Geriatric means for old people/ senior citizens. Geriatric Counselling is a process where elderly is helped in dealing with their personal and interpersonal conflicts. Counselling denotes a professional relationship between a trained counsellor and an elderly. Relationship is person-to-person, and is designed to help elderly to live active and independent life through meaningful engagement.
Many researchers have proven that better mental health enhances the overall quality of life from different aspects of it. The following are the benefits elders could enjoy by availing the geriatric counselling sessions.
- Better stress and anxiety management
- Promotes overall wellbeing
- Enhances positive approach in life
- Helps in better healing and recovery
- Stabilizes degeneration of brain abilities
- Dementia Care –We provide cognitive /mental stimulation and rehabilitation for elderly suffering from degenerative illnesses like dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease etc. Our memory clinic division provides customized activities and games for retention as well as enhancement of various brain skills.
- Intellectual and cognitive stimulation for elderly – We encourage engagement in intellectually stimulating activities which help maintain cognitive (Brain) abilities. Our activities include a combination of paper pencil-based exercises as well as computer-based games to promote new learning and mental stimulation.
- Counselling for elderly – We provide counselling support to elderly with age related emotional, physical and psychological changes as in dementia by helping establish a routine and motivating them to remain active with meaningful and engaging activities.
- Counselling and psychoeducation for family members and care attendants – we provide counselling support and education to family members and attendants of elderly about various physical and psychological illnesses of old age. We train them to adopt healthy behaviour and communication to take care of elderly in effective manner.
Yes. Our geriatric counsellors visit the elderly at home twice/thrice in a week for couple of hours on the mutually decided days.
Geriatric counsellors are mental health professionals (Psychologists) with special training in geriatric (old age) care.
All geriatric counsellors deployed by Aaji Care are documented and verified in multiple stages by the internal Admin team, external agency and Police. Every counsellor undergoes a unique training program including theory and practical training at our Elder Care Centre before being deployed full-time to work.
You can avail our geriatric counselling service in 5 simple steps.
1. Speak to our Customer care on 9920018184 / 7506734116
2. Our counselling manager calls you to for fixing appointment
3. Case history is taken and psychological assessment is done
4. Registration Done & Customized activity/counselling plan is shared
Yes, when the psychological assessment is done, our geriatric counsellor will share the report with you on email.
We guarantee continuity of service, and we keep certain counsellors on the bench to handle any unplanned leaves or emergency.
In case you do not like counsellor provided by us then based on availability we will replace them as soon as possible.
The geriatric counselling sessions could be availed by: –
• Elderly who are experiencing various psychological and cognitive health issues (Dementia, Alzheimer’s disease).
• The elders who are undergoing post-operative care and for who are recovering from ailments.
• Elderly with other issues like Anxiety, stress, depression.
• Elderly who are lonely and want to spend their day productively.
You can reach out to us on 9920018184 / 7506734116. Write to us on [email protected]
We provide service in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane.
We have a Psychiatrist & MD Geriatrician Doctor on board. For any issue related to elder care, you can reach out to us and we will manage doctor’s consultation for you.
We have the monthly advance payment policy. A monthly bill is sent to you at the beginning of every month. Payment is to be made on the Company account through online transfer through UPI / NEFT, IMPS/ Cheque.
The number of sessions varies from person to person. Post the psychological assessment
In case of discontinuation, we require 7 days’ notice period. If the fixed number of sessions do not take place in a month, the balance amount will either be refunded to you or adjusted in the next month’s bill.
You need to submit your ID and address proof at the time of registration.
You can reach out to counselling manager on 7506509131 or you can call on customer care number 9920018184
Geriatric counsellor sends activity videos of each session to you at the end of the day on Whatsapp or Mobile application (in near future). A monthly report is shared with you at the end of every month to keep you updated.