• of shelter physically and encouragement spiritually for disabled persons irrespective of their culture, beliefs and culture.
• in which every residents can acquire a sense of belonging and of ownership by contributing in any way within their capabilities to its functioning and development
• to share with others and help the less fortunate
• to gain confidence and develop independence and interest
• of hopeful endeavour and not of passive disinterest
Cheshire Home Coimbatore, About Us
iIs a registered private, non-profitable and charitable organization, which provides care and shelter for disabled persons irrespective of race, religion and culture working with them to help them to live independently. The Coimbatore Cheshire Home was founded in 1967 with the aim to provide a “home” for the care of the seriously disabled having no or limited means and whose families, if any, are unable to provide adequate care.
The Home aims to provide a “home” in the truest practicable sense for the care, rehabilitation, encouragement, stimulation and happiness of its residents, all of whom are seriously disabled adults of both sexes and various races and creeds, and to give them the chance to live as normal lives as possible.
History of Cheshire Home Coimbatore
This home was started in the year 1967 and it is situated in a 2 acres of land gifted by Mr. G.R.Venkatasalu Naidu son of P.S.G. Rangasamy Naidu, Dr. Sivananadam and Dr. S.R. Rao.
What we do
Concurrently it manages a Day Care Centre for the rehabilitation and care of a daily average of 40 residential physically disabled persons. Majority of them suffer from cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, stroke, head injury, muscular dystrophy etc.
The objective is to encourage and enable these physically disabled clients to achieve, through, rehabilitation, their maximum independence so that they may enjoy happier and as near-normal lives as possible within the community. Services provided to the clients include occupational therapy, physiotherapy, training in daily living skills, arts and crafts, creative as well as social and recreational activities.
It is aimed to provide residential training for potentially suitable disabled clients to acquire sufficient skills to enable them to live independently at home and in the community. The objective is to teach them to overcome or ameliorate their physical handicaps, through remedial therapy and training, to the extent that they can live independently and integrate into the community.
While on the programme, the inmates receive remedial therapy, training in the skills of independent living, basic organisational skills, exposure to normal and routine situations including environment awareness, social and recreational activities as well as training in vocational skills.
