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Friday 8 November 2013
Thursday 17 October 2013
Tuesday 3 September 2013
What makes this a senior citizen friendly community?
Jaipur
project has been conceptualized keeping the changing aesthetic
and practical needs of the senior citizens into consideration, this can be
explained under two heads i.e. design features and resident services.
A)
Design features: The entire complex has been custom
designed to cater to the special needs of people with different types of
impairments which keep occurring due to advancement of age. It provides an
environment for barrier/obstruction free movement, wheelchair friendly movement
and supports movement of Senior Citizen thru features like anti-skid flooring,
grab bars, wider corridors, resting spaces, covered walkway to the communal
areas etc. It gives an eloquence with old age friendly colour schemes, open
area for people with special need.
B)
Resident Services: AVI feels that the residents at the Future
Proof Home should have an active living which entails for service like common
dinning, fitness cum physiotherapy, art & crafts rooms, library, indoor
games, multipurpose auditorium, doctor at site for routine medical check-ups.
Personal support services such like laundry/ironing, shopping,
handyman, helping with mails, paying utility bills etc.
Need based geriatric services for its residents/occupants which include
personal care services like assistance with personal hygiene, bathing,
showering, shaving, tooth- brushing, dressing, medication control etc.
Besides offering the above facilities the complex has an assisted
living block along with care giving, which includes doctor on site during the
day, 24X7 nurses and care givers.
Synopsis of the same are listed below:
Onsite
services of community Physician- A qualified doctor would be available
during part of the day/pre-defined time schedule for general consultation and periodic
checkups, which will be planned on case to case basis
Onsite
services of registered nurse- A professionally qualified registered nurse
would be available round the clock on shifts for meeting the basic nursing and
emergency needs.
24 hrs. Emergency facilities- Arrangement will be made for a doctor
on call & ambulance in handling medical emergencies.
Assisted
living center- Residents/ Occupants will be able to use the assisted living
unit for continuous care (based on the recommendations of the site physician).
Physiotherapy
and fitness services- Physiotherapist would be available during
part of the day to assist the occupant/residents with their physiotherapy and
fitness needs. A large physiotherapy cum fitness center is part of the
community block.
Emergency
alarm system- An emergency alarm response system would be installed at
strategic points in the apartments, which would be monitored and manned at the
central control station for any kind of emergencies.
A part time instructor for positive ageing would be available to
encourage residents/occupants to practice the wellbeing activities.
Facilities like lounge room, library / reading room, television
viewing room, recreation facilities like auditorium, music room, cooking demo
room, group outings, hobby clubs, games, Yoga, Art & Crafts room, and
intellectual continuity tie ups etc. will be made available. Part time
instructors would be available in the recreational activities and hobbies.
Wednesday 31 July 2013
Our Services
Community Block (The
Club) – this block has all the common facilities excluding health care with a
total buitup area of 21707 sq ft spread in 1 tower of G 2 floors.
- · Reception and lobby including emergency control station
- · Common dining and kitchen
- · Common gathering area/ TV lounge
- · Administration area (staff work area)
- · Meeting room
- · Travel/ insurance desk
- · Multipurpose hall / auditorium
- · 3 activity/ hobby rooms
- · Library / computer room
- · Music room
- · Indoor games room for Caroms/ chess room
- · Billiards room
- · Table Tennis room
- · Cards room
- · Physiotherapy cum fitness center with therapy rooms
- · Yoga/ aerobics room
- · 6 guest rooms
Assisted Living
Center (Care Home) – this block primarily is for health care services with a
total built-up area of 11114 sq ft spread in 1 tower of G 2 floors.
- · Lounge cum waiting area
- · Physician office
- · Private counseling room
- · Assisted living dining cum TV room
- · Laundry room
- · Nursing station
- · Stores
- · 9 Assisted living units/ High Dependence Care Rooms
- · Assisted bath & Toilet
- · Sluice room
- · Mobile morgue room
- · Staff kitchen cum dining
- · Staff accommodation
Elder couples problem
Some of the key question that
an elderly couple living alone faces are:
- Concern for Security
- Concern for the other partner "should some thing happens to me"
- Concern for immediate health care reaching in time if something happens
- Concern regarding how to fight loneliness
- Concern regarding household work, with fast reducing manpower availability and failing energy levels
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