Internationally Senior Living and Home Care is a well-developed sector/industry. Countries like USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Europe and a few South Eastern countries have well defined laws and legislative acts which regulate the functioning of the sector.
India is also seeing a growth in the Aged Care sector but unfortunately there are no national standards and guidelines. As the elderly population is growing at a much faster pace as compared to the other age groups, it will become imperative and critical to bring all the existing and future senior care operators under the same umbrella.
I have made an attempt to compile the necessary intervention areas that require immediate attention. I hope that quality information and knowledge can be shared with all stakeholders by the concerned authorities and ministries.
I was searching for the list of Elder Care Homes in India. To my surprise, I could not find a single website which offers an accurate database in searchable format.
While on one hand, India is seen as the software hub of the world but unfortunately we don’t have a simple software.
I am sure it is not difficult to capture real time data on the facilities, services, charges and occupancy levels of 900 odd senior living facilities.
A project like this will help elders who are either homeless, destitute, isolated, neglected or facing abuse.
In-case anyone can help please forward this to companies under their CSR activity. A sample is being shared.
Pankaj Mehrotra