Vijay Ramachandra Salgaonkar vs The State Service
Original Publishing Date: 17th July 2021 Publisher: indiankanoon.org Author: Minal Parab “Patients in coma have complete failure of the arousal system with no spontaneous eye opening […]
Caregiver stories
Gentle Warriors: Arun and Poonam’s Perspective
“I have been through something similar but I never recollected those days while caring for Pranay. You forget yourself also… my legs usually hurt a lot but that time the pain also vanished.” – Poonam Arun and Poonam became primary […]
Starfish Stories: Gayathri’s Testimonial
“People have texted me… that [Caregiver Saathi’s] mantras that I share on WhatsApp help them. I feel so happy that something that has helped me is helping someone else too” When Gayathri’s father was ill, she became his primary caregiver […]
HEALTHY SELF – HEAL THY SELF – (Summary Report) January 18th, 2020
Caregiver Saathi support group meeting ‘Heal Thy Self’ – is a space to meet, share, learn, support, heal and discover well-being. We had the latest session on Saturday, 18th January 2020. This session focused on “The Joys and Challenges […]
HEALTHY SELF – HEAL THY SELF – (Summary Report) January 4th, 2020
Caregiver Saathi, as part of Heal Thy Self – a space to meet, share, learn, support, heal and discover well-being, conducted a session on Saturday, 4th January 2020. This session focused on “Understanding Aging […]
Gentle Warriors: Sudeshna’s Perspective
“I am able to live a healthy and a full life, so if I can help her have a little bit of that….being able to meet with her own friends…..any little thing we can do is precious“ Sudeshna took time […]
Gentle Warriors: Ashla’s Perspective
“We have to acknowledge that they(caregivers) do important work and they also have a right, a genuine right to have time for themselves.“ While Ashla was working as an IT professional , she met with an unfortunate accident after which […]
Gentle Warriors: Ashu’s Perspective On Self-Care For Caregivers
“In some or the other way, all of us are caregivers. Either to our ageing parents/in-laws or to someone who’s terminally ill…however, in the process of caregiving, we forget to take care of ourselves.” Simple self-care tips can take us […]
Gentle Warriors: Pratima’s Perspective
“As a human being, our desire to help arises as soon as we feel empathy towards any other afflicted human….My father brought me up with a lot of love and affection and I just wanted to do the same for […]
Compassionate Caring: Dr.Leena Gangoli’s Opinion On Caregiving And Healthcare Professionals
“Take them on as care partners and empower to the extent possible them with information about the disease they are going to be dealing with” Family caregivers have an extremely important role where they are with the patient 24 hours […]