Ward 41, Don Bosco Colony, Siliguri, WB 734004

contact@nababasanta.org

Facility and Accomodation

Facility and Accomodation provided at Naba Basanta Old Age Home.

Accommodations:

At present, there are 8 Double Bedded Rooms to accommodate 16 persons, in each room, a couple, or two gents or two ladies can be accommodated. Besides, there will be 4 more dormitories to accommodate 3 people in each of them.
Each room has an attached bathroom, electrical points for two Lights, one Fan, a TV, a Geyser, and other minimum necessary furniture for the residents.

Food:

All residents will normally share common vegetarian/non-vegetarian meals in the dining room. Any delivery constraints, medically prescribed, would be catered to as per as possible. Separate cooking would not be allowed. The management of the kitchen shall be done by the administration. Morning Tea, Breakfast, Lunch, Afternoon Tea, and Dinner will be given at the specified time.

Health Care:

An Experienced Doctor will visit the Home once in week, or when required, with extra payment by the residents.To look after the residents full time trained Nurse’s or Aaya’s will be there in the Home with some emergency medicines to look after the residents.

Warden will do the needful in case of serious illness when one may be required to be shifted to Nursing Homes, Hospitals, or a Medical College.

Management will inform the relatives mentioned in the application form. In such cases, the resident is to bear all the costs of medical treatment and special services.

Recreations:

There will be a Community Hall along with a Library where Books, Journals, News Papers(English & Bengali) will be available to read . Some arrangements of Indoor Games, and a TV will be provided. Sometimes other cultural programmes are also organised.

Last Rites:

In case of death, Management will inform the relatives whose name is mentioned in the application form by the resident by Phone, Email or Fax. If there is no response from the concerned within one day, cremation will be done as per usual custom or the dead body will be given to the Police or the Medical College Authority.

Eligibility

Our Mission
  • a. The age of the applicant should be between 60 Years to 75 Years.
    If a couple applied for accommodation, this condition is not applicable to the wife.
  • b. The applicant should be able to pay for monthly boarding & lodging with necessary security money. Charge payable by the residents shall be determined by the Management of Sri Sri Ramkrishna Samity or its nominee from time to time, depending on market conditions/costs.
  • c. The present charges payable by the residents are as follows:-
  1. Double Bedded Room: Each bed includes food Rs 2200/- per month.
  2. Three Bedded Dormitory: Each bed including food Rs 2000/- per month.
  3. Couple: Rs 4000/- per month, each room including food.
  4. Security: Rs 15000/- to be deposited in a Nationalised Bank or P.O in the name of Sri Sri Ramkrishna Samity A/c. “Old Age Home” which will be repayable to a nominee after the expiry of the person concerned. Money will be refunded if the person is leaving the Home permanently.
  5. Recurring Monthly payment on account of food & establishment shall be made in the account of Sri Sri Ramkrishna Samity A/c.Old Age Home. A standing instruction in the bank account of the resident is a must for this purpose.
    6. All payments are to be made in advance.
  6. Physical Fitness: Normal

Funding

  1. ”NABA BASANTA” will be self self-financed and self-sustained institution after the construction by Sri Sri Ramkrishna Samity.
  2. Residents will meet for all kinds of expenses to run the Institution on a no-profit no no-loss basis.
  3. A core of central fund will be created from donations or subscriptions from the residents for miscellaneous activities of the Home.

Intake Capacity

The maximum intake capacity is 126. This will be implemented in three phases. At present, accommodation and other facilities will be provided on the ground floor only.