ASM-VTP Institute for home nursing and bedside assistants.

Indian census projects the percentage of elders in the total population will jump from 7% in 2001 to close to 13% in 2026, increasing the number of 'dependents'.

In the context of the increasing ageing Indian population, 'Chaitanya Enclave' is ahead of the curve in addressing the needs of this demographic segment, with 15 years of experience in providing services to senior citizens.

Dr. Nagaratna, Managing Director of 'Chaitanaya Enclave', President of Annavarjula Subramanyam Memorial Trust which has a long list of activities for Senior citizens including 'HOME AGAIN' (home for the aged), has dedicated her life for the welfare of Senior Citizens. She is the President of 'Krishna Sannidhi' stay home for senior citizens run by Chaitanya Trust. Dr. Nagaratna is on the government committee for the Policy for the welfare of Older Persons.

In the year 1998 Dr. Nagaratna along with a group of like-minded friends started ASM Trust in Bellary with a single focus of -all round benefits of elders and addressing all the basic problems of Senior Citizens.

'Senior citizen cell and helpline' with Superintendent of Police, District Collector and group of judicial experts in the panel - is providing 24 X 7 emergency services to unprotected senior citizens staying in their residences.

'Home Again' (home for the aged) was launched in 1998 and over 1000 senior citizens have been served either as inmates or through home care services.

In the last few years, the management of these services has faced an increasing number of queries regarding housing options for seniors. The concept of housing for seniors, frequently referred to as old age home, in India has, in the past, been thwarted by a social stigma. There is a change in the last few years which has witnessed a marked increase in nuclear families and an increasing trend of children of ageing parents moving to other countries, ultimately leading to families no longer being equipped to take care of their ageing members and also an increasing number of seniors who live alone and to some extent struggle with running a household. The need expressed by this segment falls somewhere between that of the home health care clientele and the medical centre clientele. It is with the intention of address this need and creating a continuum of care to seniors, that 'Krishna Sannidhi' a stay home for senior citizens was conceived.

'Krishna Sannidhi' a stay home for the aged, was launched in 2012, as a home for seniors who prefer to avoid the hassles of maintaining a household and some times are parents of NRIs .

Over the years the establishment of 'Home Again' brought to the founder's notice a segment of seniors who needed medical and non-medical attention (which their family caregivers where unable to fully provide) but who did not wish to leave their homes or to move to a nursing/medical facility.

ASM-VTP bed side assistants and home nursing care institute was started in 2012 and students who have learnt in this institute have been working in Dr. Nagaratna long term care hospital assisted living centre and are being sent to residences of elders who need their services.

Dr. Nagaratna Long Term Care Hospital started Home Health Care Services in 2012. ASM-VTP Institute was started to address this need by training and placing attendants to provide care to the elderly in the comfort of their own homes.

CHAITANYA ENCLAVE:
single window for all the needs of senior citizens: The senior care options provided by Krishna Sannidhi and its allied organizations are:
Krishna Sannidhi , stay home for senior citizens: Independent living Assisted living

DR. NAGARATNA LONG TERM CARE CENTRE
Home Care: At-home assistance through bed-side patient attendants
Doctor-on-call
Nurse-on-call
Pharmacy-on-call
Meals-on wheels
Dial a driver
At-home medical check and diagnotics

R. NAGARATNA assisted living and long term care hospital:
Care Home: assisted living hospital
Skilled nursing
Rehabilitation and physiotherapy

ASM -VTP (recognized by Central Government) training institute for Home Nursing:
Residential nurse training facility
ASM VTU has, through its various offerings, been catering to a large number of parents of NRIs as well families

'Home Again' (home for senior citizens)
Senior citizens who can not afford to stay in pay & stay arrangements of 'Krishna Sannidhi' can get food , shelter and clothing at 'Home Again' . These services are provided by Annavarjula Subramanyam memorial Trust (regd)
'SIDDARTHA' rural health clinic for senior citizens which provides hospital based as well as mobile clinic services in various villages of Karnataka.