Anvayaa organizes a Fire Side Chat on Dementia Care

 Anvayaa,  India’s first and only IoT and AI tech-based start-up platform providing Companionship and Care to the elders hosted a Fireside chat on World Alzheimer’s Day themed ‘Know Alzheimer’s Know Dementia – Post diagnosis support’.  The panel was attended by Dr. Sanjay R Kumawat, Director, Insight Mind Care Center, Thane, Consultant Psychiatrist, Mr. Sailesh Mishra, Founder, Silver Innings Group, Dr. Manish Chhabria, Consultant Neurology, Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital & Research Centre, and Mr. Prashanth Reddy, Founder, and Managing Director, Anvayaa Kin-Care Pvt Ltd along with other guests and senior citizens. The chat focused on an insightful discussion on challenges faced by caregivers and family in diagnosis and post-diagnosis care for elders with Dementia and the supportive eco-system required for effective management of such elders.

‘Dementia’ is generally considered a part of aging; however, it does not occur naturally. Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common factor causing Dementia. As per the DementiaInIndia   & #LASI Wave-I report, around 5.3 Million Indians were affected by #Dementia in 2020. This number is likely to go up to a staggering 14 Million by the year 2050. Besides the diagnosis, post-diagnosis care, caregiver burnout, unique treatment plan, and unique challenges in taking care of elders with dementia. A personalized treatment plan enabling regular monitoring and tracking of the elderly is necessary because it manifests differently in different people and across the stages of progression. As the condition of the elderly worsens without adequate care and professional support, the whole family is bound to suffer great stress and pain.

Anvayaa’s one-of-a-kind #DementiaCarePlans are designed to reduce caregiver fatigue and the frustration the family goes through. Anvayaa has repeatedly shown that despite the lack of a cure for dementia, there is still a great deal that is possible to help people with dementia.  In comparison with other conditions faced by seniors, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia have very different symptoms and results. The pathogenesis of dementia is a progressive decline in cognitive function (memory, reasoning, decision-making, judgment, etc.), ultimately affecting bodily function. Dementia affects every aspect of a senior’s life, making specialized and personalized care even more essential. Although every case of dementia is unique, here are some things that may happen to a senior with these conditions’ general loss of memory, language, and decision-making abilities, dementia can cause other symptoms. These include changes in mood, such as increased irritability, depression, and anxiety. This requires compassionate and specialized training of caregivers to deal with the elderly. Early detection and diagnosis of Dementia can greatly help in slowing down the rate of deterioration and immensely helps in providing a much better quality of life for our beloved elders and their families.

According to Mr. Prashanth Reddy, Founder and Managing Director of Anvayaa Kin-Care Pvt Ltd, said, “We are happy to associate with Silver Innings, Dr. Sanjay R Kumawat, Clinical Psychiatrist, and Dr. Manish Chhabria, Consultant Neurology to host this fireside chat to spread awareness about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia on the occasion of World Alzheimer’s Day.  Our aim is to identify the critical challenges faced during post-diagnosis care of people with dementia. We have also developed ‘AI Enabled at Home Anvayaa’s Dementia Care Plan’ for compassionate care through a team of specially trained ‘Care Specialists’ who are guided by a team of qualified clinicians to provide customized support to persons with dementia and help the families to prevent burnout. The enlightening session today, will help Anvayaa further improve the services and help elders live a dignified life.  We firmly believe that although Alzheimer’s cannot be reversed, however with strategic interventions along with the trust and support of the elders and their families we can definitely help to delay the progress. We have already been able to positively improve the quality of life of persons with dementia in the last few months and hope to continuously improve our services and help more elders with dementia.”

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Sailesh Mishra, Founder, Silver Innings Group “It is a pleasure to associate with Anvayaa Kin Care and Dr. Sanjay R Kumawat for this necessary dialogue. As the world is progressing Dementia & Alzheimer’s are turning into a new Pandemics , and if India does not wake up then it will be difficult to handle. These diseases not only affect people with Dementia but also is a social, economic, and psychological burden on millions of families and caregivers.

Adding to this Dr. Sanjay R Kumawat, Director, Consultant Psychiatrist, Insight Mind Care Center said, “It is high time that we sensitize the community about Alzheimer’s disease and Dementia. These conditions are difficult to identify and diagnose. The post-diagnosis care is even more challenging both for the patient and the family. With the present lifestyle, it is time to be prepared for caring and understanding the patient with dementia. We should also make efforts to avoid the disease by adopting a healthy lifestyle. I would like to thank the entire team of Anvayaa to come forward and organize such an enlightening discussion on Dementia Care.”

