What is Live With Joy all about?
This concept of addressing Loneliness in Elders stems from our own experience of our aged Parents living alone and our children living abroad. We are living our lives away from our children, who are busy building their own nest in a city of their destiny, far away from us.
If any senior citizen is experiencing an ongoing feeling of loneliness, it can hurt their physical health. It could lead to weight gain, sleep deprivation, poor heart health, and a weakened immune system. Loneliness can also put your body under more stress resulting in high blood pressure, affecting memory and problem-solving skills. As part of our services at Live With Joy, we have a team of qualified youngsters (Buddy) to provide you with the utmost care and companionship.
Live With Joy provides compassionate and comprehensive elderly care services while nurturing a community that fosters companionship, support, and a sense of belonging for lonely parents in India. Our mission is to enrich the lives of the elderly and alleviate loneliness by offering personalized care, and companionship programs, creating a community where aging is celebrated, cherished, and embraced with love and care with a network of caring individuals who ensure that no elderly parent in our nation feels isolated or neglected.
How did this idea germinate? Why did you felt the need?
With our elderly parents staying alone in another city, taking care of them was always a concern & peace of mind was achieved only by getting an able companion for aged parents who together lived as a family. This being the genesis of Live with Joy, with the same passion and vigor pursuing to ensure that Live with Joy delivers comprehensive elderly care services in India
How do you cater to the concerned population? Does it cover patients who are immobile(paralytic and others)?
Live With Joy offers Companionship and Psychologist on Call Services to elderly citizens living alone, whose children are residing abroad or in another city. Senior Citizen staying alone experiences ongoing feelings of loneliness and in due course will hurt their mental and physical health.
All our resources, who cater to Companionship Services have a psychology background and understand the psychology of lonely elders and provide the Right Care.
Along with the above-mentioned services, we also have Assisted Care & Support-on-Call, tailor-made to assist the geriatric population in overcoming their mobility challenges and ensuring that they lead a life of ease & comfort.
How do you ensure that you get the right kind of resource to serve this audience? What are your quality checks?
We have on-boarded exemplary leaders like Mr Pramod Lele – Ex-CEO of Hinduja Hospital and former CMD of Parke-Davis Ltd and Prof (Dr) Nilesh Thakre – Psychology Professor and Head of Dept. of SNDT Women’s University in the organization. They are experts in their chosen field to provide us with the necessary technical inputs for ensuring QoS, and drawing up SOPs in our chosen arena of Home Healthcare and Mental Health. Their expertise and exposure guide the organization in the right direction.
Our collaboration with SNDT Women’s University enables us to draw quality manpower resources in Psychology and Nursing from the institution.
Our association with brands like Nestle ensures that quality nutritional products, access to dietician services for nutrition screening and diet planning along with speech and swallow pathologists support our geriatric customers and aid them in their journey to good health and well-being.
What is your vision for this initiative?
Live With Joy aspires to be the leading provider of compassionate and comprehensive elderly care services in India, where every elderly individual receives personalized care, companionship, and support, enabling them to age gracefully with dignity and Joy. We aspire to create a society where no elderly person feels lonely, neglected, or unsupported, and where families have peace of mind knowing their loved ones are in capable and caring hands.
Your journey from being a corporate professional to a social entrepreneur?
During the journey of being a corporate professional, my mindset was always focused on revenues & profits for the organization along- with the growth & betterment of people who were part of my team. I was always looking for avenues/opportunities that could not only bring out the best in my team but also care for their well-being & happiness. With this thought of doing good to others, it was a logical progression to care for people in general, and in particular caring for the elderly population. Hence, I decided to embark on this journey of founding Live With Joy, which caters to the elderly and lonely population in India.
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