old kolaveri di and da? Is it something to do with one's psyche? No. It cannot be brushed off or wished away simply like that. Old is, and was, really gold. But why? 

Times are changing fast. Values are eroding. Goodness is replaced and it is now measured by smartness to get on with life. We have become excessively vigilant, touchy and more suspicious for no real reason. Today, we frisk everyone, inwardly at least. We take things with a pinch of salt. Though today's material comforts — that could not even be dreamt of a decade ago — are aplenty, still something is amiss about life. What is it? Peace? Happiness?

Peace prevailed earlier, despite wars. There was trust. There was hope. People relaxed better. There was no clamour for things that one did not possess. The absence of those, that were not deemed essential to own, never made any difference to a happy life. 

There was contentment. Competition was less cut-throat. There was concern, affection and true bonding. There was togetherness. More important, people were patient. No doubt, there were poverty and scarcity, paucity and difficulty. But there was beauty in life and comity among all. Disputes were quickly and amicably sorted out. Courts had fairly less business. 

When China invaded us in the early 1960s, there was acute rationing of essentials. Sugar disappeared. But people were happy with jaggery. Wheat replaced rice in many south Indian families as a one-time staple food. Fasting and starving were daily affairs. People helped each other. There was a total blackout and people went without power for days on end. There was camaraderie. 

Places of worship were serene and tranquil. There was no terror harboured, either in the mind or for real. All communities co-existed amicably and people waited for better times. They tolerated deficiencies in others and accommodated idiocies, shortcomings and pitfalls of others. They took oddities in their stride without murmur. Rank consumerism was non-existent.

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Indian psyche and Senior citizens - The Hindu

Pension blues and post-retirement life are two scary areas which any middle-class employee would find perplexing .

Had Mark Twain lived in India and experienced the travails of senior citizens, he would have rephrased his words on a positive frame of mind. His quote, “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter,” would have been revised as “Age does matter over mind, if you don’t mind you are in trouble” in India. 

In fact, there is a sense of pity and anxiety the moment people retire from active service and are dismissed as old fossil in a maddening race for money, fame and name. They allow the near and dear to grab as much wealth as possible. They also realise that in this unpredictable lifestyle they may not even live to see the brighter morrow to throw money as they like, yet they chase that cushy bank balance which could see them through their unexplored post-retirement life. 

Truly, none should grudge this thinking and people should also spare a thought for their elderly parents in the autumn of their lives. Sadly, it’s a vicious circle where the earning member and his wife struggle to provide a decent education to their kids and yet try to balance their lives with the well-being of elders.

An NGO study in a national daily gives a disturbing picture of the lives of senior citizens. One out of every two senior citizens in urban India is unhappy with his/her living conditions and 80% are looking for a better lifestyle that includes more shopping, socialising and holidays. Perhaps, this may not be actually true since a majority of them prefer to visit temples/shrines and listen to discourses. 

The nationwide survey of 1,900 senior citizens was conducted across 12 cities including Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore by a market research firm over three months last year. It studied four parameters — socio-economic issues, security issues, healthcare and lifestyle needs. More than 80% of seniors seek to sustain their lifestyle with age or improve it, as they do not wish to ‘retire’ from a normal, active life, the study found. More senior citizens want to stay young at heart, with 75% respondents saying they wanted to socialise, engage in sports, go on a leisure outing and shop for luxury goods. 

This may be true in cases where their savings can ensure that lifestyle but a majority of the pensioners make it doubly sure before spending their pension on any such luxurious getaways.

A regular morning walker with me, a D-G of a Government of India establishment, found himself lost in society the day he retired. He stopped appearing for the morning walk as preparatory to his retirement for the past 15 days and just two days after his retirement he looked totally haggard, lost and shaken. 

I could read his emotions and forlorn state, as if he was cut off from society. He was a terror in his power-packed post and many of his colleagues disliked his behaviour. The day he retired, many were found celebrating, while the formal retirement function was on in another wing of the office! Can we blame him for discharging his duties dispassionately and curtly? As my former boss used to say, “I am not paid to please all” ... true, but does he have to be a demon to be an upright and disciplined boss?

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Indian psyche & senior citizens - The Hindu

Retirement homes in vogue as Indians live longer and prosper

By Aditi Shah


(Reuters) - The Athashri retirement community offers the over-55 crowd Western-style amenities such as a clubhouse, gym, library and pool but with a distinctly Indian twist: a temple on site where residents worship Ganesh, the elephant-headed god followed by many Hindus in Maharashtra state.

 

The 180-unit development in the city of Pune, which enjoys better weather and less bustle than nearby Mumbai, overlooks open fields and hills and is set in lush gardens - an appealing escape from the crowds and grime of India's mega-cities.

Retirement communities like this one are just beginning to gain traction in India, where the multi-generational "joint family" structure endures despite rampant modernisation. The concept of housing for the elderly still carries a social stigma in the country, which accounts for less than 1 percent of the $25 billion senior housing industry worldwide.

But rising incomes, longer life expectancy and the rise of nuclear families as more people relocate for jobs are driving demand for retirement homes in Asia's third-largest economy, and attracting developers and investors.
Paranjape Schemes Ltd, which manages Athashri, is among a handful of companies tapping the burgeoning senior living sector including Max India Ltd, backed by Goldman Sachs Group Inc, LIC Housing Finance Ltd, The Covai Group and Ashiana Housing Ltd.

Tata Housing Development Co Ltd, part of India's biggest conglomerate, launched its first senior housing project in May in the southern city of Bangalore, and plans at least four more, catering to independent retirees looking for better security and services than what is available in ordinary housing.

"A significant section of seniors today are independent, financially stable, well-travelled and socially connected, and as a result have a fairly good idea of how they want to spend time after retirement," said Brotin Banerjee, CEO, Tata Housing, which expects revenues of 950 million rupees ($16 million) from its 700 million rupee project investment over three years.

While India is much younger than Japan, China or the United States, the number of people over age 60 is expected to more than double to 173 million by 2025.

Real estate consultant Jones Lang LaSalle estimates current annual demand for senior homes across 135 Indian cities at 312,000, far outstripping supply of 10,000 to 15,000 new homes now in the pipeline.


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Lets give them Dignity , Security , Love , Care & Smile.

Worth a Read: A Guide to Ageism for Media Types (and everyone else) | Senior Planet

It’s a truism that the way the media represents us colors not just the views that others have of us and how they treat us, but also how we see ourselves. And conversely, the culture’s perception of any group of people – ethnic and religious minorities, women and older people included – affects how the group is depicted in the news media, on television, in film and in advertising.

That’s why a document recently released by the International Longevity Center-USA and Leading Age California is worth a read, whether you’re on the giving or receiving end of ageist media. “Media Takes: On Aging,” a 53-page style guide for journalism, entertainment and advertising, lays out the many subtle ways in which older people are ignored, stereotyped and demeaned on a daily basis and recommends language that is respectful and inclusive.

You might not agree with every one of its recommendations, but as the guide’s introduction states: “Media do oftentimes perpetuate ageism, even if inadvertently. Still, they have the best forums and opportunities to offer redress and to ensure that they are providing accurate depictions of older Americans.” In other words, you can use online commenting features as a way to demand fair representation; when you see the invitation to comment, do so! Most important, the guide is worth reading because it can help us to more clearly parse the media we’re consuming and see the less obvious messages that they carry.

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Worth a Read: A Guide to Ageism for Media Types (and everyone else) | Senior Planet


Lets give them Dignity , Security , Love , Care & Smile.