Justice and Human Rights United States Project #34807

Build a senior center for 500 South Asian seniors

by India Home Inc.

Build a senior center for 500 South Asian seniors

Project Report | Jun 14, 2023
SACH is blooming!

By Davinder P. Singh | Grants Coordinator

The vision of SACH is blooming! We have started renovations by opening up the walls among our three suites to allow for a connected layout. The layout makes for a welcoming and friendly environment for all colleagues. Everyone can engage with each other and work together to take India Home’s mission forward.

We’ve had growing attendance at our weekly senior center program at SACH and a number of engaging events. Our Mother’s Day celebration had 130 attendees. A lot of Older adults loved performing at our Mother’s Day celebration. We had various performances like singing, dancing, and other cultural arts.

We established our 3D Care (Desi Dementia Day Care) program with a few of our older adults. This is a special program to help Seniors who have been diagnosed with low to moderate dementia, and provide supportive services to their family members. There are a small number of dementia care programs tailored to meet the needs of South Asian elders, hence, India Home is starting 3D Care to meet those needs. Some activities we started are sensory stimulation, memory based games, storytelling, yoga, and mental health activities.

We appreciate your continuous support as we take SACH to new heights!

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Feb 14, 2023
Let's share the love!

By Shaaranya Pillai | Deputy Director

Oct 18, 2022
New stages of growth

By Shaaranya Pillai | Deputy Director

Elmhurst Inauguration

We've expanded to a new location since the last time we checked in! After much demand for our services in the Central Queens area, we have established a new center at the Satya Narayan Mandir in Elmhurst. We had over 100 attendees at our inauguration ceremony, and were supported by several of our community leaders and elected officials.

This is a testament to the growth we've experienced in expanding our culturally competent senior services. Through our expansion to various locations across Queens, we've expanded our reach in benefits to clients across the borough as well. Clients visit our South Asian Community Home location to meet with our Case Worker and get the help they need with a variety of resources, including food assistance, housing applications, and accessible transportation.

Our Community Health Worker team also expands benefits and resource provision to the larger Jamaica, Queens community through follow-up and remote case work at our SACH location. India Home's coalition of CHW's have together given over 11,000 referrals to Jamaica community members, to help improve health equity in the disproportionately hit area.

In addition to our senior center services, the SACH location has been instrumental in helping our community become more civically engaged, through participatory budgeting idea generation sessions, educated on better wellness, through informative nutrition/health education sessions, and been a host for partner stakeholders such as NYU CSAAH in community engagement/education sessions.

Our SACH location continues to be an important hub for life-affirming and life-changing work for Queens. We appreciate your constant support and look forward building an even better future for our communities together!

Bollywood Day at our SACH Location

Jamaica Community Health Worker Coalition

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