An Inside Look At Nana's Old Home By Shenaz

Nana`s old home is a nonprofit organization that takes care of the elderly who have no place to go after they have no longer become productive in the eyes of society. The home was established by Shenaz in the year 2000. She developed it after she got the sudden urge and passion to help the helpless. She previously was involved in the managing of a previous elderly home but it ended up being shut down so she decided to start one up herself. She wasn’t very wealthy herself but she was able to convince her family and her community (Ismaili) to help her with the funding of the organization. The home currently holds 26 elderly people and is still able to take in more due to its large accommodation space.
The old home has gone through a lot of trials …show more content…
Based on what I heard about elderly people and also what I have seen in the past, I got the impression that they would be hard to communicate with, moody and also relatively messy however, after entering Nanas old age home, my thoughts had completely changed. I won’t say that it was peaceful, but it was less chaotic than I thought that it would be. The compound was well maintained and was very clean. This showed me that they saw the importance of making the place look neat and presentable in order to keep a good …show more content…
Due to the large amount of available rooms, they are able to accommodate more old people. However since this is a nonprofit organization it doesn’t benefit the home in any financial way but improves their reputation thus leading to more donations from people who would like to help out. Another strength that the organization has is that it’s associated with the Aga Khan hospital which means that people will find it more reliable as the Aga Khan hospital is a well known and respected hospital in Kenya. The Old age home has a staff that seems to have experience in the field of taking care of people and know how to handle the people in different situations. As stated earlier, old people can be very hard to get through to and require a lot of patience. The staff seems to understand this and is always kind and loving to the old people even though the elderly may do the opposite. From what I’ve heard about other old homes, it seems that Nana`s old age home has an advantage over the other homes due to this fact. The home also has practices such as weekly exercises for all the old people in order to keep them healthy. I find this very important as it shows that the home cares for them and tries to ensure that they live a healthy, and active life and don’t just waste away by lazing around. When external people see how well the elderly are doing at the home, they thus get the urge to contribute in one way or another