FINAL SYNOPSIS

ON
“ORPHANAGE CUM OLD AGE HOME ”

(LONELINESS - LEADING TO WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS)

SUBJECT
RESEARCH SKILL AND PROJECT INTRODUCTION

Department of architecture, M.I.E.T, Gondia.

Session 2018- 2019

Submitted by
Arpita Chatterjee

B-arch 8th sem.

1372 words………..
CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION.
2. AIM AND OBJECTIVES.
3. IMPORTANCE OF THE PROJECT IN TODAY’S SOCIETY
4. SCOPE’S AND LIMITATION’S.
5. METHODOLOGY.
6.HYPOTHESIS.
7. WEBOGRAPHY.
INTRODUCTION
“ Elder people are a treasure of the society ,their rich bag of experience has loads of learning to
offer to all. The fast moving society is undergoing a transformation with more senior citizens
considering living in SENIOR LIVING HOME

Childhood is a tender and delicate stage in the life span of a human being. At this stage people
require a great deal of care, love and nurture in order to have a robust set of values and morals.
The required care, love and nurture are generally imparted to us by our families

Old age homes :-

Old age homes are shelter for millions who are without support. They supported many in their
youth days. They reared their kids with all the love and care that anybody can think of. Now the
children are grown – ups and no longer ‘need’ the support of their aging, weak and demanding
parents. And the parents are not dying ! So they want to get rid of them, in some way, as soon as
possible. They sometimes send them to old age homes, yet another times throw them on road.
They don’t want to afford any expense taken by old age homes also.
The old-age people can spend their last days with the kids as if they are spending good time with
their grandchildren. This is one of the best possible ways to lessen their pain because the old
people(many of them) over there are very much obsessed with their family and they are craving
for their love and come back

Orphanage :-
Orphanages are home for trillions without any background. Most of the kids living there do not
know about their parents or their roots. They are alive on the mercy of some. These ‘some’ may
be selfless or selfish. They might be using these helpless kids for any of their trades including
making money, getting name and fame, organ transplants, theft, murders, mythical ceremonies
and even flesh trade ! Whom will these unfortunate children plead to ? Who will hear them. They
are kids born on earth to serve lacs without anything good in exchange ! They are too scared to
face the world.

None of us has time individually, to look after any ‘left out’ single buddy. Nobody cares about
anyone’s feelings until and unless that buddy is ‘connected’ to this lucky human being. Most of us
are not bothered about removing the pain from society. Among those, who ‘pretend’ to be
concerned, most are working for themselves ! Only a few people are truly devoted to these
rejected, dejected class and masses. But they are too few to manage the whole lot. So, a way can
be designed, to make these neglected class self – sufficient and self – reliant

They get a good company to share things that happened in their school or their day to day life.

They get a good grandparents from whom they can hear stories, values and morals especially the
ones who can really assist them with their studies.

The feeling of nostalgia will definitely be reduced to a greater extent.

I can vouch this idea holds more pros than cons. This is one of the best ideas to implement.
IMPORTANCE OF THE PROJECT IN TODAY, IN INDIAN CONTEXT
IS COMBINING A OLD AGE HOME WITH ORPHANAGE A GOOD IDEA ?

Children and the elderly have very different needs, and merging the two would disastrous,
especially for the children.

The elderly are in the final stages of their lives, and they are declining physical and/or mentally to
the point where they need assistance to live. Although living in a old-age home may not provide
the love and affection that they’d prefer, this lack of constant affection and love is not dangerous to
their wellbeing.

Children, on the other hand, are in the first stages of their lives, are developing physically,
mentally, and emotionally, and have very specific needs. In order to develop into well-adjusted
adults, children need love, affection, and a positive consistent relation with one or two adults who
can meet their physical, emotional, and social needs. This can really only be done through a family
or a family-like environment such as foster care of kinship care.

Orphanages and large group homes can only meet a child’s physical needs, and failing to
adequately meet a child’s emotional and social needs will results in harmful psychological
problems like attachment disorder and inferiority complexes as well as physical problems such as
stunted mental and physical development. These lead to life long problems in the children.

Simply adding the elderly to orphanages, wouldn’t solve the original problem that orphanages
always have: inability to create a family-like environment which meets all a child’s needs.
Combining the two would in fact be even worse as it would promote attachment disorder in the
children as they would be receiving love from a large number of people who only stay in their lives
for a short period of time.

AIMS & OBJECTIVES

The main objectives of the study are

1. The old and young will meet each other daily, for some time only. They would not be able to
misuse anybody. Discipline and decency can be maintained. And the benefits of keeping them
together will still be there.
2. The social groups having affiliation to any one group, will still have scope to work for their
betterment.
3. The benefits extended to the children and old might be different. There would be no confusion
for the managements.
4. Helping groups may have to devote less time and energy on both groups, as they are side by
side.
5. With proper supervision, government might have to spend less money. Larger the setup,
smaller the ‘per member’ expenditure. This saved money can be carefully used for the upliftment
of the poor.
6. These members of society would be able to walk with self respect, self confidence and lead a
life with dignity
.

