Guiding Principles

Guiding Principles:
To provide a way of life for the following categories of people of Indian origin who are above 50 years of age. They may fall into the following categories :-

* Couples who have no one to care for them or choose not to inflict ‘socio-economic ‘ discomfort on their children.
* Single persons who may be estranged from his/her spouse. Must not have children as liabilities who are dependent on them.
* Divorcees
* Single women who may be unmarried, and are over 40 years of age who have no mentor, relative to care for them.

1. Care here implies the following :-
   • Security from economic and social exploitation.
   • Safeguard of threat to loss of property and life.
   • Free from care of handling kitchen service at home.
   • Free from encumbrance of handling repair to building, ancillaries etc.
   • Freedom from social pressures to pursue a religious and spiritual agenda.
   • Freedom of worry about cremation, burial etc.
   • Health care is assured by way of providing an in-house sick bay with a 24 hours attendant nurse, ambulance facility and a nearby hospital about half a kilometer away, and a doctor on call. However it is not an institution designed to cater to the needs of the critically ill, mentally unsound, physically deprived or social outcasts and floatsam.
2. To provide a platform for the needy where they can make a choice to live life on their own terms.
3. To provide a platform for the needy where they can make a choice to live life on their own terms.
4. To encourage the residents to pick up hobbies and creative pursuits.
5. To enable them to take active interest in self governance of the home.
6. To engage the residents in various social activities.
7. Being a welfare endeavour which works on a no profit no loss basis, it is expected to retrench the profits towards infrastructure and future loss likely to be incurred due to increase in the cost of living. Where essential and unavoidable, the monthly fees may need to be enhanced from time to time.
8. To meet the collective aspirations of the resident members, it may not always be possible to cater to individual choice unless it is necessitated due to illness and doctors recommendations .
9. A strict code for avoiding loud sounds and ‘lights out timing’ is to be enforced.
10. A kitchenette is available at the unit. However meals will be had at the dining hall within the stipulated time and only on special medical advice, food will be allowed in the living unit.
11. Owing to the need of jurisprudence there is a need for transparency in the declaration of an intending resident to take up a dwelling unit. Any attempt to make a false declaration at the time of entry will itself become an instrument for ejection of the resident.
12. Discipline towards, self conduct, respect for others, camaraderie are the essential ingredients of community living expected at ‘Deviwati Ashiana’.