Age Ventures India (AVI) has been working with real estate developers and other social organisations, supporting them in setting up retirement homes as well as providing care and service to the elders.
One often relates old age and retirement with a sedentary lifestyle, giving up one’s own interests and only having familial responsibilities to look after. However, as times change, many are willing to treat these golden years of life as the time to be independent and socially connected within a safe environment, instead of battling isolation, social poverty and being dependent on their children.
“In old age, there are three categories. There is young-old (60-75 years), middle-old (75-85 years) and old-old (85-plus), where one typically needs support in day-to-day living due to various personal or medical reasons,” says Arun Gupta, managing trustee and chief executive, Age Ventures India (AVI), which has been working with real estate developers and other social organisations, supporting them in setting up retirement homes as well as providing care and service to the elders. After successfully running two such homes in Bengaluru and Ahmedabad, new ones are set to come up in Gurugram, Kolkata and Jabalpur.
The facility in Gurugram has a medical room, physiotherapy room, wellness corner, a well-equipped kitchen, and a multi activity room. As per their website (www.ageventuresindia.org), there are three types of rooms — a fully-fitted high dependence care room, a semi-fitted flexible dependence/ normal care room, and suites as well. Residents can opt for single rooms, shared rooms or on double occupancy basis. Long-term care for a couple with normal medical care, physiotherapy, rent, meals, power, etc. costs roughly over a lakh a month, excluding taxes.
