What are the best senior citizen retirement homes in India?
India is witnessing an alarming yet accepting trend that is changing the dynamics of the joint family way of living due to a rapidly growing number of people leaving their homes and the country for higher education in search of their dream job.
This changing scenario is leaving elderly parents and relatives in a conundrum. Do these retired senior citizens continue to live alone and fend for themselves in an environment and ecosystem that they have known all their lives? Or should these senior citizens opt to live in peace, comfort and dignity by moving into a senior citizen retirement home? On the one hand, the family could face society’s ridicule, claiming that the elderly, after sacrificing and working hard all their lives, are now being abandoned and left to manage on their own. Whereas on the other, these senior citizen retirement homes can accord senior citizens the option of staying independent and enjoying a lifestyle that they have grown accustomed to over the years.
Before we answer this question, let us be mindful that the newly retired generation and the ones that come next are mostly well-read, have traveled extensively and are physically and financially very independent. Having the power to choose for themselves rather than following the decisions of others, most of these people are opting to leave their old life behind and move into any of the hundreds of senior citizen retirement homes found on the outskirts of big cities like Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Coimbatore, Chennai and many others.
Eden — a luxury modern senior citizen community
Many modern and recently launched senior citizens retirement homes like Eden are nothing short of luxury resorts. These retirement communities mirror the comforts of home and boast of a wealth of on-premise amenities that residents can enjoy, ranging from a jogging track, a gym and health club, spa, salon, theater, library, movie room and many other such facilities. A senior citizen living home like Eden ensures that their senior residents continue to live the life they have grown familiar with over the many years and enjoy the company of people in similar stages of their lives.
At Eden, senior citizens opt to live in either independent apartments and villas designed and furnished with convenient and comfortable features that keep in mind the needs and limitations of the senior residents. At Eden and other similar senior citizen living homes, there are facilities on the premises that look to increase senior citizens’ social, physical, and emotional well-being. All these facilities, features and luxury living standards combine to offer a life of safety, comfort, happiness, and dignity to senior citizens.
The retirement community landscape in India
Luxury retirement communities that cater to senior citizens’ needs are being developed in towns with good connectivity and close to large cities like Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Dehradun, Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore and many others. Some of the more well recognized and sought-after retirement communities are:
• Antara Senior Living — developed by the Max Group of Companies opened its first property to senior citizens in 2010 in the picturesque town of Dehradun. The newest location of the Antara brand is in Noida, which also has an apartment styled living option specifically for senior citizens.
• Paranjape Schemes — launched its Athashri brand of senior citizen residences way back in 2000. The Athashri brand has now become synonymous with senior citizen living homes in India. With multiple projects in and around Bengaluru and Vadodara, over 2000 senior families and six projects in Pune alone, the brand is looking to launch its first senior citizen living home in the USA shortly.
• Ashiana Housing — with its flagship property in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan has grown significantly with newer senior citizen living homes in Chennai, Pune and Jaipur.
• Covai — specialises in providing Senior Care to its residents. Since 2004, the brand has been focusing on providing 24/7 care and services to its senior citizens. A leading and well-respected brand of senior citizen living homes in Southern India, Covai has developed Senior Care communities in Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Puducherry and Mysore.
The projects and communities mentioned above are more well-known than hundreds of others that dot many cities in the country. Recognising the definite need and the gap, builders and developers are now investing a lot more of their time, energy and funds into similar projects. As a result, over the next decade or so, many projects will see the light of day in towns near or areas of cities like Chennai, Coimbatore, Bengaluru, and Kochi in the South, Goa, Pune, Bhiwandi and Nagpur in the West, Bhopal, Dehradun Sohna and Jaipur in the North and Kolkata in the east.
