Providing Care with Competence and Compassion Dignity in Health Care
At Age Care Foundation, we believe that upholding dignity is fundamental in ensuring that patients not only receive proper medical care but also feel valued and respected. The services focus on improving quality of life for the elderly and individuals living with serious or life-limiting illnesses through compassionate, high quality, person-centered care.
Honoring Dignity of Life
Honoring the dignity of life in aging and sickness means approaching care with a focus on preserving an individual's sense of self-worth, autonomy, and identity, regardless of their physical or cognitive condition.
Holistic Approach
Geriatric and palliative care align on a holistic, patient- and family-centered approach focused on quality of life rather than cure. They address complex needs through symptom control, psychosocial and spiritual support, and coordinated multidisciplinary teams. Central to both is goal-setting and advance care planning to improve comfort, function, and dignity in serious or chronic illness.
Compassionate Care
Providing Care with skill, compassion, and dignity means pairing clinical excellence with empathy, respect, and ethical accountability. It prioritizes the individual’s values, independence, privacy, and informed decision-making through clear communication and trust-building. The focus is on treating the person—not just the condition—by delivering personalized, attentive, and respectful care that enhances overall well-being.
Integrated Center for Geriatric and Palliative Care
13+ Years of
Impacting Lives
We provide Geriatric care to underprivileged elders and Palliative Care to persons suffering from life limiting illnesses. Our Mission is to deliver high quality Geriatric, Palliative and Dementia care.
Our Services
Compassionate care tailored to the unique health care needs of the Elderly and the Seriously ill
Palliative Care
Specialized medical care for people living with serious illness and focuses on providing relief from the symptoms and stress of the ailment.
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Geriatric Care
Medical sub-specialty that aims to meet the complex health care needs of the elderly.
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Dementia Care
Specialized support for people with cognitive decline, focusing on managing symptoms, maintaining quality of life.
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Transitional Care
Coordinated and continuous healthcare provided to patients as they move from one care setting to another—such as from hospital to home, from acute care to rehabilitation, or from curative treatment to supportive or palliative care.
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Respite Care
Short-term, temporary health care service provided to individuals who are elderly, chronically ill, or living with disabilities, in order to give a much-needed break or relief to their primary caregivers.
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Rehabilitative Care
Form of healthcare focused on helping individuals recover, restore, or improve physical, cognitive, and functional abilities that have been affected by illness, injury, surgery, or prolonged hospitalization and enhance overall well-being and independence.
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Hospice Care
Specialized form of care provided to people with life-limiting or terminal illnesses when the focus shifts from cure to comfort. It aims to relieve pain and distressing symptoms and focuses on care, dignity, and quality of life.
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Home Care
For patients living with advanced or chronic health conditions, bringing health care right to the patient’s doorstep through home-based Palliative and Geriatric Care Services.
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Outreach Geriatric Care
Primary health care services to the elderly in the community and those who are living in old age homes in and around Visakhapatnam through mobile clinics ensuring accessible healthcare to the underserved and underprivileged.
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Advocacy & Training
Focus on promoting the rights and well-being of older adults, spreading awareness about geriatric and palliative care, and encouraging early recognition of age-related health challenges such as dementia and chronic illness. Imparting training to the family caregivers and healthcare professionals on Geriatric and Palliative Care.
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Core Values
Patient First
We believe that the patient comes first in our order of priorities followed immediately by his/her family.
Compassion
We will work with compassion in all our dealings with patients, their families, our staff and the community we serve.
Community
We recognize that community is the foundational fabric of our society. We hope to build strong, lasting and loving partnerships with our colleagues, volunteers and community entities to work with us as one team, meeting all our community’s Supportive Care needs.
Empowerment
We acknowledge that power differentials in healthcare can make it difficult for individuals to ask for their needs to be met. We will give individuals information and resources that help them advocate for themselves and their families. We will facilitate / provide Information so that patients and families are enabled to make informed decisions.
Equity
We recognize that there are significant disparities in our community and within the provision of healthcare services. We will pay careful attention to them when we design and deliver our services.
Integrity
We commit to conduct our work honestly and strive to be dependable, forthcoming and open. As we work with communities, both within and outside the organization, ours will be an attitude of humility, acknowledging the limits of our own expertise. We will strive to build integrity into every aspect of our work.
Dignity
We recognize that every individual has a right to be treated with respect and dignity even when their goals, values and priorities may be different from our own. We will help to educate and build conditions that uphold the dignity of all patients.
Quality and Excellence
We will work to inculcate excellence in everything we do and build, and continuously improve quality in the services we provide, while ensuring that each and every patient receives the same quality of care, irrespective of their social or economic status.
Sustainability
All our efforts will keep sustainability and environmental protection in mind at all times
“Join Us in Caring”
Your support can make a world of difference to those going through the most vulnerable period of life i.e. the Elderly and the Seriously ill.
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Your contribution helps us sustain and reach out to a greater number of people in need of our services.
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Lend your time and skills to make an impact in the lives of the elderly and critically ill.
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Collaborate with us to build a supportive community for the elderly and the seriously ill.
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