What are different types of retirement homes in India?
The largely ignored concept of retirement housing has been slowly witnessing an increased consumer interest across India. With a large number of senior citizens being financially stronger than their earlier generations, the concept of luxury is also being adopted within various retirement home projects. Since India has diverse financial demographics there are a number of options for senior citizens opting to stay in retirement homes. Some of the types of independent senior living homes are discussed below.
Independent Living Home: Independent living homes is an old concept which has been active in the Indian society for a long time. Most people save money all along their working days to buy a plot and build a small home to live peacefully after retirement. The downside to such an arrangement is the increasing land prices. With a massive increase in real estate prices pan India including the rising construction costs, such an arrangement is not quite recommended. Also supervising the daily construction activity is a tough ask for senior citizens.
Senior Citizen Communities: Senior citizen communities or hubs have been slowly but surely replacing the traditional independent living homes. A large number of builders and developers have jumped in the market offering dedicated senior citizen communities with a host of amenities including easy access to hospital, banks and other daily necessities. Most builders are offering good discounts for booking options in such communities making it a good option for the elderly. Not only do such senior citizen communities provide adequate security around the clock, most projects have been collaborating with a hospital for emergency medical services on priority.
Assisted Living Houses: With advancement of age, senior citizens require constant medical attention and aid. Assisted living houses are a concept which allows elderly to live with an assistant including a family member or a medical nurse or helper. Such assisted living houses are comparatively a newer concept in India but is likely to pick up in the near future. The advantage of having a medical assistance cuts out any travelling time to hospitals making such homes quite useful for people with medical issues and other disabilities.
Old Age Homes: Old age homes or skilled nursing care centers are usually built at a close proximity to hospitals. Such old age homes have an in house medical team checking and monitoring the health issues of the inmates. Since an old body is quite prone to infections prevalent in a public hospital, these old age homes act like a private nursing care center providing medical help in the comfort of a home. A large number of such nursing care centers are built with a joint collaboration between builders and hospital management teams.
