Remember ME - You Me and Dementia

Saturday, October 6, 2007

Happy and healthy elders with dignity and security

Nightingales Medical Trust (NMT,Bangalore,India; is a Non Government Organization (NGO) dedicated to eldercare. We firmly believe that elders should remain an integral part of their family. We work towards bringing joy, dignity, hope and health to their lives. We sensitize the community and the government to the problems that elders face and encourage public participation in our efforts to create various family based support systems for elders of different socio economic groups.

It began with Dr. Radha S. Murthy and Mr. S. Premkumar Raja teaming up to start the NIGHTINGALES HOME HEALTH SERVICES in January 1996. This innovative service was designed to make the lives of senior citizens easier by providing all possible medical care at their doorstep.

This experience with senior citizens convinced them that medical help alone could not resolve the problems of elders, who also needed emotional and social support. To meet this need for a comprehensive eldercare the NIGHTINGALES MEDICAL TRUST was formed in 1998.

Nightingales Medical Trust:
A registered public charitable organization, registered in 1998 under the Trust Registration Act

A not-for-profit venture

Secular and apolitical

Professionally managed

Designs and implements projects based on the physical, emotional and social needs of elders

Recognized by leading corporates and social organizations

Recognized by the Government and International Bodies


Vision

Happy and healthy elders with dignity and security


Mission

To help elders lead a physically, emotionally and socially fulfilling life by providing them with quality health care and family based support systems and combating abuse, ignorance and discrimination


Objective

To study the changing needs of elders of different socio economic groups and to design and establish appropriate innovative and need based programmes and facilities

To manage the programmes professionally to ensure quality in service, client satisfaction and financial sustainability

To network with government and non governmental agencies to achieve better results

To involve the community in planning and execution of programmes

To sensitize the community on elder related issues

To advocate for protecting the rights and privileges of the elderly

To recognize elders as an integral part of the community through optimum utilization of their talents, experience and wisdom

To conduct research on elder related issues and factors leading to healthy ageing

To explore the feasibility of mixing indigenous and allopathic systems of medicines in treating age related ailments with a holistic approach

To offer training to formal and informal caregivers


Nightingales Medical Trust
337, 2nd Cross, 1st Block,
R T Nagar, Bangalore - 560032
Ph: 91 80 23548444, 23548555, Fax: 91 80 23548999
Email:nhhs@bgl.vsnl.net.in


We salute them for their selfless service to the Elderly.


Forget yourself for others, and others will never forget you.

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