Two years since its launch, the Udbodh Dementia Day Care Centre, an initiative of the Kochi Corporation in Kerala, offering free services has emerged as a model for the well-being of people suffering from dementia.
The centre at Pachalam has emerged as a great blessing to caregivers as taking care of dementia patients along with work obligations remains a great challenge. Though the centre has the capacity to accommodate 15, it now tends to 12 dementia patients who are promptly picked up from their houses in the morning and dropped back in the evening.
“More than a mere day care home, it serves as a therapeutic and activity-oriented centre focussed on stimulating fast-fading cognitive abilities. We have three dementia caregivers with more than a quarter-century’s experience. They help them reconnect with words and language and aid them in leading a dignified daily life through continuous training and therapies,” says Biby Dominic, psychologist and care home manager.
