From bike-based first responders who are trained in first aid to organising sher-o-shayari and antakshari evenings, Emoha Eldercare is bringing a smile to their faces and keeping isolation at bay
Saumyajit Roy, co-founder and CEO, Emoha Eldercare
For Gurugram-based numerologist and tarot card reader Pooja Vaid, Emoha Eldercare’s services could not have come at a better time. Her in-laws are Covid-19-positive and living in a separate condominium. “When it was taking days to get a CT scan done, with their intervention, my father-in-law could get it done in under five hours. The doctor on panel calls them twice a day to keep a tab on their oxygen levels, temperature and blood sugar levels,” she says. “All this not only helps them with emotional support but also their immediate families because we are not so medically equipped.”
Medical emergencies and loneliness are the two biggest challenges in a senior citizen’s life, and the second wave of Covid-19 has only exacerbated these, says Saumyajit Roy, CEO and co-founder of Emoha Eldercare.
It is with the idea of mitigating these two problems that Emoha was launched in 2019 to help every senior citizen live an independent and dignified life. “If you spell Emoha backwards, it reads ‘a home’. So with our services, our aim is to make them feel at home,” says Roy.
Emoha's first responder, usually an ex-defence personnel, is trained to attend to accidents, perform CPR and offer first-aid. They have helped save about 40 lives in the past three weeks
The company offers round-the-clock health care services at home, assistance with running errands, government, passport and visa paperwork, processing of pension, and home safety services to make the home age-friendly and better prepared to handle emergencies. All of the above are available in packages starting Rs1,000 a month for an individual.