SCOPE
The idea behind this topic is to create:

An interactive platform for old age homes and orphanages : Even if we combine an old age home
with an orphanage we need to have a planned
Space or platform where they both can interact. We can’t always put both the generations
together as they have different priorities.

Careful planning of spaces: It might happen that some of the elder people may have some
contagious diseases. Hence they have to be isolated from the children. Therefore careful planning
is required so that spaces are segregated but are not isolated.

Differently able :It may happen that some of the elder people are differently able and hence need
to be catered. And not just elder people also the children could be differently abled. So the building
should be responsive to such kind of people.

Low cost scheme: Mostly such buildings are funded by NGOs and hence need to be as cost
effective as possible. So techniques of low cost housing will be applied essentially

HYPOTHESIS-
1. The goal would be to establish a mutual relationship. The elderly will act as a parent figure
in the orphans life, and the children would act as young companions to the elderly. They
would live together as a family and support each other physically and emotionally.
2. The home will be supported by administration facilities, recreational activities, community
gathering space, active play and exploration as well as quite gathering and study will also
be facilitated.
3. The project will focus on three major aspects: safety, security and community..

METHODOLOGY.
• To study the relation between two age groups.

• The thesis Home for orphans and Elderly is an endeavour to create space where the two
groups can live together, where one group can provide the other with what they lack..
 • Improve quality of life with architectural space.

WEBOGRAPHY.
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBD_enIN731IN731&ei=DGCwXLD0AYnt9QO_yYK4Dw&q=a+place+for+or
phan+and+old+aage+people+SYNOPSIS&oq=a+place+for+orphan+and+old+aage+people+SYNOPSIS&gs_l=psy-
ab.3...25999.31570..32182...0.0..0.408.2068.0j2j6j0j1......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71.oQdR0NQnQ1w

http://www.nishkam.in/projects/orphanage--old-age-home

http://daretodors.blogspot.com/2013/05/orphanage-old-home-age.html

https://www.academia.edu/34127507/ORPHANAGE_OLD_AGE_HOME_thesis_

https://portfolio.pearlacademy.com/assets/site/images/student/thesis_report.pdf
Old Age Home and Orphanage
 Ankit Tiwari
 Sanveer Luthra
 Anjali Gupta
 Dhruv Mishra
 Tushar Arora
 Tripty Rajut
 Kishan Maheshwari
 R. Rekha
 Apoorv Maheshwari
 Rohan
 Rishabh
The Idea is to create
 an interactive platform between old age homes and orphanages
 a space for interaction and a common shelter for two generations

Why Prefer Such A Merger

The elderly are the exact replica of the young ones. They need the same
care and attention as the kids

Orphans
• Loneliness
• Love • Care
• Guidance

Elderly
 ELDERS KIDS

 Reduce psychological pain

Feeling of emptiness
Being unwanted
 Act as supportive pillars to each other
 Emotional needs – Love and Care
 Provide appropriate guidance
 Inculcate social and family values
 Improve quality of life
OLD AGE HOMES
2011 report by Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj (JLLM)
 In India about 7.5% of the population is above 60 years
 There are over 81 million elderly people. The figure will rise
to 177 million by 2025 and by 2050 it will be about 240 million
 Life expectancy has increased from 41 years in 1951 to 64
years today, hundreds of old age homes have sprung up in
India

ORPHANAGE (2011 population estimates )

 About 20 million children, about 4% of the population are
orphan.
 Death of parents- 0.3%
 Remaining abandoned due to poverty
 Reasons for moving
Survey Result from old age homes in Gujarat
2% 1%1%

6%
9%
37%

10%

17%
18%

living alone
neglect
physical insecurity
lower medical care expenses and living costs
physical and verbal abuse
poverty
peaceful and spiritual life
belongings lost
 Imported into India from the West
 Migration - away from their native homes and in the recent
past to many countries abroad
 Fading joint families
 Security - lookout for a secure place
 Socializing - finding the right companion
 Loneliness - leading to withdrawal symptoms
 Financial independence
 Independence - Unwillingness to give up the responsibility to
children
 Incapacity to look after themselves or get medical care
especially in an emergency
 To provide its residents with a secure, relaxed and homely environment in which
their care, well being and comfort of prime importance.
 Strive to preserve and maintain the dignity, individuality and privacy of all
residents
 Warm and caring atmosphere
 Being sensitive to the residents' ever changing needs- medical/therapeutic,
cultural, psychological, spiritual, emotional and social.

