The VIMHANS Hospital: Neurology and Psychiatry Services, New Delhi.

Department of Psychiatry :

"This department is the flagship being the oldest and in existence for the last 20 yrs. The services offered are :

Outdoor consultation for assesment and treatment of the entire range of psychiatric disorders. 

Emergency services are available round the clock for conditions like drug overdose ,acute agitation, violence, suicidal tendency etc.

Transport facilities are made available on request for special situations through outsourced means.

Inpatient ward consist  of 12 private rooms and  a 28 bedded general ward supported by specially trained nursing staff ,attendants and security personnel.

Day care and Rehabilitation Centre has been designed for facilitating the rehabilitation and reintegration of patients into the community on their way to recovery through partial hospitalisation. The centre organises group and leisure activities like prayer, yoga, candle making ,painting, indoor games, field visits etc."

Faculty and Consultants:

Prem Chawla

Jitendra Nagpal 

Sanjay Pattanayak  

Shivani Aggarwal

Sonali Bali

Vishal Chhabra

Sanjeev Kalra

Speciality Clinics and Facilities Include:

• Stress and lifestyle management seminars
• Memory and Neurorehab clinics
• Child and adolescent centre
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorders

For Relevant Queries  E-mail us at :

consultpsychiatrist@vimhans.com

consultoccupationaltherapist@vimhans.com

consultmentalhealthrehab@vimhans.com

ocdclinic@vimhans.com OPD Schedule of Neurology OPD SCHEDULE OF PROFESSIONALS IN NEUROLOGY DOCTOR’S NAME AVAILABILITY MORNING OPD DAYS FIRST VISIT PROF. M.C. MAHESHWARI MON TO SAT 10:00 AM-1:00 PM  650/- DR. L.K. MALHOTRA MON TO SAT 10:00 AM-1:00 PM  600/- DR. S. DWIVEDEE MON TO FRI (SAT ONLY MORNING) 4:00 PM-6:00 PM 10:00 AM-1:00 PM  450/- DR. N. SAIRAM MON TO SAT (EXCEPT FRIDAY) 12:00 PM- 3:00 PM  600/- DR. R.R. PANDEY MON / WED / FRITUE / THU / SAT 10:00 AM-2:00 PM 2:00 PM-6:00 PM  600/- DR. R.M. DHAMIJA WED SAT 4:00 PM-5:00 PM 10:00 AM-11:00 AM  500/-  *Rs. 70/- Registration Charges, to be paid on first visit (One Time) VIMHANS HOSPITAL1 Institutional Area, Nehru Nagar,New Delhi-110065 Ph.: 29849010-20 Fax :91-11-29849028 Toll Free No. 1800-11-3444 Sorry for the page set-up, you may access the full board at : LINK :  http://www.vimhans.com/OPD/OPDSchedule/OPDScheduleofNeurology/tabid/214/Default.aspx

The Geriatric Society of India, Summit in Delhi in October 2011.

GERIATRIC SUMMIT 2011
 
ELDERLY HEALTH : PHYSICAL, MENTAL, SOCIAL, FINANCIAL & SPIRITUAL


Geriatric Society of India a NGO, for the past 30 years has been sensitizing the medical as well as paramedical community in this country towards the special medical needs of elderly. 

To update the Geriatric caregivers at all levels, the society has organized Local, Regional, National and International Conferences / CME Programmes. 

Elders Day on 01st Oct as declared by United Nations , is a befitting day for the Geriatric Society of India, to organize a “Geriatric Summit 2011”. 

This “Geriatric Summit 2011”,will be a common platform for the interaction between Indian Doctors (Family physicians, Physicians, Geriatricians, Pathologists and all other clinicians who deal with Elderly patients) Scientists, Nurses and Auxiliary health workers and the common man, to share their views on Geriatric Care. 

This conference has an addition of Anti ageing medicine because of the fact that the awareness of anti ageing medicine and interventions is also increasing and so is increasing the availability of such treatments / procedures. 


Lectures and demonstrations on such treatment and techniques will be added features of this conference. 



Venue : PHD HOUSE, 4/2 KHEL GAON MARG, NEW DELHI – 110016 
Date : OCTOBER 1, 2011 (SATURDAY)

For registration at the Geriatric Summit 2011

Contact:9810627346 Email:opsharma.gsi@gmail.com

and present following information. 

Dementia Care Services, Kerala.

Dept of Psychiatry at Govt Medical College,
Thrissur-680596, Kerala: 


runs a weekly Geriatric Psychiatry Clinic at the Medical College (Fridays:10.00 am to 12 noon) .


