Heritage Tour to Kolunupaka Jain Temple

Heritage Tour to Kolunupaka Jain Temple

Some twenty of us from SCF went on a heritage tour on 21st November 2019 to Jain temple in Kolanupaka in Aler City in Yadadri District. It is 80 Km from our Day Care Center, it took us two hours by bus. Started at 9:30 am from DCC and reached by 11:30 am. Though we were asked to have breakfast and come, we were treated to tasty pulihora on our way. It was so delicious that many noted down the caterer's address and details. Malleswari conducted cine songs quiz where we were asked to come up with Hindi or Telugu equivalent song. Anthakshari of course was there. Malleswari, Chepuri Shankar Rao, Indira Narayan and others excelled in recollecting many songs.

Upon reaching the Jain temple we moved into two rooms for freshening up. Visited the temple which is some 2000 years old. Separate note - see video link - on temple proper is attached. The temple and surroundings were peaceful, quiet, clean,serene, scenic and soulful. We had lunch in their bhojanalaya. Lunch was free. It was a simple but satiating fare of Rotis, Dhal, Sabjis, Gud, Sweet, vadiyalu etc.  After lunch we played a round of Tambola and other games.  Some even took a power nap. We gave a donation of Rs 2000 to Jain Temple.

Thereafter we visited a thousand year old ancient Shivalayam. There is an archaeological museum too. The structures, statues and rock inscriptions were awe inspiring. We returned by 5.00 pm as scheduled.

The trip was meticulously planned by our the leader Mrs Indira Narayan and executed by Sri Narayan, Sri Mallesh, Smt Pratima Mehta, Malleswari and others. The trip was thoroughly comfortable, nothing lacking. I observed that arrangements were made even to get the toilets to be cleaned and opened in DCC, prior to our departure!. Some photos taken during the trip have been circulated in WhatsApp.  

https://youtu.be/TzPCKJaY_cQ

UNMUKT Conference on: Technology – Driving Growth in Senior Care

UNMUKT Conference on “Technology – Driving Growth in Senior Care”

at IIIT, Hyderabad 15^th Nov 2019

Some Notable Points

·         Time management was excellent. Started on time. Ended on time

·         Almost (23/24) all resource persons came and delivered their part, minding time allotted.

·         Jayesh Ranjan mentioned about Selfie based app for TS pensioners for life-certificate

·         Jayesh: Suicide among elderly is a concern

·         Jayesh: Appreciated OBF launched less than a year ago

·         Ravi Narayan stressed that Social organizations should come together & work together

·         Senior care industry is nascent, interdisciplinary

·         Mohit Nirula: Technology brings seniors and children closing distance gap

·         Columbia Pacific community eager to provide testing ground for Apps and solutions

·         Telemedicine services across several centers of covai care started many years ago

·         Sleep apnea can be monitored via wearable device

·         Rajeshwar of HelpAge: Technology should compensate our absence from the scene

·         HelpAge SOS App is doing exceeding well

·         Technology is not just IT – but other technologies also are important

·         Adarsh Narahari: Wearables won’t work! Explained why! (I agree with him)

·         Aarti: AI Robots – our digital twin – can predict our mood swings

·         Ramu Muthangi of ApnaCare: Gave a demo of Alexa. Spoke of kits for AD, Parkinsons Stroke

·         Aparna: Empowerji App gives short video based training for dozens of elder related items

·         Rajit Das od Evexius: Healthcare Integrator. Human touch is most important

·         Lakshminarayana GoldCoast: Fall detection alerts wearable & emergency alert  device

·         Aparna: Making elders adopt and use after training is a great challenge

·         Sailesh MIshra explained ‘all about Alexa’ even how to write Apps for its execution!

·         Mahesh Joshi of Apollo: Enabling accessibility & affordability in healthcare is most important

·         People are not interested in preventive care, while doctors have lost personal touch

·         Getting seniors to come to DCC is a great problem

·         Primary care family physicians should come back – including home visits

·         GOI is coming up with regulations / guidelines for retirement communities

·         Caregiver and geriatric training facilities are inadequate

·         We have not heard of rating of geriatric care giving outfits

·         Several start ups had a chance to introduce themselves briefly

·         There was not much time for questions / interactions

·         Audio was poor – back benchers  could not hear properly

·         Distribution of directory of participants would facilitate  interactions

·         Folder of all pamphlets / brochures of all participants would prove useful – B2B?

·         Many people I knew were there: KRG, Monimita, Smitha, HelpAge, OBF, Life Circle, Aparna and others

·         As a professional Info gatherer I gained a lot; purpose served; worth the time & distance!