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.