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New home for the aged inaugurated
Tuesday, July 6,2004The Times of India, Bangalore 
Bangalore: The new building for Asha Jeevan, a care centre, especially for senior citizens, was inaugurated on Sunday at Pavamanapura in Gottigere on the outskirts of the city.
Asha Jeevan inmates, who has been housed in Hulimavu and Bilekahalli will now move into the new 10,000 sq.ft. state of the-art 'home'.
Asha Jeevan is one of the few centers in the state which takes care of bedridden patients, abandoned senior citizens and the terminally ill.
Most of the elders under their care are suffering from schizophrenia, dementia and Alzhemers among other health problems.
The building can house 70 people. The first phase of construction can accommodate all the current inmates of Asha Jeevan.
Retirement cottages will be made available for those who can afford them. Inmates are looked after by a team of trained home nurses who work round-the-clock.
The center is attached to a few nursing homes and has its won ambulance and para medical services.
For trustees Kalpana Mallya and Sujatha Bhat, the building is a dream made-true, with the aid of corporate honchos.
The project was conceptualized was conceptualised at a proposed cost of Rs 62 lakh. A significant part of the funds for the first phase came from Dayanand Pai of Century Builders, Sunil Suresh of Stanley Seating, Sadanand Maiya of MTR Foods, Sushil Mantri of Mantri Builders, Salarpuria Trust, Kapur Trust and others.
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Cheated by life, She lies in a coma
Wednesday, March 17,2004The Times of India, Bangalore 
She lies in a hospital unaware of what is happening around her. Not even that her husband collected money for her treatment, Which did not reach her. Nor is she aware that he is seeking a divorce.
When software consultant from the US, Arun J. Rao, proposed marriage to Dr. Gayatri Bhasker, everyone in her family was excited. The 27-year-old dentist was running her own practice in Bangalore and was visiting faculty at M.S.Ramaiah Medical College, her alma mater, where she secured third rank and highest marks in Periodontics.
To Gayatri, the US meant pursuing higher studies. But barely eight months after tying the knot in February 2003 and flying overseas, her bubble of happiness burst.
Walking on the pedestrian crossing while returning from college in Miami, Gayatri was knocked down by a speeding car. The impact threw her up and she crashed to the ground. Airlifted to the university of Miami School off Medicine, she underwent a series of operations on her abdomen and brain. Her husband shifted her to India for "long term care" amidst family members.
Since then, for six months, she has been in coma. Gayatri's parents, retired BHEL and LIC employees, were shocked to see their only daughter in such a state.
On January 23, Gayatri was shifted to NIMHANS; in February, to a private nursing home for treatment, including physiotherapy.
Gayatri is now showing signs of recovery she has opened her eyes, begun to yawn and also making noises while coughing. The aged parents are overwhelmed with joy, but still lost; they have exhausted all their funds.
As per correspondence between Gayatri's parents and well-wishers in the US, Gayatri's husband created a mail account,
But that is not all. Last week, Gayatri's husband send mail to her father expressing his wish to seek a divorce. "My son-in-law she made his intentions clear. I want him to send us the helpline funds to further Gayatri's treatment. So, I am forced to seek legal help."
Gayatri will soon be shifted to Asha Jeevan on Bannerghatta Road.
To help Gayatri, call - 56900752.
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Asha Jeevan annual residents' day celebrated
Sunday, April 7, 2002 Deccan Herald, Bangalore
The 'Annual Residents' Day' of the Asha Jeevan Home for the Aged, located off Bannerghatta Road in Bangalore, was celebrated today with a variety of cultural events organized to entertain the inmates of the home.
The State Bank of India donated a sum of Rs 2,82,105 to the trust towards the purchases of an ambulance, on the occasion.
A cheque bearing the amount was handed over to Ms Sujatha R Bhat and Ms Kalpana Mallya of the Asha Jeevan Home for Aged Trust by State Bank of India General Manager (Development and Personal Banking) Pradeep Awasthi.
There are 28 inmates at the home, set up in March 2000. Apart from providing shelter to the aged, Asha Jeevan takes care of bedridden senior citizens, who are totally immobile.
The institution hopes to accommodate up to 100 senior citizens in future. Ms Sumalatha Ambarish, Ms Tejaswini Ananth Kumar and SBI Circle Development Officer Jhansi Reddy commended the efforts of the trust in providing care and assistance to the senior citizens.
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Medical services at doorstep
Wednesday, August 28, 2002 The Times of India, Bangalore
Asha Jeevan Home for the Aged Trust will soon start medical services at the s\doorstep of the elderly in Bangalore. This is claimed to be the only senior citizens' home which caters to needs of the bedridden.
Asha Jeevan, started be Sujatha Bhat and Kalpana Mallya in March 2000, is also unique because it trains and places unemployed boys and girls from poor families to help the elderly on a 24-hour basis. The home has trained 242 such youth to date.
According to Sujatha, the house presently has 32 men and women, some of whom are destitutes. The inmates suffer from osteoporosis, arthritis, dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson and stroke. The inmates of Asha Jeevan are accommodated in three homes on Bannerghatta Road.
"We are presently looking for an acre of land to construct our own premises for geriatric purpose with wheel chair-friendly ramps," says Sujatha. When she organizes awareness programmes on health-related geriatric problems of senior citizens at different venues, the members of the audience included mostly inmates from the home, who ironically suffer from the particular problem being discussed. These programmes are held by eminent specialists in their respective fields. Asha Jeevan provides at their homes, the values of homeliness, cleanliness and calm atmosphere that is so essential to people during the sunset years of their life. A vegetarian food with balanced and nutritious diet is provided to the residents, who are accompanied by their nurses round the clock. The home is attached to Shanthi Nursing Home, which offers ambulance and paramedical staff for the emergency needs of the inmates. "When we visit various old age homes that have sprung up in the city and the way the aged inmates are ill treated, we feel depressed," say Sujatha and Kalpana. For details call 9845184079.