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Poonyah makes caring for elderly family members from miles away possible

Through the use of technology and seamless professional support, the Poonyah App along with its partner networks offers an ecosystem for seniors to get them help at their fingertips.

Poonyah makes caring for elderly family members from miles away possible

Poonyah provides users with remote monitoring and assistance, companionship, and practical on-demand help. (Photo: SNS)

Since India started adopting the nuclear family norm, it is only going spiral upward. This is especially prominent when both woman and man are working and have to spend a major chunk of their time away from their families, including, of course, the elderly parents.

Also, as most people from the present generation live far away from their parents and lead a busy lifestyle, they are often riddled with constant concern about the health, well-being, and loneliness of their parents. This mostly results in the guilt of not being able to take care of them.

This is where Poonyah, a London-based technology-enabled home care firm, has come up with a solution to address all these worries.

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With an objective to help senior citizens living alone both during times of emergency as well as in their day-to-day lives, Poonyah provides users with remote monitoring and assistance, companionship, and practical on-demand help. It makes it easier for its users to take care of their loved ones remotely while offering complete privacy, simplicity, and peace of mind in the process.

Through the use of technology and seamless professional support, the Poonyah App along with its partner networks offers an ecosystem for seniors to get them help at their fingertips.

Sharing insights from her personal life that led to the advent of her company, Deepti Atrish, founder and CEO, Poonyah remarked, “I live far away from my mother and on a holiday with her, I started noticing changes in her behaviour. Upon diagnosis, we got to know those were signs of early dementia. My mother did not require a nurse full time but constant monitoring and help were needed. Instead of worrying while I was away in London and she was back home in India, I decided to do something about it.”

“Making use of my technological background and seeking solutions from professionals, we realised that the revolution of technologies such as AI and IoT are redefining modern health care. So we decided to make use of this along with the help of professionals to provide our elderly loved ones not just with healthcare but also assistance of all kinds: be it social, emotional, financial, or legal. This led to the inception of Poonyah.”

Launched in 2018, Poonyah currently operates in Haridwar and will soon open offices in Delhi NCR. Amongst the key services that Poonyah provides are skilled and responsive staff, FDA-approved health-monitoring devices, an expert panel of doctors, wellness programmes, events and workshops, an app-based health monitoring platform, emergency support, as well as regular weekly/monthly monitoring.

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