This page contains information specific for dementia care in Chennai and Coimbatore, for the convenience of caregivers of patients of Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia. [read disclaimer.]
- Facilities for patients of Alzheimer’s/ other dementias.
- Dementia-related material in various Indian languages (including Tamil).
- General tips for locating relevant resources in a city.
While this page includes several possible dementia care resources and some contact information on these, please note that:
1) You will need to evaluate them for suitability and reliability. In addition to your checklists of what features are important to you., also look for things like registration under MHCA where relevant.
2) Entities keep changing their activities, so please contact them for updated information.
3) The websites and social media profiles of the entities may not have updated contact information. If the information does not work, look for a social media platform they posted recently on and post your query there. Also, Google maps may show reviews; see what they say and how recent they are.
4) Many organizations do not respond promptly to emails or queries on social media accounts. If so, call their phone numbers or try WhatsApp. Many organizations now use mobile numbers for their main contact even if their sites/ social media profiles show landlines.
5) Different web sources may have different data for the same entity, and you may need to search to find out what is correct now.
Facilities for patients of Alzheimer’s/ other dementias.
Helplines.
- National Helpline for Senior Citizens: Toll-free helpline number 14567 Project of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and the National Institute of Social Defence.
- Helpage helpline: All-India toll-free number: 1800 180 1253 .Contact them for help and also to reach any local numbers.
- Tele counselling helpline for mental health, Tele-MANAS: Toll-free, 24/7 helpline number 14416 or 1-800-91-4416, also usable for dementia, by the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, available in many languages.
- Dementia India Alliance’s National Dementia Support Line at 8585 990 990, 8:00am to 6:00pm, Monday through Saturday.
- A national helpline for palliative care is available from Pallium India at 91 964 588 4889 / +91 860 688 4889.
- Helplines for depression/ emotional support can be seen at this link.
- Dignity helpline: Senior citizen helpline at 1800 267 8780 run by Dignity Foundation, working days, working hours only.
DEMCARES, Dementia Care in SCARF.
DEMCARES, an initiative of SCARF, provides support for dementia diagnosis and care, through activities like diagnosis support, training programmes for caregivers and professional carers, support activities, and may offer online support meetings and Whatsapp groups. There is also an active ageing centre. Services and support may be available in Tamil and English.
To know the current initiatives, and for appointment, contact: :
R/7A, North Main Road, Anna Nagar West Extension, Kailash Colony Sector A, Near Anna Nagar West bus depot, Chennai 600 101, Phone: +91.73585.88822 (M), Email: dementia@scarfindia.org, Instagram @demcares Opens in new window.
Website: dementia.scarfindia.org Opens in new window.
24 x 7 Care Home. 20-bed residential center, Sri T S Santhanam Centre for elderly care, for persons with Dementia (Tambaram). Contact: 74/35, ERIKKARI STREET, Sundaram Colony, Selaiyur, Chennai- 600 059, Phone 91 73585 88822.
Jagruti Rehabilitation Centre.
Jagruti Rehabilitation Centre, started by Dr. Amar Shinde, is a residential care for de-addiction and mental rehabilitation, and takes persons with dementia. Read about the Chennai centre here Opens in new window. Please check with them for exact services and details, processes and protocols.
24 x 7 Care Home.
Jagruti Rehabilitation Center, 944, 17th Main Rd, Sector H, Thirumoolar Colony, Anna Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600038
Contact (Phone/ WhatsApp) +91 90804 37676, +91 98222 07761 Email: info@jagrutirehab.org, website:jagrutirehab.org Opens in new window. Facebook here Opens in new window, Instagram here Opens in new window.
Kshetra Assisted Living.
Full-time stay and respite stay is available for persons with dementia at Kshetra, an assisted living from Heritage Elder Care Services. This facility accepts elders with and without dementia. They also have day care and may provide at-home care services.
24 x 7 Care Home
Address: Plot no. 3A, Venkateswara Garden Avenue, Kanathur, ECR, Tamil Nadu — 603112 Email address: info@heritagehealthcareindia.com,
Phone: +91 96666 41238
Website: heritagehealthcareindia.com Opens in new window Facebook page hereOpens in new window. Project page hereOpens in new window.
Dignity Foundation Dementia Day Care (Chennai, Coimbatore).
Dignity Foundation has listed dementia day care centres in Chennai and Coimbatore. Contact them for current status and other details.
Contact Dignity Foundation – Dementia Day Care Centre (Chennai), No.F-27, old No.84, F Block, 2nd street, Anna Nagar,Chennai -600 102. Behind Sundaram Foundation. Phones: :+91 7305224056, 73582844243 (Anitha) Chennai 91 44 3132 8562, +91 63800 80496 Email: anitha.kandeepan@dignityfoundation.com
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Dignity Foundation – Dementia Day Care Centre (Coimbatore), Door no -29-1, 1st Floor, Jaya Nagar, Vadavalli, Coimbatore – 641041,Contact person: Merita Joseph +Phone :+91 7550207456 (Merita Joseph), Email merita.joseph@dignityfoundation.com :
Dignity Foundation’s website page listing their day cares is here Opens in new window.
