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Geriatric Care Centre
Geriatric Care Centre
Geriatric Care Centre
(II)
(III)
(IV)
patient Care:
Therapeutic Workshops
Health Education (professional as well as non-medical)
Physical fitness programme
Obesity Clinic
Drug Bank
Memory Clinic
Menopausal consultancy
Blood Investigation
Out-patient consultancy 3 clinics and follow-ups
Supervised Health Education Programmes
Education
Quarterly Bulletin
Professional Geriatric Education Programmes
Library
Community Services
Health camps/ check-ups educative exhibitions and lectures
Research
(E)
Clinical Geriatrics
Social Geriatrics
Psycho Geriatrics
A step for grey Population from Government:
On the other, hand the graying population is more equipped than ever before - financially, physically,
and emotionally to choose a fulfilling, independent, and active lifestyle of a contributing member of
society!
And this brings us to what is perhaps the most critical issue of all Well made Geriatric
Centre
(F) Why should senior citizens not have a choice in how they want to spend the freedom of
being 60?
LIFE EXPECTANCY is steadily increasing, but cities are no longer safe nor friendly neighbors a
certainty. Alternative geriatric centre with special rooms for the aged is a practical lifestyle solution
that can be provided.
The fading joint family system in India and other innumerable factors have given rise to west-inspired
phenomena of old age homes. Surprising cost of living and scanty return on savings have almost
pushed these senior citizens on roads. Such an act has triggered the security net of the helpless,
which has almost vanished in many states in India with Kerala topping the list.
Elders have started walking out of their own home in search of a journey that promises peace, joy
and celebration of life with a group of people who share the same boat of life (the wrecked one).
However not may rather none of them receive it. A growing number of financially independent senior
citizens now prefer to stay in retirement resorts instead of languishing in the quintessential old-age
homes that they feel are overcrowded and unsafe.
Also Insecurity, loneliness and lack of companionship some of lifes hard-to-swallow problems
become a daily reality for these elderly persons. The concept of retirement resorts or complexes is
gradually emerging as the most viable option among the senior members of society who are
financially independent. They want to live with dignity and, above all, want to be secure.
Townships and residential colonies exclusively for senior citizens are now coming up in the
state where they can relocate and spend the sunset of their lives without bothering about paying
electricity bills, cooking and getting prompt medical care.
It is this combination of physical and emotional satisfaction that todays retirement homes strive to
provide. From an era where old-age homes were synonymous with charitable institutions for the
indigent and orphaned elderly, there are more refined paid homes, where amenities are good and
services like on-site medical check-ups and transport arrangements are provided.
No doubt the best place for elders is their own home, but here are some alternatives for those who
are lonely and sad.
Every single aspect of life at such Geriatric Care Centre will be designed around the unique
requirements of the senior citizen! They are:
Special lifts which have plenty of room for wheel chairs and stretchers
Specially designed spacious toilets with grab bars
Facilities designed to give residents maximum access with minimum physical trauma
A special canteen
A yoga-cum-meditation room and a gymnasium specially equipped for the elderly
Open air auditorium
Physiotherapist
guest house
Geriatric Care Centre units are single room units that are an innovation in geriatric care, they are
the perfect solution for senior citizens who are physically incapable of managing the simple tasks of
day-to-day living; yet their condition does require hospitalization. These units have a dedicated area
for display of a special range of geriatric care products that ensure the comforts, convenience and
dignity of physically challenged senior citizens. The units focus on providing occupational therapy to
the residents in order to make them feel that they are the contributing members of the society.