Thank you, Support Elders, for going out of the way and arranging prepared home cooked food and getting it delivered to us at our doorsteps in this time of crisis. As there are no helping hands present during this time, it was becoming more and more difficult for people like us to do all the household chores along with cooking and washing utensils. We are now getting prepared food which saves a lot of our efforts. Thank you all for taking care of us.

I got tremendous help from your boys during this lockdown period. The staff managed to get my essential medicines by taking so much of risk. I am very much impressed. God bless them. Your Support Elders will reach a new height. My blessings are with you.

My mother, Ashoka Chaudhuri, who is in her late seventies, often tells me about Support Elders, an organization mom joined a couple of years ago, which specializes in giving comprehensive care to senior citizens. Someone calls her every morning to ascertain that she is okay, and once a week, or whenever required, a staff member visits her and takes care of her problems. Also she has been given a special watch/GPS/telephone for emergencies. As most of the staff members are Ex-Servicemen, my mom feels comfortable with them, as my dad was an Ex-Indian Navy officer.

She also tells me about all the various activities which Support Elders organizes for members – like movies, lectures, picnics, sightseeing etc.

So, during my last visit to Kolkata when mom invited me to attend the ‘Support Elders Silver Connect New Year’s Party’ in Rabindra Okakura hall, in Salt Lake, on 2nd January 2020, I accepted right away. The Rajput Regiment(TA) Band was excellent and brought back many childhood memories and the ‘Chelo Kebab’ lunch from Peter Cat was nostalgic.

What impressed me the most however, was the dedication, compassion and patience with which the staff, mostly Ex-Servicemen, looked after the large number of senior citizens, with smiling efficiency. To be able to organize, such an event with close attention to details, requires an excellent behind the scene, planning and execution teamwork. It was very creditable.

My brother, who lives in Toronto, Canada, and I in Abu Dhabi, UAE, are always concerned that we have no option but to leave our mother behind alone in Kolkata. Now, having seen how well she is looked after by Support Elders, I am going back much reassured. That help for my mother is just a phone call away is a great comfort to both of us.

Thank you Support Elders.

Dear Support Elders Team

Let me assure you, the help you gave me and the cheerful, ungrudging service you rendered for organising my 80th birthday celebrations. In the absence of my own children you were like a supporting son to me.

I would like to Express my most sincere gratitude for making my 80th birthday such an enjoyable and memorable day that I’ll cherish forever.

Srilekha Mukherjee after her 80th birthday