The Dementia Care Foundation, Chennai.
The Dementia Care Foundation: They offer various awareness talks, have a support forum, conducts caregiver training programs and offer dementia day care. Please check with them for details and any new initiatives. .
Address: CURI Hospital (Chennai Urology & Robotics Institute) No: 148, 3rd floor, Okkiyam Thoraipakkam, OMR, Chennai – 600096.
They also have a centre at Asan memorial Pallikaranai campus: Asan Gate no:1, Bharathiar Salai, Pallikaranai, Chennai-600100.
Contact 91 93442 57901, 044 4016 5000 Email thedementiacarefoundation@gmail.com, Check their website Opens in new window. Facebook presence at www.facebook.com/dementiacarefoundation/ Opens in new window. Instagram @the_dementia_care_foundation Opens in new window.
Geriatric Care Clinic (GCC), Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre.
Geriatric Care Clinic (GCC) is part of Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre (SRMC) and aims to be a one-stop centre for comprehensive care for individuals above 65 years in a multi-disciplinary setting, including memory loss and various problems seen in geriatrics. They have OPD and in-patient care and provide comprehensive assessments, acute care, management of chronic illnesses and rehabilitation. Contact:
Geriatric Care Clinic (GCC), Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre, Porur, Chennai – 600 116. Phones: 044-400 12323, 044 4592 8500, 044-4592 8844 / 044-4592 8855, 044-4592 8692 (8 am – 4 pm) Website Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre (SRMC) Opens in new window and care clinic page Geriatric Care Clinic Opens in new window Facebook page here Opens in new window.
Vazhikatti Mental Health Centre & Research Institute Coimbatore and ARDSI – Coimbatore Chapter.
Vazhikatti Mental Health Centre & Research Institute, Nehru Street, Behind Fun Republic Mall, Avinashi Road, Peelamedu, Coimbatore – 641 004, TAMIL NADU. Phone +91 89408 00500,
+91 89409 00500, +91 98422 53053, +91 75075 50050 Email: vazhikatti@gmail.com Website: vazhikatti.com Opens in new window, page on dementia care here Opens in new window. Chief consultant and director: Dr. K. Selvaraj, Psychiatrist (MD, DPM, DNB).
Additional Listings: Other possible resources for dementia information/ diagnosis/ care/ care homes.
Based on news reports of dementia-related events/ other input received. Contact for possible 24 x 7 Care Home. and/ or Day Care.
Anandam Old Age Home (website: anandamoldagehome.org Opens in new window, was set up to take care (free) of elders without any living children and no source of income or savings. They may accept persons with dementia, and may have a palliative care unit also. Contact: Anna Street, Gangai Nagar,Kallikuppam, Ambattur, Chennai – 600053. Phone 044-2686 0099, 9841001925, 9043079205 email anandamtrust2003@gmail.com and anandam@anandamtrust.org.
Athulya Senior Care: Athulya Senior Care Opens in new window is a premium assisted living provider with centres in Chennai and Coimbatore. They support mind and memory care, and palliative services, and may also have home health care services. Contact 98849 45900, WhatsApp +91 98844 97300, enquiry@athulyaliving.com and check Athulya’s Chennai page Opens in new window. Youtube channel hereOpens in new window.
Buddhi Clinic: This initiative of Dr Ennapadam S Krishnamoorthy offers integrative healthcare that uses modern and traditional medicine for seniors, including persons with dementia. They may even have services supporting home care. Check the Buddhi Clinic site Opens in new window and neurokrish.com Opens in new window. Phone 95000 10065,Email care@buddhiclinic.com
Easedementia: (easedementia.com Opens in new window) Kerala-based organization offering a range of dementia & clinical evaluation and consultation in multiple cities in Kerala, and also some cities in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Contact Email: support@easedementia.com, Phone +91 79077 40698, +91 99467 44402 . Facebook profile Opens in new window
Geri Care: They offer services for seniors using a team of geriatricians and others, including a hospital, assisted living facility, consulting and a range of home care services. The website indicates that they support dementia care, for example, their assisted living page here Opens in new window. See various offerings: gericare.inOpens in new window, Contact page here Opens in new window. Email: enquiry@gericare.in / Phone +91 99444 59444.
