~~~~~ Welcome to 🙏🏻 Sea Breeze Old Age Home 🙏🏻 ~~~~~
Sea Breeze Old Age home at Thoraipakkam, Chennai was established in the year 2001, by Dr. Maanasa S. It is a non-governmental organization registered as "Manasa Trust" under THE INDIAN TRUSTS ACT, 1882. Sea Breeze Old Age Home is a well-known name in the field of elderly care. It is a purpose-built accommodation for the senior citizens and elders offering residential, nursing and geriatric care. Sea Breeze Old Age Home has been well furnished by our professional team to an exceptionally high standard, providing elegance, comfort and best FACILITIES. Sea Breeze Old Age Home is filled with love, care, dignity, kindness and blessings.
Facilities
Catering to individual needs
Each individual is unique and no two individuals are the same and therefore their needs are not going to be the same. We at Sea Breeze Old Age Home design programs of care based on the individual needs and are flexible to change the program as different needs arise.
Skilled personnel care
Our personnel at Sea breeze old age home are committed to provide the best geriatric care to enhance the health and wellbeing of the elders. They are qualified, skilled professionals, recruited based on their credentials, experience and personality.
Continuous monitoring
The caregivers are continuously monitored to ensure that the recipients receive the best possible care.
About Sea Breeze Old Age Home
Testimonials
My Uncle is above 75 years old and has been staying in Sea Breeze Old Age Home for the past 9 years. He was ill and weak at that time when we put him in this home as we could not take good care of him. Honestly we did not think he would live longer. Thanks to the good care offered by the caretakers in this Home that he is healthy & walking even today. We visit him often and there are no restrictions to spend time with him in his separate room. Thank God that we found this home at the right time.
- Andrea Rajan
Why Sea Breeze Old Age Home
It helps you to live your life peacefully in your old age.
Gone are the days when there was joint family system. The elders in the joint family were taken care with respect, love and affection. Today it is very rare to find joint families. The world and society today has changed its course according to the economic environment. The rapid urbanization, skyrocketing prices, search for jobs and migration for better opportunities has affected the joint family system. With Globalization offering a wide range of opportunities ,the younger generation like settling abroad. But aged people do not find it comfortable to accompany their children. As the children migrate and settle down away from their homes, they find it difficult to take care of their parents. In some families aged people are considered as a burden. Thus not all elders are fortunate enough to be taken good care by their children in their old age. Increasing crimes on senior citizens has become a harsh reality today. Newspapers flooded with such news articles stand test to this. The need of the hour is security, not only physical, but also psychological.
No matter how brave a person is, there is always a fear of unknown.
What will happen if I slip and fall down?
Who will take care of me in case of an emergency?
Will I get a good last rite?
These are the fears which appear in the minds of aged people, particularly, those who live alone. Even worse are the problems of the childless elderly people. So at Sea breeze old age home, we with over a decade experience in senior and geriatric care, recognize the needs of the seniors and give them best service and care.
Our Goal
Is to provide best quality of service to the elders,
By enriching the lives of elderly people as we enable them to maintain the highest possible level of living with utmost care in our institution.
By providing a peaceful place to spend their retirement and old age happily in a family-like environment.
By understanding that each individual is unique and their needs are also unique. Their individual needs are carefully assessed, understood and met through the services of our personnel.
By giving utmost care in dealing with each senior assuring them respect and dignity.
Our Founder
In Her (Dr. Manasa) words
Being a robust social worker from the age of 17, I have actively associated myself in the fight for the rights of women, children and elderly people. I have played a vital role in solving nearly 175 Dowry disputes. I have also indulged myself in conducting counselling for family disputes (nearly 95 families ) and was successful in settling them.
During the 2004 Tsunami, I visited the places affected in Chennai and immediately involved myself in providing proper relief and rehabilitation to the victims. I setup a rehabilitation centre to provide temporary accommodation for the needy and also provided them with proper food, clothing and other basic amenities. I also involved myself in constructing new homes and shelter for the affected people.
I associated myself with Help Age India and volunteered in adopting orphan elderly people and provided them proper food and shelter. I have performed the funerals of morethan 75 elders who deceased in our senior citizens home; the ceremonies were according to their religious customs. At present, I am successfully taking care of nearly 50 elderly people.
"Trees grow stronger over the years, rivers wider. Likewise, with age, human beings gain immeasurable depth and breadth of experience and wisdom. That is why older persons should be not only respected and revered; they should be utilized as the rich resource to society that they are”
United Nations Secretary - General Kofi Annan
(Second World Assembly on Ageing Madrid, Spain. 8 -12 April 2002)
Our Recognition
Awards
- Best social worker for the years 2005 and 2006 - HelpAge India.
- Best Social worker Award 2005 - Dr. Ambedkar Women Self-Employment Development Sangham.
- Mother Teresa Thilagar Award 2010 - All India Cultural Academy.
- 2015-2016 - Raja Kalaignan Award for best Social Work - Tamilaga Panbattu Kazhagam, Trichy.
- Awarded Honorary Doctorate (Social Works) in June 2016 - Academy of Universal Global Peace, Chennai.
Positions held by Dr. Manasa
- NGO Member – Anti-Dowry cell, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu.
Programmes organized
- 2002 – Arranged a special show of the Richard Attenborough's Gandhi movie in five theatres in Chennai and nearly 1200 people watched the movie.
- 2004 – Conducted an awareness camp for the victims of Tsunami to overcome their stress and grief and also to gain mental and physical strength.
- 2007 & 2008 – Organized eye camps and created awareness about eye donation. Active Eye donations volunteer to Vasan Eye Care, Saidapet, Chennai.