Anvayaa has extensively grown and presently serves different services such as companionship, caretakers, tech instruction for elders, visiting temples or malls-assisting the elderly with shopping and other errands through our care managers. With technology-driven initiatives, Anvayaa guarantees senior residents with services including crisis care and social commitment. Over the past 6 years, Anvayaa has handled 350+ medical emergencies and provided immediate logistic support to the elderly to get access to healthcare in time as a result of which Anvayaa was able to save 97% of lives.

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Humans of Dementia - Jenet

 Jenet is a 37-year-old qualified social worker who has been taking care of Person with Dementia, Alzheimer’s for the past 7 years. In 2012, she was working with children who were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, but she was simultaneously also looking for a job opportunity. This is when in 2014, her journey as a caregiver with A1Snehanjali, assisted living elder care home, a project of Silver Innings, began.

Humans of Dementia - Jenet

In 2006, Jenet’s grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. This was the first time she encountered the condition and understood it. The diagnosis was a changing point in her life because she couldn’t fathom the fact that such a disease exists. However, in the process of taking care of her grandmother and looking after her, she learnt how important it is to be there for a person with Alzheimer’s. She recognized how important it is to tend to their needs and to let them know that there is someone to look after them.

As a professional, Jenet’s job begins at 9 in the morning and ends at 6 in the evening, but as a caregiver, she has a 24-hour job. She believes that there are no time boundaries for a job like this because the residents of A1Snehanjai require emotional care, which isn’t something that can be limited within fixed time periods. Her days are spent planning and managing other workers who work at A1Snehanjali and tracking the activities of the residents ― whether they’ve taken their medicines and meals, and if not, why, what’s their mood for the day, how they are engaging in different activities. She also arranges for doctors, physiotherapists, entertainment programmes and creative activities, helps her staff in grooming and feeding the residents, and always motivates and encourages the residents as well as her staff.

Dementia Friend

She started working as ‘Center Manager’ at A1Snehanjali one of its kind Dementia home in India and her passion, dedication and curiosity to learn was not only noticed but also appreciated by Management and she been promoted as ‘Senior Center Manager’.  Her work not only includes managing A1Snehanjali, but also to work and coordinate with local community and make meaningful impact for development of community including Zilla Parishad Primary Schools, Faith base organization, Municipal Corporation and  Environment. Her work and and human management during 2020 and 2021 Covid Pandemic is her biggest achievement and moment of honour for her organization Silver Innings.

Unsung Corona Warrior

She often came across situations where the family of the resident thought that the memory loss was just an act to gain attention and not a real symptom of something as severe as Alzheimer’s. That is why she believes that there should be more awareness as well as acceptance of the disease. People should know what Alzheimer’s is and if they suspect anyone is showing the symptoms, they should take it seriously and consult a neurologist or psychiatrist. There were also times when her own mood (or the staff mood) seemed like a challenge or hindered the caregiving work. In situations like these, Jenet conducts creative activities like painting and crafting, or different entertainment programmes like movies, listening to songs, dancing and playing games as a means to relieve the stress of her team and also refresh the residents mood.

Multi Role Dementia Warrior

The person suffering from Alzheimer’s are dependent on others; they need love, care, support and attention. Even though there is some stress, the emotional attachment with the residents and their love makes up for all of it. She says that although the residents might not remember her name, they search for her when she is not around, and this, alone, is enough for her to keep working for them.

The day she had taken up this job, her family had been bewildered, “Udhar jaake kya kaam karegi?” (What work will you do there?) However, now, after Jenet has made a lot of people aware about Alzheimer’s and how they need to be taken care of, people are proud of the work she is doing.

Jenet has learn from a wonderful quote from Leo Buscaglia that “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”

 

-Vansh Tibrewal

 

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Humans of Dementia - Asha

 A1Snehanjali assisted living elder care home, project of Silver Innings employs several people, both men and women, as full-time caretakers for Persons with Alzheimer’s. Many of those employees work a morning to evening shift and return home, which is possible since they are local residents who have access to intra-city travel. However, many other employees come to work at the A1Snehanjali centre from nearby or far-off villages, which makes it difficult for them to travel to and fro their village every day. Thus, the organisation arranges for these employees to stay at the A1Snehanjali centre itself. While most of these employees tend to be male, there are also some female employees who stay at the centre. One such employee is Asha, a 30-year-old woman who came to work at the A1Snehanjali centre from a nearby Tribal village called Vikramgarh, District Palghar. 

Vikramgarh is a remote area where the job opportunities are at a bare minimum. The major work that the community of that village performs is that of farming and other agricultural jobs. However, those jobs are seasonal and heavily dependent on the climate, which means that if it doesn’t rain enough one year, the families in the village don’t earn enough to survive. Therefore, Asha decided to venture out of the village to explore stable job opportunities in the city. This is when she came across A1Snehanjali and began working for them as a resident employee.

