Sahabhaav - Mumbai

My mother in law (Amma) is 89 and was afflicted with Covid. She was in the ICU & Ward for 14 days. Within some weeks after her return home, she faced sodium and electrolyte imbalances and was again admitted in the ICU after she had convulsions. She couldn't walk, talk or carry out basic functions on her own. We were finding it extremely difficult to manage Amma by ourselves along with a 24-hour help. That's where *Sahabhaav* came in. It is a Geriatric facility for senior citizens in the heart of the city run by Dr. Mini Panicker, ably assisted by Ms. Amee Shah and a team of able Managers, Nurses and staff. We got in touch with them and they were kind enough to visit our home to meet Amma, whereafter, they agreed to take in Amma at their facility. What we witnessed in the next three weeks was like a miracle! Thanks to their expert assistance and ministrations, Amma today's talks fluently; walks the length and breath of our flat and is in the best of spirits and mental acumen. Mini and Amee are great people.The beauty is that the facility is blessed with dedicated and sincere people, right up to the male assistants. The facility functions like a mini Hospital with basic tests undertaken within the premises itself. They do have broad rules but each individual is treated based on their needs and requirements. Amma is South Indian and a vegetarian - she gets the food she likes including curd with each meal!! Here, the seniors are treated as individuals with preferences & their likes and dislikes are noted. They are indulged (and even pampered) with various activities and kept in good humour. For example, Amma is good with crochet, knitting and rangoli. Despite her advanced age, she was made to pursue these interests and supplied with the required material! There are various entertainment options: seated yoga, games (drawing colouring, carrom - you name it!), prayers/aarathi, music, singers...the list goes on. Here is a place where you leave your loved ones & be at peace that they are in very safe and good hands. In many ways, the facilities are equal or better than what we offer at home: Fowler beds, O2 supply, ECG, blood tests, Doctor visits, air conditioning & most important, a never ending group of affable, smiling and engaging staff keeping every member's spirits up ensuring speedy return to good health, like we witnessed in Amma. Kudos to Dr. Mini and her team & may God bless them to keep up the great work...

Centrally located in Mumbai suburbs (Andheri East), this premium geriatric care facility is perfect home for senior citizens who love to stay active and conveniently located in Mumbai. Staff members are very caring and affectionate and make your loved ones feel home! Thanks to Mini, Amee, Kausar, Shubha for the great job!! Keep it up.

I evaluated Sahabhaav, as my one of my friends abroad was looking for an old age home for his parents. The place is well located and is a great set up overall. It is very different from the old age homes that I have seen. The place is clean, well lit up and richly furnished like an upscale resort. The facilities are great and what makes the place special is the people that take care of the inmates like Dr.Mini Panickar, Ami Shah and their team. They do activities during festivals and Ganapati Bapa was set up when i went there. The delicacies made for the occasion were mouth watering while keeping in mind the clientele they cater too. I am really impressed by the concept and the work that is being done by the team. Keep up the great work.

Team Sahabhaav genuinely care with kindness, decency and compassion! I cannot thank Dr Mini Panicker, Amee Shah and their brilliant team enough for looking after my mother so wonderfully for the last 5 months. My mother is completely dependent and needs round the clock care. She was looked after at home for several years, but with advancing frailty, social isolation, and increasingly complex medical needs, we needed a team, with the right knowledge, resources, and compassionate approach. Now with the excellent care, my mother’s health has improved, her quality of life is better, and she is so much more alert. Her bed sores, which we thought would never heal, have all but disappeared. Sahabhaav has a positive vibe of kindness, empathy and general cheerfulness. A place that is thoughtfully decorated, well maintained, well equipped for medical care, a comfortable home, where our parents can live with dignity. Before accepting to take on my mother’s care, Dr Mini and Amee, visited my mother at home, carefully went through her medical issues and care requirements to decide if they were able to meet her needs. As a doctor myself, I was impressed with the standard of their assessment and attention to detail and they were very respectful and considerate towards my mother. I was at Sahabhaav almost every day for the first 3 weeks of my mother’s stay, to settle her in and thus had an opportunity to see for myself how excellent the day-to-day care is and how well this place is run. The staff were very happy to liaise with me, to understand my mother’s likes and dislikes and how best to meet her needs. Reassuringly, they quickly established links with various clinicians involved in my mother’s care. There is always enough staff around and everyone is very considerate and loving, to all residents. The team truly understand that residents, now in their twilight years, need to feel happy, secure, content, stimulated and treated with respect. They need to be listened to and their individual needs be met. There are a range of activities that help stimulate. They do love a good party and there are many celebrations! The wide variety of food is delicious and made fresh on site. Staff go over and beyond to ensure that individual taste is catered for and ensure that every individual has the right food and drink. I was really touched when they asked me the recipes of food my mother enjoys. The care is truly person centric. I am also grateful for the team’s kindness and patience towards us, understanding fully well our trepidations and anxieties around the enormous step of placing one’s loved one in their care. Knowing my mother is now getting the best possible care, helps to ease that worry. We are in regular communication and Team Sahabhaav works in partnership with us around any decisions about our mother’s care. I cannot recommend Sahabhaav enough. The care is truly outstanding. I wish Team Sahabhaav ongoing success!