Grandworld Elder Care is one organization operating in Chennai and Coimbatore that may be providing dementia care support through day care/ assisted living/ home consultations (website: grandworldeldercare.com Opens in new window, Phone/ whatsapp: 76677 11111, email info@grandworldeldercare.com, Facebook page here Opens in new window. Please contact them for details and evaluation
Kauvery Hospital: This chain of hospitals includes neurologists, and can be contacted for dementia related support, and may even offer memory clinics and support groups. Site here Opens in new window. Contact 044 4000 6000 to know current status and services. <br>Madras Memory Clinic: Dr. R. Sathianathan, Secretary, The Madras Memory Clinic, D-89, III Cross Street, Anna Nagar East, Chennai – 600 102, TAMIL NADU. You can also contact Dr. Priscilla. Ph: 044 4262 9209, +91 98402 72060, +91 98410 19910, 93429 05226 Emails: sathianathen6@yahoo.com, madrasmemoryclinic@gmail.com, sprisci@yahoo.com. They also function as the ARDSI Chennai Chapter
Pain and Stroke Rehabilitation: A physiotherapy clinic in Chennai offers various rehabilitation programs, including Neurological rehabilitation program with special emphasis on Stroke Rehabilitation. View the Pain and Stroke Rehabilitation website Opens in new window. Phone: 91-044-2432 1998 / 9043938974 Email: info@pain-stroke.com
Dr Rahul Padmanabhan’s facilities: According to their site and social media, they offer some dementia resources in Coimbatore, including home care support and assisted living. Some services may also be available in Madurai and Kochi. Please contact to evaluate for reliability and suitability. Email: drrahulseldercare@gmail.com, Site: drrahulseldercare.com Opens in new window . Phone: 78711 11247 Facebook page here [newindow].
Dr. Ravi Samuel, Online Psychotherapy Clinic, 91-9941779300, +91-9444022054 E-mail: rsam_67@yahoo.co.uk, ravisamuel@urclinic.com, Site: urclinic.com Opens in new window . Facebook page here Opens in new window.
Sukino. Provides home care services, continuum care, stroke and other rehab, etc. They support those with dementia, and have multiple centres including one in Coimbatore. See their site Opens in new window or contact 076762 99000, Email care@sukino.com (Facebook page here Opens in new window).
Srimathi Sundaravalli Memorial Residency(SSML) (ssmhome.in Opens in new window): This residency provides dignified living for senior citizens and also has an hospice initiative. They seem to be fully occupied and feedback indicates they have cared for persons with dementia, but please contact them for details. Contact: Srimathi Sundaravalli Memorial residency Home for Senior Citizens, Moppedu (Puthur) Road, Alapakkam, New Perungalathur, Chennai – 600 063, Email : ssmresidency@gmail.com, ssmresidency@ssmetrust.in, Phone No. : 044 4333 5195, 044 4354 0986.
Unified Brain Health Care (UBHC) by Dr. Porrselvi A.P.,Ph.D, offers a multidisciplinary approach to rehabilitation including assessments, therapy and support, including for stroke patients and persons with dementia. Contact : +91 98400 41737 , +91 90474 52258 Address- 3-1, Sathya Garden, M.G. Chakrapani Street, Saligramam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600093, India. Email: contact@ubhcare.com Website: ubhcare.com Opens in new window. Facebook here Opens in new window. Instagram here Opens in new window.
VHS, Chennai: May offer rehabilitation (especially in case of stroke, and maybe dementia), see VHS Opens in new window Ph 91 44 2000 5000 (check their Neurology dept).
Dr. V S Natrajan: The Dr. V. S. Natarajan Geriatric Foundation focuses on overall wellness of the elderly population and happy elderhood, including geriatric house calls and caregiver enrichment programs and dementia awareness campaigns, Old No.18 A, New No. 50, Flowers Road, Kilpauk, Chennai – 600 010., Phone No: +91 – 44 – 2641 2030, 91-44-48615866 / 9994902173 Email : dr_v_s_natarajan@yahoo.com, Site : www.drvsngeriatricfoundation.com Opens in new window.
Additional Listings: Organizations providing services to support home care.
Some names received for organizations that may provide home care services for seniors. More details not known. Please satisfy yourself about the suitability and reliability while using any such agency for home health helpers (alphabetically arranged list).
ANEW (Association for non-traditional employment for women: ANEW offers need based training programs in various areas, including nursing assistants. These may be available for home care. See the ANEW websiteOpens in new window and Facebook page Opens in new window. Contact ANEW (Association for Non-Traditional Employment of Women), AH 107, New No. 16, 4th Street,Shanthi Colony, Annanagar, Chennai – 600 040. Ph: (91) 044 2620 0697, 044 2621 0492, +91 99400 72332, Email: anew@anewindia.org.
Athulya Home Care : For home care support, with services like doctor visits, counseling, physiotherapy, care and home nursing, lab tests, medicines, etc, see their site: Athulya Home Care Opens in new window Phone number:
98846 39400, Email response@athulyahomecare.com. Some services may also be available to some other cities in South India.
