The Geriatrics and Healthy Living team at KIMSHEALTH aims to enhance your health and uphold your dignity when you grow old. They prioritise lifestyle improvements in later stages of your lifecycle. Dr. Athul Vyas V and Dr. Ajit Thomas guide this centre. With their focus on senior care, they give you the best care with a careful and forward-thinking approach. They blend the care you get with reliable medical treatments. You also get tailored support to become self-reliant and achieve a state of emotional well-being.

Why Choose Geriatric and Healthy Living in KIMSHEALTH ?

The department should be your choice in older ages because it provides:

• Wellness Checks and Disease Prevention: Health screenings detect early issues in your body and manage your ongoing medical conditions.
• Critical Care During Emergencies for Elders: As an older adult, you will receive proper care in urgent situations to avoid complications and stay safe.
• Collaborative Support from Specialists: KIMSHEALTH specialists join forces to give treatments tailored to the elderly's needs.
• Home Recovery After Hospitalisation: Care at home aids healing when patients leave the hospital.
• Maintaining Mental and Physical Strength: Established techniques assist with memory, mobility, and living.
• Respectful and Compassionate Care: The approach centres on patient needs while involving families in decisions respecting senior preferences, and fostering kindness.

Available Services and Care

• Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA): A detailed check focuses on physical health, mental abilities, emotional state, and how someone manages daily tasks.
• Managing Frailty and Multimorbidity: A planned method tackles the tough health problems tied to ageing and works to create better care for people with lower resilience.
• Rehabilitation to Reverse Functional Decline: The team here will create custom programs for you, including physical and occupational therapy, aim to restore your movement and help you regain independence.
• Preventing Falls and Training to Improve Balance: These programs find possible hazards and use exercises to boost coordination and stop falls from happening.
• Vaccinations for Adults: Shots designed for specific ages help protect against preventable diseases.
• Coordinating Support at Home: Plans ensure that care services are organised for those needing help at home. Individualised care plans help deliver in-home aid by working with trusted providers. These plans aim to maintain both safety and consistency.
• Cancer Support for Older Adults (Oncogeriatrics): Cancer Treatment Designed for Seniors Care rooted in geriatric-focused methods aims to promote better health outcomes for older individuals.
• Memory Loss and Cognitive Care: Recognise memory issues and develop care strategies to address cognitive struggles.
• Dementia and Behavioural Challenges: Diagnose and handle conditions like Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia while addressing related behavioural issues in a thorough manner.
• Senior Diet and Nutrition Plans: Plan meals to resolve nutrition gaps, improve energy, and manage long-term health issues.
• Mental Wellness in Ageing Adults: Help seniors manage depression, anxiety, and sleep troubles to boost their emotional health.
• Pain Relief Techniques for Older Adults: Look into suitable ways to ease pain and make daily tasks feel less challenging for seniors.
• Seniors’ Safe Prescription Practices: Check medicine lists to reduce the risks of drug interactions and remove unneeded prescriptions.
• Osteoporosis Diagnosis and Care: Finding and treating osteoporosis helps strengthen bones and lowers fracture risks.
• Emergency and Intensive Care Support: Experienced medical teams ensure seniors get the right treatment during hospital emergencies.
• Sleep Disorder Care Plans: Customised approaches tackle problems like sleep apnea, insomnia, and other sleep challenges.
• Palliative & End-of-life Support: Giving relief from symptoms and offering full care helps bring comfort in the stages of serious illness.

Tools and Resources

• Geriatric Consultation Suites: These private rooms focus on providing a welcoming space that is easy to access. They are tailored to meet the unique needs of older adults.
• Advanced Diagnostic and Imaging Access: Patients can access priority services like MRI, CT scans, ultrasounds, X-rays, and labs. These tools help with making precise evaluations faster.
• Rehabilitation Unit Collaboration: Physiotherapy teams and occupational therapy experts join forces to assist patients in recovering and improving how they move.
• Secure Telemedicine Platform: Patients can have virtual consultations and follow-up care from the comfort of their homes using a safe telemedicine system.
• Balance and Gait Training Zone: This area supports mobility exercises and helps assess how likely someone is to fall. Specialists from physical medicine and rehabilitation contribute to the process.
• Private Dietetics and Nutrition Rooms: These rooms offer one-on-one nutritional counselling. They provide a private space for discussing dietary needs.
• Senior-friendly Waiting Areas: The waiting rooms provide comfortable chairs, easy-to-reach restrooms, and soothing decor to help make visits less stressful.