My sister, Babli today,58 years old is a down syndrome child. Till about a few years ago she was very well taken care of by our mother, but unfortunately she passed away 6 years ago leaving me and my brothers worried about her future. Everyone decided to keep her for a few months, and then send her to the next brothers house which was often interstate. Slowly but gradually it started creating a negative impact on her physical and mental health and as she couldn't speak well she couldn't express what was happening to her which led to a form of aggression in her. That is when I decided it is enough with her life and me, my daughter and my nieces got on to searching an old age /palliative care for her where she would be taken care of individually and would not need to be dependent on any family member. After months of searching around the country, I finally landed upon Sahabhaav and trust me I cannot thank God more for showing me the way to this place. At first I was very scared if it was the right thing to do, a down syndrome person, who has lived only with her mother and with no other person, will she be able to adjust , will she be taken care of etc etc. We started the search by getting in touch with Dr Mini Panicker who is the founder, and she is so thorough with her knowledge of things,it's amazing to see. When she says she will take you under her wings, trust me, she will. She was very confident that she and her staff will be able to manage Babli, we arranged a few video calls to help her understand everything and she seemed so calm and confident, it really seemed god sent. Then we stepped into Sahabhaav to see the place in Andheri, I hadn't seen a more better managed geriatirc care centre than theirs. We met Amee Shah there, one of the sweetest and nicest people. She gave us confidence that Babli is in safe and happy hands. The centre had people needing geriatric care and the staff was so well trained and caring. There were so many activites happening to occupy everyone, the atmosphere was so lively and full of joy. Yes, this seemed the correct choice I said to myself and took the plunge  to send Babli to Sahabhaav. Dr Mini, Amee and the staff took Babli under their wings, trust me. She was given one 24 hour caretaker (hand picked by the team), to assist Babli with daily activites, food served at Sahabhaav was great and Babli took an instant liking to the place, food , people. She just has always wanted undivided attention and a place for herself and Sahabhaav gave her that.  I must say they take care of her daily activites so well, that she has literally forgotten her other family members and she has found a new family for herself. Babli sings, dances,  laughs and that melts my heart. Sahabhaav is very regular on their medical checks for Babli, regular health updates are sent and the family is looped in before any decision of any sort can be taken. Each festival is celebrated with such heart. I couldn't have ever found a better home for Babli. Thank you so much to Dr Mini , Amee & the entire staff of Sahabhaav.

Sahabhaav is more than a care facility for the elderly. It is their second home and Dr Mini and Amee and the staff go all the way to make this happen. The facility is conveniently located in Mumbai has enough space and the staff is loving and caring. I would not hesitate in recommending this faclility to anyone who needs to leave their near and dear ones there.

Dr Mini, Amee and the entire staff of Sahabhaav are gods gift to humanity. The love and care they provide to all the seniors is exemplary in very challenging situations at best of times. They are tested each day but come out wi and a smile. All the seniors are very well looked after. The love n care is exceptional. Highly recommended. My mother lived here and I will not hesitate to use their services again. Please feel free to get my contact details from Dr Mini or Amee and reach me directly. Best wishes to Sahabhaav.

Being overseas and unable to travel to see mum and dad both in their 80s due to Covid 19 along with sudden death of dad was a shock .Came the daunting task of finding some place to have mum safe and sound in care due to many health issues . As we had no relative no family to reach out to . Searching online and doing face time interviews with different care homes was my only options due to peak lockdowns .Spoke to many teams of agescare but mainly it was about package deals or support staff on phone not very convincing or what they had to offer vs what I was looking for mums care . Some insisted they needed a local guardian to take patient in case of hospitalisation is required and we had non. Some were to far away from Mumbai and another question was who would be able to transport mum alone and settle her in intercity / inter state home / and are they easy to acess.So these had to be ruled out . I chanced upon Sahabhaav a Premium Geriatric Care for seniors thru a friend and left a message for them to call back as my last hope.I promptly received a call back from Dr Mini Panicker Founder of Sahabhaav and we spoke almost for 30 min at length about what Sahabhaav had to offer and what were mums needs.Dr Mini was the first person out of so many agecare teams I spoke too who asked about mum about her needs and not about package deals!Gut feeling I knew mum would be safe and well cared here ! And here we are 6 months in with ups and down with mum health, many tears and face times I finally made it back home to visit mum and I'm glad mum is her at Sahaabhav. I've spent precious days and lots of time with staff and mum and all I can say is all 25 to 30 staff members are like family.All take wonderful care are very gentle and look in to each and every residents need with love . All of the staff know about each and every residents. Perfectly coordinated handover makes managing the needs of the resident a breeze.There's Aarti and Yoga and games outings where possible and celebrations done with much fanfare . Regular health check medical appointments to hospitalisation if needed are well taken care off .Regular email updates on health and activity updates on whatsapp group ensured family near and afar would be updated regularly . Sahabhaav would not be Sahabhaav and would not be able to uphold its values without their whole team which is Dr Mini Panicker and her pillar of strengths -Dr Sharma their In-house Physician humble and very caring . Coordinators Amee Jasleen Neelam and Kauser. The nurses Varsha Harshda Malini Snehal. Chefs and caretakers team Kanan Sandeep Shobha Latika and Ratna Reshma and Shyamala to name a few . Kuddos to this team well done.I have come back to my family overseas knowing that Sahabhav is more than home for mum . DR Mini and team Sahabhaav thank you so much for every thing .:)