Bhubaneswar: A US-based entrepreneur has launched a website that promises to provide one-stop solution to senior citizens in the city. Named SenCiCare, the initiative is meant for those who are above 60 years, and offers a range of services including doorstep delivery of groceries, vegetables and medicines.
The senior citizens can enrol themselves by visiting the concerned website or also by making a call to the registered number.
“A number of senior citizens are living alone while their children are working outside. They need regular assistance and our startup is meant to help them,” said Plaban Mohapatra, the man behind the initiative.
Plaban, who lives in California, has developed the website with four young city-based entrepreneurs. He said the idea came to his mind as his parents themselves are living alone in the city.
“The pandemic also created a lot of problems for senior citizens in availing basic yet important services. We will tie up with the service providers and we will work as an aggregator,” Plaban said.
The developers are planning to add more services in phases. Presently, apart from doorstep delivery of certain services, the startup is offering a few other facilities such as booking a taxi or an ambulance and helping the elderly join social media or virtual meetings.
“We will add more services in the future such as availing lawyer’s assistance, hiring cooks or maids, providing more healthcare products, arranging yoga trainers and more. The services will be exclusively for senior citizens,” one the developers said.
Religious tours or plans to organise other trips are also in the offing. “We will arrange groups and based on their requirements, will plan the trips for them,” said Plaban.
It must be noted here that before SenCiCare, Plaban and others had also developed a website for online booking at Swargadwar in Puri. More than 300 people had availed the service through the platform, one of the developers said.
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