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  Activities
 
  I.Therapeutic Activities

The institution provides different therapeutic activities to the beneficiaries. It helps them to become self reliable. We aim at the physical and mental well being of each patient through these therapies.
  • Assessment
  • Medical management
  • Activities for daily living
  • Social skills training
  • Behavior modification therapy
  • Supportive therapy
  • Yoga
  • Occupational therapy
  • Horticulture therapy
  • Agro centered therapy
  • Group therapy
  • Psycho education therapy
  • Psycho analytic therapy
  • Art therapy
  • Recreation therapy
  • Creative therapies
  • Meditation and Prayer
  • Counselling
    1. Individual Counselling
    2. Group Counselling
    3. Family Counselling

II. Vocational training and Placement

The aim of training is to impart vocational skills to the clients that help them to become productive and to lead a contributory role in the family and the community. Vocational skills are taught by professional instructors, who assess the skills and interests of each resident and build the training programme based on the same. We also provided the placement facilities within the institution. Some of the favorite trainings for our residents are:

Art centered vocational training

  • Tailoring
  • Knitting
  • Embroidery works
  • Bag making
  • Flower and Bouquet making
  • Glass painting
  • Greeting card making
  • Cover making
  • Candle making
  • Screen printing

12 patients are engaged in the tailoring - knitting and embroidery unit, 5 in toys and fancy handbag making, 2 persons for glass painting, 5 persons are actively engaged in flower and bouquet making, 15 persons in candle making and 12 for cover making and 20 for bag making.

Agro centered vocational training

  • Poultry farm
  • Hatchery
  • Aquaculture
  • Piggery
  • Horticulture
  • Agriculture
  • Rabbit farm
  • Cattle farm
  • Aerobic composting
  • Vermiculture
  • Biogas
  • Plantation

3 persons are part of the poultry farm, 3 for hatchery and aquaculture, 5 for piggery, 4 persons in cattle farm, 5 in agriculture, 3 in biogas, 2 for aerobic composting, 2 for vermiculture and 2 for the care of rabbit.

III. Health care

Our management functions effectively without any delays for health care and ensuring safety of patients. We try to improve the health of the inmates by effectiveness and efficiency of quality of health care.

The personals who involve in our qualitative health care are;

  • Psychiatrists
  • Clinical Psychologists
  • Psychiatric nurses
  • Psychiatric social workers
  • Occupational therapists
  • Vocational instructors
  • Physical trainers
  • Care takers
  • Voluntary workers

Proper intake of medicine, balanced diet, proper guidance, meditation, yoga, therapies, individual attention and physical exercises help the patients to improve their mental health.


IV. Celebrations, Picnic and Relaxes

The institution celebrates various feasts and conducts picnic, arts, sports and games and other programmes for the patients.

Onam

We celebrate onam festival for a week in every year in a grand manner. We prepair 'Onapookalam' and serve onam 'sadhya' on 'Thiruvonam' day. Our neighbours also come and participate the celebration with inmates here.It provides opportunities for patients to intract with community outside. Three day exhibition of the paintings and other handycrafts made by the patients provides opportunities to the people for the enjoyment and relaxation to their visits

Annual Day

Every year annual day, known as home day is celebrate together with onam celebrations. On the occasion programs like orchestra, dance and cultural activities are conduct both by the innmates and local people. Prizes for the winners of arts, cultural and sports competition conducted in connection with Onam celebrations are awarded during the public meeting of the annual day.

Independence Day

Every year we celebrate independence day on 15th of August. All inmates participate's in the flag hosting and sing the national anthem. Sweets are distributed in the gathering.

World Mental Health day

we celebrate world mental health day every year on october 10th in every special way.On the occasion we conduct seminar and workshop for the parents and the caretakers of patients of this institution .Thereafter the inmates perform cultural programs for their parents, gurdians and all gatherd here.

Annual Picnic

Every year we conduct annual picnic to diffrent places. The patients enjoy the trip very much to their mental happiness.


V. Our Institution

Strength
  • Registered organization
  • General body and governing body
  • Administrative set up
  • Availability of Infrastructure
  • Computerized office and Website
  • Safe and secure area with calm and soothing atmosphere
  • Owned building
  • Meditation center
  • Vocational training facilities
  • Availability of qualified professionals
  • Twenty four hours residential medical care
  • Well furnished abode and separate facilities for men and women
  • Short term stay for mild mentally ill and long term for chronic
  • Therapeutic activities
  • Drug therapy
  • Creative therapies
  • Yoga, counseling and prayer oriented programs
  • Behavior modification therapy
  • Social skill training
  • Recreational facilities
  • Education therapy
  • Coping skill training
  • Volunteers’ support
  • Income generation programs
  • Stress management programmes
  • Horticulture, agro-centered therapies
  • Picnic, arts , sports and other cultural competitions
Weakness
  • No replacement possible due to social stigma
  • Most of the affected persons are geriatric
  • Disproportionate qualified professionals
  • Less sustainability
  • Fewer placements
  • Inadequate finance
  • Advanced method of diagnosis is insufficient
  • Less availability of equipments for the physical exercises
  • Discontinuity of intake medicine causes for relapse
Opportunities
  • Networking with other organizations and agencies
  • Acceptance and social support from the public and the society
  • Support from the social welfare & Police departments
  • Financial support from the local donors
  • Community participation during all the celebrations
Threat
  • Social stigma towards the mentally ill
  • Improper increase of the cost of medicine and essential commodities.
  • Uncertainty of the financial help from the Government
  • Over interference of the local authorities
  • Care takers do not accept the patients who became normal
 
     
 
 
 
 
 
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