Why engaging Home care services are necessary for Elderly Parents of NRI staying independently?

With globalization, many metro cities in India are facing a unique issue of increasing number of Elder Parents of non-residential Indians (NRI) staying independently in India.

Their children have migrated abroad initially for higher education and later for work. Children have  settled in new cities. They prefer their parents also to migrate abroad. Parents however are not comfortable in migration and prefer to stay in their familiar environment in India with friends and relatives. Till they are medically fit and below about 70 years of age, everything works fine but as their age start increasing, need for support increases. This adds to the worries of children as due to distance they have limitations on the support they can provide.

This issue was not much prominent earlier due to systems of joint families staying together, where elder parents used to get support from family members, neighbors, friends etc. Now with nuclear families scattered in different cities and also due to their own hectic schedule, availability and dependability only on family and friends in increasingly becoming difficult.

Though typical solution for this would be shifting them in senior citizen care facilities, it is not so easy for various reasons –

1.       Availability of reliable senior citizen care facilities

2.       Mental readiness of the parents to adjust the unfamiliar environment

3.       Culturally, shifting parents to old age homes is seen as taboo in India

4.       Overall lack of culture of using “senior citizen care” facilities with the increasing age

This make NRIs keep worrying about the wellbeing of their parents all the time and feeling helpless due to distance.

With this a need of engaging trusted home care service for senior citizens becomes important for NRI. A professional home care service has following distinct advantages-

1.       They can stay in their familiar environment

2.       Have somebody to “talk” whom they can trust and rely upon

3.       Assistance in regular like local purchases, bill payments, medical visits, home maintenance

4.       Assurance of emergency support

5.       Keep children updated on the situation at home and assist them in making right decisions for their parents

Madatnis@India provides such services in Pune, India where a dedicated “madatnis” (caretaker) is assigned to elders and they assist them in all the tasks. They also keep their children updated on the situation at India and helps them in taking right decisions for their parents. 

With "madatnis" assistance, elders can enjoy staying in the comfort of their own house and gets the assurance of availability of assistance as required. Children staying abroad also get a peace of mind knowing that their beloved parents are in the care of trusted "madatnis"