AN OVERVIEW – TRAVANCORE FOUNDATION

Introduction Travancore Foundation was formed on 17th September 2009 as a Registered Charitable Trust and as a Not for Profit organization, it has marked ten years of existence as one of the best assisted living centers for seniors in the state of Kerala. The Trust has a certification of 12AA from the Income Tax Department.

Vision
To become a national leader in providing, comfort and care to seniors by which all senior lives fulfill their potential to lead dignified, healthy and secure life.

Mission
To provide person-centered, quality care to seniors through a dedicated and compassionate team, enriching their lives by nurturing spiritual and human values with a focus on Community based Care, Education and Research.

Management
The Trust is governed by a Board of Trustees headed by the Chairperson Dr. Renu Abraham Varughese. She holds MS (Clinical Gerontology), MPhil (Guidance and Counseling in Gerontology) and PhD (Gerontology). She is a clinical specialist in gerontology and a tenured teaching faculty in the School of Health and Natural Sciences at Mercy College, New York, USA. She has twenty eight years of experience in working with residents and staff of US long term care centers as clinician, educator and leader. She was awarded the prestigious US-Nehru Fulbright scholarship to India by the US Department of State and Cultural Affairs for the year 2015-2016. Mr. Mathew Chandy Matteethra, Mr. Philip K John and Mr. Jiji Philip are the founder Trustees of Travancore Foundation. Mr. Jiji Philip, who is a post graduate in Social Work also holds a post graduate diploma in Personnel Management and labour laws serves as the Managing Trustee as well as the Chief Executive Officer.
Infrastructure

The pioneer project of the Trust, Mission Valley, is set in a 3.56 acre of land, pitched on a perfect hillside channeling fresh air, light and serenity at Karukachal, Kottayam District, Kerala. The entire facility is designed with the notion of being elder friendly (wheelchair accessibility, wide ramps, passages, grab bars, anti-skid floors, elevators). The total built up area of the facility is 50,035sq.ft having 62 in-suite units. Each individual unit is with an area of about 400 sq.ft, fully furnished with cot, wardrobe, dressing unit, table, chairs, side table, television, refrigerator, air conditioner, 24×7 hot water facility, intercoms, Wi-Fi. The facility is also equipped with automatic generator set (125 kilowatts) which ensures 100% backup power and is also under CCTV Surveillance.

Services (Present Occupancy – 70 Residents)
Mission Valley can accommodate about 70 residents. At present we have a community which include independent residents as well as residents who require assistance for their activities of daily living. The residents who require assistance can be further categorized into full-time care as well as partial care (either day or night) based on the intensity of assistance they require.

During the last ten years of our journey, Travancore Foundation was successful in making great strides in senior care services. One such significant achievement, which makes Travancore Foundation unique from all other assisted living facilities in our country is the assessment – based care plan. Comprehensive health assessment is done on admission for each resident using resident – assessment form (RAF – India) based on which individualized care plan is derived for each residents.

Personnel (Total Staff Currently – 140, which comprises 5 in Senior Management, 4 in Middle Management, 10 in Junior Management, 4 as Executives, 6 as Supervisors and the rest as Assistant Staff) ) The facility also assures 24×7 nursing care under the supervision of qualified nurses including B.Sc. and GNM. We also have a rehabilitation centre with a Consultant Physiotherapist twice a week and a Resident Physiotherapist. We have an MoU with a private Medical College from where the doctor’s (including psychiatrist) visit the facility on a weekly basis. Our facility is also marked with the presence of Post Graduate Resident Social Workers from reputed colleges in Kerala. All other support services like Food & Beverages (catering 200 plus meals for at a time serving), Laundry, Housekeeping, Landscape and Maintenance are carried out by in-house, fully fledged departments with employees trained in respective areas.

Other Activities/ Projects
The vision and philosophy of Travancore Foundation, necessitated carefully designed educational modules and training to equip and develop future care managers to conceive and implement care programme for older adults, which led to the formation of Travancore Foundation Education and Research Centre on Aging (TF ERCA). An MoU has been signed with School of Social Work, Marian College Kuttikkanam (Autonomous) to collaborate in the area of education and research on Aging. As a first step towards moulding future senior care managers, we are offering a Post Graduate Diploma in Geriatric Care Management for graduates interested to pursue a specialty in eldercare management.
TF – MITHRA, our charity division is yet another initiative which strongly embarks that our responsibility goes beyond caring for our residents. Through this initiative, we contribute to the welfare of communities in and around our facility and also extend our services to those who are in need. The various programs that comes under TF – MITHRA include; 1) TARANI (An Educational Scholarship Programme for Children from Financially Weaker Section),2) SANJEEVANI: HOPE FOR THE AGED (Senior Citizen Sponsorship Programme),3) SUBHAM (A CSR Initiative in Association with Johnson’s Life (P) Ltd.)

An interdisciplinary team of members from various disciplines promoting physical, mental, psycho-social and spiritual health of older adults fulfills the primary objective of the Trust, Senior Care at its Best.

Projects in Pipeline District : Pathanamthitta Project Site: Pathanamthitta (2.5kms away from City Centre) Extend of Land: 1 acre Project Proposal: 30 self-sufficient assisted living units Project Period: 2020 – 2023

District: Ernakulam Project Site: Kozhencherry (2.5kms away from Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Medical College) Extend of Land: 3.25 acres Project Proposal: 100 units of independent living with required infrastructure plus 100 units of assisted living Project Period: 2021 – 2025

For more details please visit: http://www.travancorefoundation.com/