Before she came to A1Snehanjali, she didn’t know what Alzheimer’s disease was. Once Asha came to the centre, she learnt about the disease and what is required from her as a caretaker person with Alzheimer’s. Coming from a community that lives in a remote area, the awareness about such diseases was, and still is, extremely minimal. Even as she works here, her family and friends back home aren’t fully aware about the disease. Nonetheless, they know that Asha’s work comprises of taking care of elder people, and so they continue to give Asha their blessings for doing this good work. Along with her relatives, Asha also feels happy in the work she does and finds it worthwhile to take care of the elders with dementia. 

Asha lost her husband few years ago and has 6 years old girl child, she worries about her child future and needs to work. Asha being mother and being compassionate towards her parents, helps her to care for Elders. She is Team member and works with her colleagues to make the center a better home stay for person with dementia. Her creativity with Rangoli and smile brings joy for all.   

At the A1Snehanjali centre, Asha’s duties include changing the diapers of the patients, sometime making them food and feeding them, giving the resident their medicines at the respective times as well as cleaning and grooming them on a daily basis. As a caretaker, she is essentially responsible for the day-to-day activity living of the residents since she assists them in almost every task they do every single day. However, she doesn’t mind the work since there aren’t any major problems or challenges she faces. Instead, Asha finds that everything runs quite smoothly every day at the A1Snehanjali centre with support from management, making it easier and happier for both the patients and the caretakers.

By Vansh Tibrewal

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Humans of Dementia - Johna Tai

 She wakes up before the sun comes up. She cooks for her family and finishes up her housework. She gets dressed and leaves her home. She enters the A1 Snehanjali centre at 7 AM sharp and offers her care to several patients suffering from dementia until 7 PM. She goes back home to making dinner and doing chores. She sleeps. She wakes up again before the sun comes up.

Johna Tai, a 50-year-old woman, has lived this life every single day for the last seven years. Her work as a caregiver to person with Dementia is a full-time job, following the same routine almost every day. However, unlike the presumption of a general audience,Johna Tai does not find this monotonous. In fact, she finds a deep satisfaction and happiness in helping the patients who have become her family. Her work is not a duty or a job for her, rather, it’s like being there to take care of her grandparents when they need her. She finds an affinity and familiarity to the patients, a feeling of apnapan she didn’t find at her previous job.

Prior to working at A1 Snehanjali, Johna Tai worked as a nurse at a hospital. She found that job to be almost mechanical - patients come and go, constantly follow rational instructions, stare at the same white walls that don’t give a homely feeling to those who are encapsulated by them. Moreover, being a working mother, she didn’t find the night shifts at the hospital suitable for her. This is when she decided to work full-time at A1 Snehanjali, where a 12-hour shift gives her enough time for her family as well. But, more importantly, it’s a place where her job is not a chore, in fact she feels that it helps her get away from the tensions and stresses of her life.

Her work as a caregiver includes several different tasks. For example, making chai and breakfast for the patients, helping them use the washroom, changing their diapers throughout the day, helping them bathe and clean, and making sure they take their medicines on time. Having done this job for seven years now, Johna Tai believes that if all families are aware of the symptoms and signs of Dementia disease, and are attentive towards their parents and grandparents, then the disease can be detected early. This can allow the doctor and caregiver to give better support to the patients at an early stage itself.

With consistent enthusiasm,Johna Tai continues to do this caregiving work. She has even gotten her children involved, who come and visit the centre sometimes in the evenings after they come back from school. Her children also love to celebrate their birthdays at the centre with all the patients, who they consider nothing less than their own grandparents. As Johna Tai continues to serve person with Dementia, she also stands as a source of motivation, not only for her children, but also for all of us.

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How to Help Senior citizens during Lock-down for Corona Virus ?

How you can Help #Seniorcitizens during Lockdown for Corona Virus ? 

A guide by #Silverinnings for Pan India

Senior citizens 60 plus are vulnerable to viral attack due to low immunity and underline Health condition like Diabetes, Cardiac, Vascular etc, due to this they will be homebound.

Senior citizens might not be in condition to move out or have mobility issues.

So we as responsible citizens, as Community can come together and give helping hand to our Elders.



Following are some ways you can help Senior citizens:

No need to think big

Form small local groups, in your housing society or locality / community of like minded people

Find out Where are these Senior staying ? Are they with family or alone ?