Geriatric House Call project: A geriatrics house call program was started by Dr V S Natarajan (see here Opens in new window) and as part of this, in 2015. list of doctors (including specialists) who did house calls for seniors was compiled Some of this may still be relevant: see List of Doctors Download (PDf file) Opens in new window.
Others: One name received for medical care at home in Coimbatore is Inhouse Medicare (inhousemedicare.com/ Opens in new window). Please contact for checking reliability and services.
Some multi-city organizations may offer support in your city/ locality for home health support, support, rehab and recovery for various health challenges, medical equipment at home, etc. As the services and cities handled by such providers keep changing frequently, these are listed on a separate page, and include Antara Senior Care, Anvayaa Kin Care, Apollo Homecare, Care24, Eldercare, Emoha, FamPhy, Healthcare atHOME (HCAH), Lifecircle Senior Care, Mayacare, Nightingales Home Health Care, Portea and Samarth. Some offer services in only metros and selected state capitals and nearby areas, but others also work in some smaller cities. Please check: Multi-city service providers for senior care and dementia.
Additional Listings: Important organizations working for seniors.
Prominent organizations working for seniors are (alphabetic order)
Dignity Foundation, Chennai: This Mumbai-based organization works for senior citizens through initiatives in some large cities like Chennai. Contact the Chennai branch at +91 63800 80496, working days, working hours only. Email: anitha.kandeepan@dignityfoundation.com Website: dignityfoundation.com Opens in new window.
Helpage helpline: This all-India organization with local branches supports senior citizens in multiple ways. They may also offer geriatric physiotherapy. Contact them at 1800 180 1253 (All-India tollfree number). Email headoffice@helpageindia.org . Website: helpageindia.org.
Palliative Care.
Some dementia related organization and home health service providers support palliative care, including some of those listed above. Some organizations active in palliative care in Chennai include Lakshmi Pain and Palliative Care Trust Opens in new window, Dean Foundation hospice Opens in new window, and RMD Pain and Palliative Care Trust Opens in new window (alternate link here Opens in new window). Palliative care is also available in organizations working in cancer, such as Jeevodaya hospice for advanced cancer Opens in new window and Raksha hospice for cancer, Coimbatore.
When getting palliative care, please ensure the doctors advising you are familiar with applying palliative care for dementia. Palliative resources in Tamil Nadu are listed by Pallium Opens in new window. You can also contact the Pallium Helpline at 91 964 588 4889 / +91 860 688 4889 for information and telephonic consultation.
Getting support using online/ all-India resources.
It is now possible to access help through several nationally available helplines for dementia, senior citizen help, depression, palliative care etc; you can see various sections on our page Dementia Caregiver Resources across India, along with general suggestions on how to get online support from any city. Dementia support organizations and support groups may be able to help you even if they are not in your city. Even diagnosis and medical advice (non emergency) is available online, so it is possible to benefit from experts across the country, while sitting at home.
Dementia-related material in various Indian languages (including Tamil).
See:Dementia/ Alzheimer’s Resources in Tamil.
The full list of dementia/ care resources in various Indian languages (currently Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu) is at Dementia/ Alzheimer’s Resources in Indian Languages.
General tips for locating relevant resources.
Please contact the resources above for dementia/ care support. For resources in other Indian cities/ regions, or across India, check City-wise/ Region-wise resources and Resources across multiple Indian cities. Some tips for locating additional resources:
- Surf the Internet for local services using the name of the city and types of services. For example, look for home care, home health, old age homes, nursing agencies, etc.
- Ask the reception/ nurses at local hospitals. They often know about home health care agencies. The various dementia organizations and elder care organizations listed may also give names of more resources.
- To evaluate online data on a possible service provider, check how recent their events, pictures, social media posts are to understand whether the entity seems operational and reliable.
- For minor procedures, like IV, neighborhood path labs and small clinics may be able to send nurses home. They may even know doctors who make home visits.
- For diagnosis, look at reliable larger hospitals of the city. Check their neurology, psychiatry, and geriatrics departments or special clinics like memory clinics, geriatric clinics, or geriatric psychiatry clinics.
- Also, try using the state name, locality name, other names of your city or nearby cities.
- Of course, in all cases, you must satisfy yourself about the quality and reliability.
For information and suggestions for handling care situations, some useful links are: Quick access to a Caregiving Essential Toolkit and Using Trained Attendants for Dementia Home Care. Please note that Dementia Care Notes does NOT provide any services or any medical consultation.
Note: This page includes all the information available with us for this city/ region. Please note that the data is provided for information and convenience, and is not an endorsement for any person/ organization/ service/ resource. We make no claims that the contents of this page are either accurate or complete, or that the persons/ organizations listed are reliable or that they are suitable for you. No fitment for purpose is intended or implied.