CORE VALUES :
 privacy
 dignity
 security
 independence
 choice
 fulfillment
 AIMS AND OBJETIVES

 The idea is not to evoke a sigh of pity

 There should not be any stigma attached to the residents of old age
 Many parents of middle class families are neither neglected nor abandoned by
their children
 Provide opportunity to do all the things that you wanted to do but got left out
in the hectic pace of work
 A time to pursue your own interests, new hobbies, a time to enjoy your family
but also your independence and personal space
 Provide a quality life which the orphans have been deprived off
 Making Children Self Reliant through various Vocational Training Programs
 Making a difference in “Being Aged” and “Being Old”
Encouraged participation in the day to day activities
Periodic celebrations of various festivals and social events
 Religion - religious services either within or outside the home
 Contact with family and friends
 Some of the trained children may be engaged in the home itself in its
“training cum production centre”
 Volunteer participation in Social Programs
OLD AGE HOME
 Men and women 60 years of age or above
 Middle Income groups to destitute (80 – 100 Residents)
Funding
 pay and stay – ensure quality of services (70%)
 Free – helps raise fund through donations (30%)
Provision for
 dormitories to house the and destitute
 rooms
 luxury apartments

ORPHANAGE
 Free provisions for children until adulthood (20 – 30)
- Street children
- Abused children
- Children who stay in prison with their prisoner mothers
Criteria for choosing the sites
 Proximity to Community School
 Availability of medical care
 Calm, pollution free environment
 Quiet idyllic surroundings, where they have quick access to facilities in the city

New Town Kolkata

Site Area – 19000 sq.m
 Help Age India (1978) and The Hope Kolkata Foundation (1999) are secular,
not-for-profit organization registered under the Societies' Registration Act of
1860 working to protect the rights of India's elderly and development of
children on the streets.

Help Age depends on donations and legacies to fund its services and activities.
 Individuals
 Corporate & Business houses
 Trusts & Foundations
Organizational Structure
 Apartments
 Single / Double Rooms
 Dormitories
 Common lounges
 Administration
 Healthcare unit
 Club Facilities
 Library & Reading Room
 Internet Parlor
 Games Parlor
 Guest Rooms
 Recreation Facilities
 Split the whole orphanage + old age
population into mini-families such that
one or more kids are associated to each
of the old person / couple - but this
should be optional. The aged person /
couple may not be willing or physically
able to take the responsibility. This
should not be a burden but a source of
enjoyment making life meaningful.

 It should have its own family-value

structure, resources, time tables,
preferences, and its own place to live -
within the perimeter of the facility.

 There should be a common place to

play, study, interact with other kids,
 Migration is one problem that both senior citizens and children find it
difficult to cope with.
 They feel uncomfortable to shift from their comfort zone to a new
place.
 Children, many of who come to orphanage are victims of severe
neglect or abuse and have behavioral and psychological problems
 Bad influence of elder kids on younger ones
 A positive aspect of this special home is
that it is closely connected with an
orphanage called “Aastha children
home”.
 Ayudham Society located near village
Rewla, New Delhi has completed
Fifteen years, starting from the years-
1993
 Two years ago, Ayudham, built a free
residence for poor kids on the premises
of the then 15-year-old paid old age
home.
 There are total 19 rooms for residents
 Ayudham is growing. A new wing will
open in May and this time a batch of
girls aged five-eight will move in
Provide high quality health care, at Ayudham
O.P.D.s
A Physiotherapy Centre
Hosts Training for various nursing Students
Ayudham Society also organizes one week summer
Comp for children

Several activities are organized throughout like

computer education, music and even Dance,
Cricket Matches, Indoor sport events, Cultural
Events and Complementary outings once a month
 ANANDA ASHRAM
(KOLKATA)
Proposed for detailed Case Study

A project of Navoday Association

Presently the ground floor is built on an area of 9000 Sq.ft.
with funds donated by ITC Ladies Social Welfare Society
Provision for expansion of three more floors with facility of
elevator.
The Ground floor has eight rooms.
Twin sharing rooms
Special and a few personalized services are provided

Pay and Stay Type

Rs. 5,50,000/- only, in twin sharing occupancy for Couples,
Sisters, Brothers.
Rs. 3,00,000/-single person occupying a full room
ORPHANAGE

HOH is a Non-Governmental Organization.

It has been rendering serves for orphans for the last 17
years.
Since HOH’s main concern is to educate the children, all the
essential requirements are met.
That is, all school stationery materials, library service with a
librarian, and neat study rooms.
Besides, tutorial class are provided
There are social workers whose main task is to follow up
their day to day activities and support them
 INTERNATIONAL
CASE STUDY

Acacia Care Home

accommodates elderly
residents and Orphans with
twenty single rooms and
two shared room.
There are gardens front and
back.
There is wheelchair access
throughout the building
and gardens.
There is a stair lift.
Residents may bring their
own furniture if they wish
Pay and stay type
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