This city-wise page contains information specific for dementia care in Hyderabad, for the convenience of caregivers of patients of Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia.[read disclaimer]
- Facilities for patients of Alzheimer’s/ other dementias
- Helplines and major information sources for elders
- General tips for locating relevant resources in a city
- Hyderabad-related dementia news
Facilities for patients of Alzheimer’s/ other dementias
Dementia helpline: 91-40-6610-3413 (run by ARDSI Hyderabad-Deccan Chapter)
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ARDSI, Hyderabad-Deccan Chapter Offers activity centre, awareness programs, support group meetings, dementia helpline, and memory clinics. Has Dementia/ caregiving information in Telegu and Urdu. |
Room no. 3, Memory Clinic, For memory clinic, contact |
Also, see below: |
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Helplines and other resources for elders
Helpline run by Helpage India in coordination with Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation: 1253
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| Helpage India, Hyderabad Branch Office |
Contact Person: Mr. S. Dass, State Head – Andhra Pradesh Site: http://helpageindia.org |
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| Other sources for information on attendants, old age homes, etc. |
Heritage Hospitals- Home Health Care Services provides a range of home health care services, including bedside attendants. Their toll-free number is 1800.102.2424 Red Cross, Kottayam, also provides 24-hour attendants for many cities in South India, and may agree to sending attendants to Hyderabad |
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General tips for locating relevant resources:
- A list of local services can usually be obtained by surfing the Internet using keywords and the name of the city, such as “home nursing Hyderabad”, “dementia care Hyderabad”, “old age homes Hyderabad.”
- Combine your search string with various versions of the city name in searches, such as Hyderabad, Hydrabad, Secunderabad, Secundarabad, etc. So, a search could be “old age homes Hyderabad” or “dementia Hydrabad”
- The larger hospitals of the city will usually have memory clinics to help the initial diagnosis of a patient. Search for “memory clinic Hyderabad” and other such phrases.
- The reception/ nurses at local hospitals often know about agencies that supply attendants/ nurses for home care.
- Many large path lab services also provide home pickup of blood samples.
Hyderabad-related dementia news
Some additional links to Hyderabad-based dementia news on resources, events, and trainings:
- Brain awareness program at Hyderabad: To mark the Brain awareness month, Hyderabad’s Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (Nims), conducted a public awareness programme on April 2, 2011 in association with National Brain Research Centre. The announcement of the workshop is here, and a report of the workshop is here.
- Tracking device announced in Hyderabad: Vyzin’s Electronics Private Limited launched “World’s first innovative electronic Mhealth watch” at Hyderabad. According to its report, the device has been pretested by ARDSI Hyderabad. If the device works as intended, it could be a useful option for handling “wandering” commonly seen in dementia patients. Read the announcement here, the contact information for the Hyderabad office is available at the company website here.
You can also search this site by typing the word “Hyderabad” in the search box in the sidebar, to get all the pages on the site that have anything related to “Hyderabad”.
Disclaimer: The resources/ links provided here are intended for information and convenience, and are not in any way intended to be an endorsement for the resource. Also, facilities offered keep changing, so please contact the organisations to get up-to-date information.
https://groups.google.com/group/ardsi-hyd-public?hl=en
Above is a link to a discussion group run by Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India Deccan Chapter. You will get replies o queries relating to dementia, caregiving, care centers etc by sending a post here. The Info is Hyderabad specific in most cases.