Try to find out what they need - cooked food, ration, finance, medicines, drinking water, health checkup, utility services like paying bills, banking, counseling, sanitizer, mask, house help, plumbing, electrician, Internet, email, spiritual, entertainment, recreation, communication, tax payment, repair, companion, help for pet etc

Some might just need a phone call sometime, someone to chat with

Divide responsibility / task among your group members

Arrange for resources like money, team members, grocery shop, vehicle etc

When you go and visit any Senior do remember you wear protective gear for Corona like Mask, gloves, sanitizer

They might get bored up staying home - for this evolve some meaningful activities - learning new skills, reading, music, yoga, fitness etc

Try to give a ID or badge to each of your member - for security reason

After providing the required service, do a follow up visit, if they are happy or if they need something more

Keep record of your Team members and Seniors you have enrolled

You may also contact a local NGO for more outreach or help

You may contact your housing society committee and Senior citizens association in your area

It will be good to take help from government authorities like Municipal corporation and Police

Your small act of kindness will save our elders, and will add Life to their years.

One day we all will grow old.

Let's together fight and defeat Corona.

Let's spread love for humanity .

For more information write to silverinnings@gmail.com

Please do share if you feel so

#CoronaWarriors

Published on Social Media on 22nd March 2020 

Dementia and Elder Care in India

Watch our Film and behind scene interview at Republic TV for YES FOUNDATION #YESIamTheCHANGE telecast in April 2018. 

The population of the elderly in India has been increasing in recent years, and will continue to rise in the coming decades. Their well-being is our responsibility and we must ensure that they are valued and respected as active members of the society. Hira Mehta, a 2016 YES! i am the CHANGE participant from Mumbai showcases Sailesh Mishra Founder of Silver innings and A1Snehanjali relentless work towards elderly care and Dementia in her short film Silver Innings.

Courtesy: Republic TV and Yes Foundation  

Thanks Hira Mehta for lovely Film and Drishti Mishra Amritraj EsakkiappanPhotomist

This film is for non commercial and educational purpose ONLY. 

Email: silverinnings@gmail.com 

A Selfless Soldier - Social Film by Hira Mehta

A film made by Hira Mehta a official entry 2 minute short film for #YESiamtheCHANGE  with support of Amritraj Esakkiappan and Drishti Mishra,  about a lone soldier, Philanthropist, Sailesh Mishra , Founder of Silver Innings and A1 Snehanjali , Mumbai city first  24 x 7 assisted living elder care home, and winner of Karamveer Award 2008 working in the field of #Dementia and #Alzheimer for many years committed to spreading the message of “loving care for elders” among the youngsters. Sailesh Mishra shares about the disease that many are unaware about and moreover have no idea where to go for help.

Improving Quality of Life of People with Dementia

Meaning of quality of life differs from person to person for some it may be playing guitar for another it may be enjoying traveling to exotic locations or spending quality time in front of beach.  Social relationships, cultural values, financial conditions, physical and mental health are the different factors which defines each person’s quality of life. Despite changes and loss of abilities, people with dementia can still find happiness and experience satisfaction.

Picture courtesy: Silver innings 2015

Caregivers who take care of people with dementia should understand that they enjoy some types of activities and also like to do useful things. Caregivers should add creative, meaningful and fun-filled activities and encourage people with dementia to enjoy what they can still do. With appropriate environment, they can lead productive, happier and satisfying life and are less likely to show disturbed behaviour.

Include Fun-Filled & Meaningful Activities

The idea behind including fun-filled activities is to have fun, don’t force them to be perfect or follow complex set of rules. Do not point out mistakes or seize control of what they are doing. Support them, but do not push them. While selecting an activity, ensure that it is something they will like to do. They may enjoy painting and playing games such as Snakes & Ladders or stacking colored rings.

Person with dementia might feel insignificant and useless due to their reduced abilities as compared to their active life in the past. Explore activities that can make them feel positive and good about themselves. They may lose interest in midway while performing any task or perform the activity at slow pace. Do not except them to do it faster or push them to complete the task. The idea behind this activity is to make them feel useful and happy.

Provide a Relaxed & Safe Environment

Each person finds relaxation in different things depending on their character, likes & dislikes. Some may like listening bhajans, while some might like aromatherapy or some may like spending time with pets for their unconditional love.

Use different types of reality orientation techniques, which can help in reducing confusion among the persons with dementia about the time. Have a suitable communication so that you can understand them and they can understand you. Ensure that they should not get frustrated due to any kind of excess help or changing their daily routine. Provide them with exact amount of help they require, so that they feel capable and independent.

To conclude, people with dementia can still find happiness and experience satisfaction, if we include fun-filled & meaningful activities in their daily routine as well as strive to provide a relaxed and safe environment to them.

Ravi Shet is the writer of this article and Co-founder of www.treatum.com, an online healthcare portal connecting patients with right doctors.

Elder Care Home in MUMBAI

A1 Snehanjali, Assisted Living Elder Care Home: “Transforming lives to mitigate loneliness, helplessness, and boredom”

 “A1 Snehanjali”, an initiative started by Silver Innings  on 17^th 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

Email :  a1snehanjali@gmail.com ;

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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 .

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