NAPSrC : INTEGRATED PROGRAMME FOR SENIOR CITIZENS-/IPSrC :

(Old Age Home) at Narsapur, Medak District, Telangana

There has been a study rise in the population of Senior citizens in India. The number of elderly persons has increased from 1.98 Cr. in 1951 to 10.38 Cr. in 2011. The projections indicate that the number of Senior citizens will increase to 14.3 crore by 2021. In recent times, society is witnessing decline of the joint family system, as result of which a large number of parents are being neglected by their families exposing them to lack of emotional, physical and financial support. The elder persons are facing a lot of Problems in the absence of adequate social security. This clearly reveals that ageing has become a major social challenge and there is a need to provide for the economic and health needs of the elderly and to create a social milieu, which is conducive and sensitive to the emotional needs of the elderly.

To improve the quality of life of the Senior Citizens by providing basic amenities like shelter, food, medical care and entertainment/recreation opportunities with free of cost in Home based approach, we are running a senior Citizens Home at Narsapur of Medak District, Telangana . With the main objective is to improve the Quality of life of the Senior Citizens for 25 destitute elders Senior Citizens and also to build and strengthen intergenerational relationships particularly between children/youth and senior citizens.

The following Home Details

NUMBER OF INMATES : 25 Nos.

On the basis of the standard criteria adopted, 25 inmates were selected from the nearby villages.  They were all from economically poor and neglected families and who actually need help. They are all 60 + years.  In this center total inmates are 25. Majority of the people belong to the SC and Backward castes and General category.

SERVICES PROVIDED

In the Home the grannies and granddads are being over 60 years of age.  They have problems of defect of eye sight, development of immature cataract, partial deafness and joint pains.  They were individually checked by Doctor and administered timely medicines to the grannies.  Improvement in generally health has been observed.  Provided mosquito nets, hot water and RO to the Senior Citizens.

INFRASTRUCTURE

The centre Consisting of common hall, and dining hall, kitchen next to it is recreational, sufficient Wards /rest rooms and clinical room.  For recreational purposes colour T.V. is placed in the recreational hall.  The remaining rooms are used as store and kitchen, sufficient toilets and Bathrooms. All the food materials are placed in the store room.  In addition we have provided furniture, cots with beds, blankets and necessary requirements of the centre.

1. i) Food

The inmates are providing nutritious food – breakfast with tea; afternoon lunch; biscuits with tea in the evening; and dinner along with some fruits in the night. Eggs are served.

Clothing:

 We are providing the inmates saris with a blouse for the grannies and dothi with towel for the granddads along with a blanket each.

Therapy

With the advancing of age, most of our SENIOR CITIZENS cannot tolerate either extremes of heat or cold due to decreased vasculrity of the skin.  Many of them have suffered not only from bodily pains but also due to poor vision.  They occasionally have respiratory infection.  Sisters have taken preventive measures by administering timely medicines and so on. The SENIOR CITIZENS are checked twice in a weak by Medical Doctor. Providing Physiotherapy to some of the inmates as per their request. 

Recreational Activities :

The home is providing Television with Dish connection and tape-recorder facility for recreational purposes. A library with dailies; periodicals; traditional, historical and philosophy books is being maintained for the literacy refreshing of the inmates.

Inmates are facilitated with visits to nearby important places, such as Regional Science Centre, Temple, Parks  etc.

 ACTIVITIES AT THE CENTRE: 

The inmates take bath first then they go for prayer in a separate room.  After prayer they take breakfast in the dining hall and take some rest.  Later, some of the inmates get involved in chit chat or playing traditional games and some of them are recollect their past experiences.

Lunch is provided to the inmates at around 12:30PM. By 4.00 PM, inmates are given snacks with tea; and food and fruits in the night.  Weekly five days they will be given eggs.  Every month we are providing counseling for the inmates for strengthening of their mental health with professional councilors.

COVID-19 Related Activities

Apart from that VISION has taking all necessary steps to ensure that we are prepared well to face the challenges and threat posed by the growing pandemic of COVID-19 the Corona Virus especially concentrating in Senior Citizen Homes. With active support of volunteers and local administrations involved to prevent spread of the virus is to empower the senior citizens with the right information and taking precautions as per the advisories being issued by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt., of India and Govt.,  MSJE, ICMR AND TELANGANA GOVERNMENT, VISION has initiation several measures like:

• Maintain social distances to inmates
• Hand and Hygienic facilitates provided
• Provide proper nutrition foods
• Supply of masks and sanitary to individual inmates
• Strictly avoid visitors from outsides
• Followed health precautions
• Daily maintain cleanliness
• Regularly spraying bleaching’s and cleaning materials
• Doctors’ visits twice in a week
• Yoga and meditation at Senior Citizen Homes
• Regular counseling on COVID-19 by health department and social workers

Supply of medical kits

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Nutrition: Adequate quaintly, good quality, variety in food stuff containing an average of 1700 calories and 50 grams protein to be provided to the every beneficiary everyday