Admissions

Admission to Halfway Home/Day Care Centre, for patients suffering from Schizophrenia, is considered if referred by the psychiatrist under whom the patient is undergoing treatment. The family is required to submit application in the prescribed form. The application is reviewed by a Clinical Committee which decides suitability of patient for admission after an interview with the patient and the family.

For further details regarding admission to Halfway Home & Day Care Centre, please contact:

Project Manager,
The Richmond Fellowship Society (India) Delhi Branch,
30/3, Knowledge Park III,
Greater Noida -20103, U.P.

Phone: 0120-2323811
Mobile: 09717126009
email: rfsdelhi@gmail.com

Day Care Centre

Leena Khurana Day Care Centre is located in Vishwas. It comprises activity hall, library, computer room and recreation room.

The centre has a comprehensive programme of activities designed to help members. The focus is on development of social and practical skills to overcome their limitations in their personal, social and vocational functioning. The aim is to integrate them gradually into the society through work and other activities. The programme includes:

• Individual and Group Psychotherapy
• Yoga
• Music
• Dance
• Computer training
• Art Therapy
• Movement Therapy
• Involvement in community meetings
  

Highlights of Vishwas

 Own Facility

Own facility of The Richmond Fellowship Society (India) Delhi Branch in modern city of Greater Noida was completed in December 2007.

Custom-designed

It has been custom-designed to meet the requirement of mental health patients. The design priorities included:

• Patient care
• Healthy environment
• Safety
• Security
• Operational efficiency

The inputs regarding specific features required for mental health care
were provided by mental health professionals and staff which were kept in mind while building was designed by our architects Line and Form.

Built on a 1240 square yard plot, the covered area of the building is about 7000 square feet. The building has basement and 3 floors. The ground coverage is only 20% .



Open spaces

There are open spaces, on all sides of the building with 3 lawns – front,
central and rear. The lawns are being landscaped with grass, trees and other plants since greenery improves psycho-social health. There are plans to add gardening as a day care activity in near future since it is very relaxing.

Marble benches have been provided in the lawns so that the resident members can sit and enjoy fresh air, greenery and sunshine. The front lawn also has a garden swing.

Halfway Home

The halfway home has a capacity of 20 persons. It has 7 multi-bed rooms, with 2/3 persons staying in a room to avoid feeling of isolation and generate feeling of camaraderie. Rooms are well ventilated and have natural light Besides there is a night staff room in the HWH so that help is always available.

Halfway Home has a large dining hall which has an attached kitchen.

Location and Route Map

Vishwas Halfway Home & Day Care Centre is located at 30/3, Knowledge Park III in Greater Noida in National Capital Region.

Greater Noida can be reached from Delhi from DND Flyway, Kalindi Kunj, Mayur Vihar and other routes.

Vishwas is about 30 kms from Delhi via Noida-Greater Noida Expressway. Greater Noida Border is 20 kms from Mahamaya flyover in Noida. After travelling about 800 metres from border, you need to leave Expressway and take first turn to left on the road leading to Knowledge Park II & III. Again take first left turn towards Skyline Institute. Continue driving till you reach Knowledge Park III. Drive further till you reach Plot No. 30

Mental Health Facts

• As per World Health Organization 450 million people worldwide are affected by mental, neurological or behavioural problems at any time. It is estimated that 10 million Indians suffer from Mental Health problems.

• People with Mental disorders are often subjected to social isolation, poor quality of life and increased mortality. These disorders are the cause of staggering economic and social costs.

• Cost-effective treatments exist for most disorders and, if correctly applied, could enable most of those affected to become functioning members of society.

• Barriers to effective treatment of mental illness include lack of recognition of the seriousness of mental illness and lack of understanding about the benefits of services.

• Policy makers, health and labour policies, and the public at large –all discriminate between physical and mental health problems.

Halfway Home

About Halfway Home

The Richmond Fellowship’s Halfway Home “Vishwas” in Greater Noida offers residential care for both male and female members suffering from Schizophenia. The normal period of stay for members at Halfway Home is 18 months.

The Halfway Home building has a capacity to accomodate 20 residents. It has bedrooms, lobbies, dining hall, recreation room, activity hall,counselling room, computer room, library, staff room, kitchen and 3 lawns.

Rehabilitation

The Fellowship follows therapeutic community approach for rehabilitation.The members live in Halfway Home duly supervised by professional staff. The structured rehabilitation programme assists residents in learning/regaining skills which include personal hygiene, housekeeping, taking medicines without prompting, participation in various activities, involvement in running of house such as maintenance of library, keeping records of office and planning menu for the mess. This improves their community living skills which help them to lead life with minimal assistance from their families/carers.

Recreation & Leisure

The residents also attend hobby classes, play indoor and outdoor games, participate in leisure activities like reading books and periodicals in library, listening to music and watching Television. They are also taken outdoors regularly for recreation such as picnics, movies and lunch in restaurants. Functions are organized at Vishwas in which the inmates participate actively.

Counselling

Therapeutic services are provided by a team of committed and caring mental health counsellors from the field of social work and psychology. The counsellors help members make informed decisions about themselves. They also keep client records for providing information to carers and the psychiatrist who is treating the client.

Richmond Fellowship, Delhi Branch

History of RFSI Delhi Branch

The Richmond Fellowship Society (India) established its Delhi Branch in year 1999 which started a Halfway Home and Day Care Centre, for rehabilitation of people suffering from Schizophrenia, in year 2000 in Gurgaon in neighbouring state of Haryana. It shifted its operations to Greater Noida, another modern township in National Capital Region in 2006 where it also undertook construction of own building. New facility named "Vishwas" got completed in end 2007 and became operational in year 2008.

Objectives

1. To provide support for mentally and emotionally disturbed persons, to rehabilitate and integrate them with family and society.
2. To create public awareness for eradicating stigma and to enhance people’s understanding of themselves and the disabled.
3. To promote mental health in community
4. To collaborate and network with other organisations having similar objectives.

Services

1. Halfway Home
2. Day Care Centre
3. Outreach Programme

Contact Information

The Richmond Fellowship Society (India) Delhi Branch
30/3, Knowledge Park III
Greater Noida - 201308
Uttar Pradesh
India

Phone: (0120) 2323811
Mobile: +91 9717126009
email: rfsdelhi@gmail.com