Kartar Aasra Trust
Kartar Aasra Trust, a registered NGO, runs an Old age and orphanage home near Lake Club Chandigarh. Old age home is meant for senior citizens who are unable to stay with their families or are destitute. The trust also takes care of mentally and physically disabled persons to live an honorable life. Kartaraasra is an indiviual organisation. we are not part of any religious organisation.
The fading joint family system in India and other innumerable factors have given rise to west-inspired phenomena of old age homes. Surprising cost of living and scanty return on savings have almost pushed the senior citizens on roads. Such an act has triggered the security net of the helpless, which has almost vanished in many states in India with Punjab topping the list.
Senior citizens are seen by many people as being feeble in mind and body and as economic burdens on society, and they are labeled with pejoratives such as “geezers” or “old fogies.” They have started walking out of their own home in search of a journey that promises peace, joy and celebration of life with a group of people who share the same boat of life (the wrecked one). However not may rather any of them receive the comfort and peace of mind. There are more than a thousand old age homes in India. Most of them offer free accommodation. Some homes work on a payment basis depending on the type and quality of services offered. Apart from food, shelter and medical amenities, old age homes also provide entertainment facilities, yoga classes and other social activities to senior citizens. The old age homes have special medical facilities for senior citizens such as mobile health care systems, ambulances, nurses and provision of well-balanced meals.
Old age homes also provide access to telephones and other forms of communication so that residents may keep in touch with their loved ones. For older people who have nowhere to go and no one to support them, old age homes provide a safe haven. These homes also create a family like atmosphere among the residents. Senior citizens experience a sense of security and friendship when they share their joys and sorrows with each other. Some old age homes have day care centers. These centers only take care of senior citizens during the day.
Young people with vigor and strength forget that the time is not far when they too may be in the same shoes. If you respect the ones who turned you into a fine being, then just hold their hand and lead them straight into your home. Help them live the last few days of their lives without the feeling of loneliness.
Kartar Aasra is located in the foothills of the Shivalik range of the Himalayas in Chandigarh, northwest India. Kartar Aasra is surrounded by dense forest and Sukhna Lake just few meters away. World famous rock garden is just 1.5 km away and Punjab and Haryana High Court, Vidhan Sabha just 2 Kms away. One feels deep sense of peace and ease here and the feeling of desperation disappear once you get here. Kartar Aasra has forests surrounding it which sustain many animal and plant species. Deer’s, Sam bars, Barking Deer’s, Parrots, Woodpeckers and Peacocks inhabit the protected forests. Sukhna Lake hosts a variety of ducks and geese, and attracts migratory birds from parts of Siberia and Japan in the winter season. Banyan and Eucalyptus plantations. Asoka, Cassia, Mulberry and other trees flourish in the forested ecosystem.
