“When I started my entrepreneurial journey in 2013, I started with a vision of creating an organization which would provide community and home services for senior citizens. I was looking for someone to help guide me through the various steps.
This is when I chanced upon the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women Entrepreneurs. With them I found the perfect mentoring platform to discuss and develop my idea and conceptualize our services. Thanks to the Cherie Blair Foundation I could make my idea into a reality!” – this is how Ms Archana Sharma, Founder of Samvedna Senior Care described her initial association with the Cherie Blair Foundation.
We had the pleasure of hosting Mrs. Cherie Blair and her team from the Cherie Blair Foundation and their delegates for a day at our senior centre in Gurgaon this Monday, 22nd May. It was a wonderful experience! We shared our journey, our challenges and future plans with them.
Their team interacted with our members and clients to understand the work we do and how they are benefitted from it. Mrs. Blair graciously interacted with everyone and took special interest to understand dynamics of senior citizens needs in India.
After the interaction we had a cake cutting ceremony followed by high tea and photo shoot sessions. It was an amazing experience and huge motivation for our team to continue to work on our mission!
Samvedna Senior Care was set up in 2013 with the aim of providing services for active ageing and dementia care in Delhi NCR.
We set up the Samvedna Senior Care Foundation in December 2016 to promote active ageing through senior centres, and events and workshops on subjects like learning smartphones, interpersonal relationships and more. We bring together dementia caregivers through a support group and have a programme for seniors with early dementia, depression or other minor cognitive impairments.
All our counsellors are psychologists or gerontologists.
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Great Times Club, which is a part of the Samvedna Senior Care Foundation, is our social and recreational club in Sector 57, Gurgaon, for members 55 years and above.Its a place where members come to get fit, meet like minded people and share their life experiences and give back to the community.
Activities at the club include fitness exercises, group meditation, mind stimulation, tambola, dancing, book reviews, movies, community outreach, and talks on health management. The club has a library, computer room, visits by physiotherapists and doctors, access to board games and cards, a fully functional pantry with healthy and affordable snacks and tea and coffee on the house.
There are special discounts for group memberships. The club is open Monday-Friday, 11am to 2pm.There are special classes for yoga, smart phones, computers, spoken english, dance, music and painting. Call Great Times Club at 9818421446, 0124-4229659.
Know more here – Great Times Club