The Buddha said birth, aging, sickness and death are four universal truths that none can escape. When we are young and full of energy both mentally and physically, we tend to forget that we will have to step into the stage of aging and sickness very soon, when we may lose all our vitality and need support to move forward in life.

At this juncture strangely, our elders usually part from us to step into their next life and our children either move away from us to create their own families or to hunt for a prospective job and we left alone without any support.

In my personal life, I have two daughters, one living in Singapore and the other in Kolkata. They are happily married and enjoying with their own families and also take good care of us. But they don’t stay with us, so for day to day we are left alone and need some support. My younger daughter, realising our limitations connected us to Support Elders about two years ago, and till date, we have got immense benefit from this humanistic organisation.

I would like to share my recent experience with all of you just to express my heartfelt gratitude and also to assure you that whenever you are in trouble, Support Elders will gladly come forward to help you in a very dedicated and compassionate way.

Recently, my husband got extremely unwell in the middle of the night. The doctor came and advised immediate hospitalisation and surgery. My husband has difficulty in walking, so an ambulance was needed. I called up Support Elders and within half an hour, their staff arrived with an ambulance. He also helped us a lot for my husband’s emergency admission to the nursing home.

Every day without fail, Support Elders gave me full support by calling me to enquire how I was dealing with everything. On the day of release, another staff came to the nursing home to help us and came along with my husband in the ambulance, settled him at home, bought the medicines and so many other things advised by the nursing home.

As my husband is over 80 years, this sudden surgery was a big trauma for him. He became totally bedridden after the surgery. He could not move or sit by himself, so we thought of renting Fowler’s bed for him, to raise it in a sitting position while he took food. Our wish for the Fowler’s bed was fulfilled with the help of one of their senior managers. My husband being bedridden I again needed day and night attendants to look after him.

Again, I called up Support Elders and they arranged for this help too. Personally, I got so tied down with my household work and looking after my husband that I could hardly leave my house. But in present situation, I needed lot of finance to meet different expenses. Once again like a loyal family member, Support Elders came forward to withdraw money from bank on my behalf.

Besides these tangible benefits, we get constant encouragement through daily phone calls and weekly home visits. Through constant interaction, Support Elders has become a close family member with whom we can share our joy and sorrow easily and never feel lonely.

I salute them with deep regard for the noble and dedicated work they are doing to help and bring joy to the aged community of the society.

May they be able to inspire others to come forward with the same mission and try to transform our society to a happy and peaceful place to live in.

I send my belated thanks to SUPPORT ELDERS for helping me by sending one of their reliable persons at 4 in the morning in this cold weather in January 2018 and getting transport (taxi) and seeing me off with luggage which I was not even allowed to touch while loading.

I am stationed outside Kolkata since long, and was desperately exploring various means look after my aged mother who lives alone, in the manner which provides peace of mind to me. On route, I was referred to Support Elders by a friend of mine, and we got associated. I express my heartfelt thanks to the team members of Support Elders for taking care of my mother in exactly the way that I thought of. Support Elders is exemplary in his efforts and the same sense of responsibility is seen in his team members. Each team member responds to each activity with full sincerity which is amazing. My mother has become emotionally attached with the team and expresses her concerns freely, which, in turn, is conveyed to us for necessary action. Emotional bonding is a necessity to manage old aged people and it is possible when there is humane touch, Team Support Elders truly provides. I wish I could have got myself associated with this team long back. Looking forward, I hope that this bonding strengthens as we move forward. I am excited while recommending this organisation to all my friends and relatives in near future. Thanks, SUPPORT ELDERS, for the noble approach. Thanks to all other associated with the humane organisation whom I am missing inadvertently

I live in United States and as I am the only child of parents, my mother lives in Kolkata with her caregiver. My mother is a member of Support Elders since 2016. Last month she suffered a massive heart failure at home and had to be immediately rushed to the nearest emergency care by Support Elders. She was admitted in ICU and stayed in the hospital for 12 days. During this entire period, team Support Elders helped us immensely. I was here, as every year I come to see my mother during the summer holidays. I informed them of the situation and they promptly took all the action needed during the emergency. I was astonished by the kind of support and service they provided at the time of hospitalisation and the entire stay as well.

I really appreciate their help and thank them for the support and service that they are providing us for our parents. Being a daughter, I can only say that because of them my mother is alive today. All my best wishes to team Support Elders and thanks as always.