HOME FOR THE SENIOR CITIZENS OF KARVETINAGARAM

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PROFILE OF THE AREA:

Home for Senior Citizen, Karvetinagaram is located on the border of Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh. It has about 2890 families and the total population is 18,480. Seventy percent of the families have pucca houses constructed with small investment. The other twenty five percent lives in roof houses. It is the Mandal head quarter, which is famous for mango gardens and fruit nurseries. Sri Venugopalswamy temple is located in heart of the town.

Agriculture in this area is primary depending on rainfall, borewells and people are depending on agricultural labourer. BPL families are nearly 75 percent. The average income of the family ranges between Rs.7000 to Rs.9000 per month.

INFRASTRUCTURE

The Home is located in the heart of the village and very close to Venugopalswamy temple maintained by TTD having water facility and power supply. The Home at Karvetinagar was started on 01.01.1993. The centre is being utilized as a rest house for the senior citizens. Income generating activities are also promoting at the center.

The centre consists of 08 rooms. One is common hall, and other one is for store and kitchen. Hall is used for recreational and cultural activities. TV., is placed for recreation for the aged to reconcile themselves from personnel problems and also develop self-confidence, faith in God. All the food materials are placed in the store room. In addition, we have provided furniture, cots, pillows, beds with blankets and necessary requirements of the centre.

NUMBER OF INMATES

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 out of 15 females and 10 males. 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.

i) Food

We are providing nutritious food for the grannies and grandads. Morning they are given break fast, tea and afternoon lunch and in the evening some of fruits and biscuits. Weekly 05 days providing eggs and provide non-veg on Sundays to the SENIOR CITIZENS.

ii) 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 month by Medical Doctor. Providing Physiotherapy to some of the inmates as per their request.

iii) Recreational Activities

In Home most of the grannies and granddads had completely given up their recreational activities. After admission into this centre, everyday all of them mixes freely and starts chit-chatting. We provided T.V and Tape Recorder for recreational activities and library facility for literate inmates to read moral and spiritual books. T.T.D has also given set of books on religion, health and moral education.

V. ACTIVITIES AT THE CENTRE :

After prayer, yoga classes and will be supplied break-fast. Some of the grannies will helping in the kitchen. Some of them will engage in rope-making and leaf-plate making and in gardening. After completion lunch some of the grannies will take rest and reading the books and watching entertainment (TV) programs.

VI. ACHIEVEMENTS

On the basis of consulting with the grannies and grandads it was found that this centre caters the various needs of the inmates like :

a) Physical needs: Such as food, clothing, shelter etc.

b) Psychological needs : Facing loneliness, frustrations and otherpsychological problems and insecurity to cover these situations and encourage to move co-inmates eco-friendly.

c) Sociological needs : Such as recreational activities, religious activities and other cultural activities like gana bajana and singing songs etc., Organizing important events like Independence Day, Diwali and Dasara celebrations.

COVID-19 Related Activities

Apart from that RASS 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., Andhra Pradesh. RASS has initiation several measures like: