Sponsor the living expenses of a patient with mental illness

Paripurnata runs a halfway home for patients who suffer from Mental illness. This Half-way Home is a temporary place where the patients who have undergone treatment stay with an aim to adjust to their disease and social environment and learn how to cope with them.

One unit of donation to this program will cover the cost of clothing, toiletries, medicines, training material for occupational therapy, pocket money, outing and exposure visits, expenses for house meetings and family meetings by the staff for one resident for a month.

Paripurnata's rehabilitation programme offers pharmacotherapy, occupational therapy, non-formal education, and counseling.

Women also re-learn cooking, cleaning, shopping and other skills needed for daily living. They are regularly taken out for picnics, tours, and other social gatherings for developing social skills.

The programmes are aimed at enabling the women to develop self-reliance and to gain confidence to participate meaningfully in family and community living.

The home also works to contact the families of the patients and facilitating graded exposures. The staff visits the homes and meets the family and the community to assess their preparedness to accept their ward, and build a therapeutic community, which will support both the mentally ill and the family in the neighborhood.

The duration of time for which the patients stay at the half-way Home is 9-12 years.

When you donate to the program, you will help an underprivileged patient with mental illness get access to a safe shelter during recovery.

Paripurnata runs a half-way-home for patients who suffer from mental illness. This home provides the patients with a safe shelter and rehabilitation and helps in their re-entry into their families.

One unit of donation to this program will cover the salaries of the caretakers and staff for the care of one resident of the halfway home.

The half-way-home is a temporary place, where the patients stay at for a small period.

Screening of potential residents is carried out by a series of interviews with the candidate at the mental hospital. The information regarding the candidate's present condition is sought from the caregivers. On being selected, the patients are asked to come to Paripurnata for a couple of hours for a planned stay on a fixed date to see for themselves the environment of Paripurnata and meet the house staff, administrative staff and present residents. A sub-committee for monitoring the psychosocial rehabilitation process takes the final decision.

Paripurnata's rehabilitation programme offers pharmacotherapy, occupational therapy, non-formal education, and counseling.

Women also re-learn cooking, cleaning, shopping and other skills needed for daily living. They are regularly taken out for picnics, tours, and other social gatherings for developing social skills.

The duration of the planned stay is usually for 2-3 years. As the patients get rehabilitated, they are reunited with their families under the guidance of a professional counselor. Regular follow-ups oversee the re-entry after they return to their homes.

Follow-up program entitles regular home visits, family counseling and family meets. In case of relapse, they are re-admitted to the Home for short periods.

The duration of the follow-up programme is for three years.

The duration of time for which the patients stay at the half-way Home sometimes even go up to 9-12 years.

Out of the 201 number of patients who have been admitted to the home, the program has helped in the rehabilitation of 165 patients till March 2011.

When you donate to the program, you will help an underprivileged patient with mental illness get access to care and rehabilitation.