We also run a monthly geriatric Psychiatry clinic at the Community Health Center at Vatanappilli (0487-2600760) which cater to four grama panchayaths . 


Both these clinics offer specialized dementia care services. We provide guidance and support to caregivers.

Helpage India Elder HelpLine.

Delhi: 1800-180-1253

Bhopal : 1800-233-1253

Bhubaneswar : 1800-345-1253

Chandigarh : 1800-180-1253

Chennai: 1253 within Chennai. From other states dial 044-420103535, 23452365

Hyderabad: 1253

Dehradun: 1800-180-1253

Guwahati : 1800-345-1253

Kolkata: 1800-345-1253

Lucknow : 1800-180-1253

Mumbai : 1800-180-1253 / 1090 (Mumbai Police) / 1298 (NGO Elder Helpline)

Patna : 1800-345-1253

Pondicherry : 1253

Shimla : 1253 within Shimla. From other states dial 0177-2804013.

Srinagar : 1800-180-7008

List of the Geriatric clinics in India.

List of Geriatric clinics in India available at : 


http://www.oldagesolutions.org/Facilities/HealthSchemes.aspx


or available in PdF format on request.

Rockland Hospital plans geriatric care centre. New Delhi, India, 2010.

"Rockland Hospital plans geriatric care centre in Manesar branch".

By Shruti Verma Apr 04 2010 , New Delhi

"Rockland Hospital, in association with IFC, a me­mber of the World Bank gro­up, is setting up a 60-room ancillary hub for geriatric care at its upcoming 250-be­dded multi-specialty hospit­al in Manesar, Haryana.


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The specialised centre will be operational by July 2011. The hospital manag­ement has claimed that it is the first of its kind geriatric department in the country. It will have an assisted living programme for patients. It will have integrated international designs to match 60 specially designed geriatric care units. This hub will also have rehabilitation services, a gymnasium and swimming pool.


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While there are advanced geriatric care units in Europe and the US, most hospitals in India lack such specialised centres. The multi-speciality hospital will have all OPD and emergency services. The hospital will focus on research and niche specialties like cancer and haematology. It would also have minimal invasive surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, cardiology and orthopaedics among other specialties."



Read full article at:

Rockland Hospital plans geriatric care centre in Manesar branch | mydigitalfc.com

Online caregiver communities in India : supporting each other.

By SWAPNA kISHORE, (fAMILY CAREGIVER AND DEMENTIA CARE TRAINER)

NOVEMBER 11, 2011 BY SWAPNAWRITES 

"I used to feel lonely as a caregiver till I discovered that there are enough of us, and that there are communities–and even more important: we caregivers can form our own communities. 

Unfortunately though, caregivers don’t get together often enough, because caregiving is often hidden behind the scenes, even for serious and long-drawn illnesses.

In India, where looking after family members (whether a child or a spouse or a parent) is part of the expected duty, family members typically do not share their problems with “outsiders”, scared that they will be seen as unloving or as persons shirking their duty if they let even a bit of fatigue show. 

I think silence about caregiving actually worsens the quality of the care we can give our loved ones, because information, tips, and ideas do not get pooled, and care given by a family is restricted to what they can figure out by themselves (possibly in their overwhelmed state). In effect every family is forced to reinvent the wheel.

Contrast this to roles that are talked about openly– like “normal” child-rearing (not bringing up children with special needs, which remains in the shadows). For normal child-rearing, experience pools are easily available and can be accessed without shame.

We need communities and sharing for caregivers, too. Communities where we are able to talk about situations, and hear from others whether they’ve faced similar situations, what could have caused it, what worked, what didn’t work.

Of course, given that caregivers remain invisible, it becomes even more challenging to collect enough caregivers to form a community, and then make members speak up and share "

In the “Western” countries as we call them, support groups are relatively common. Caregiving is openly acknowledged as a role, and society accepts that caregivers need support. Such support is partly given by support groups that meet periodically to discuss topics and situations of mutual interest, get expert opinions, and relevant training.

In India, people assume that a “joint family system” provides all necessary support, and feel that outside help is not needed. Some even assume that if a caregiver needs help from outside the family, it indicates the decline of the joint family system, of culture, and all that. The mechanism of supporting caregivers is associated in part with a sense of inadequacy and “bad family” and shame for society as such; if our families were “good”, we would not need support from “outsiders”.

But taking care of a patient using unproven “instinct” is not the same as being an “informed” caregiver who understands the situation and challenges and uses suitable mechanisms and skills to help the patient.

Caregiver communities collectively enable caregivers to become better and more informed caregivers."

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READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT : 

http://swapnawrites.wordpress.com/2011/11/11/online-caregiver-communities-for-dementia-care-supporting-each-other/