A roof over their heads is a critical need of the elder who are destitute, sick and abandoned by family and those uprooted by disasters. DGVS runs three old aged home in Orai, Lalitpur and Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh. It is a home for the destitute, homeless senior citizens who have been abandoned by their families. The home currently accommodates 278 residents in all three old aged homes. DGVS calls this premise as “APNA GHAR”. The minimum age of senior citizens living in the centre is 55. They are provided with free accommodation, medical care, clothes and food. We believe that senior citizens
are the pillar of society and society can never develop if it does not respect its parents and elderly. The most unique aspect of the home – it encourages active ageing to keep the elders physically active, mentally alert, as well as financially secure, through livelihood-building schemes like gardening and making agarbattis. This free stay facility for the rural poor can accommodate 150 residents in each old aged home and serves as a safe haven for many others like Surajkali who have found the warmth of a home again. In the years, the focus was to increase health outreach, respond to disasters by way of extending relief, continuing with rehabilitation and the inclusion of more and more beneficiaries. Approximately 73 elderly from poor, middle class and affluent families live happily here. Personal attention, 24 hours healthcare and friendly atmosphere, nutritious and tasty food are the some of the features of these old age homes. Approximately 2 to 5 mentally disabled are also given admission here along with 5 to 9 physically disabled elderly. As our clinic is in the same premises they get round the clock health. Till Darecare.