– Independent Shared Housing in the community for residents of Navachetana and Udayan.

Ashadeep has been providing institutional care to homeless persons with mental illness for more than a decade. Although the recovered patients are taken back home to re-unite with their families, about 10% of the residents cannot be re-integrated for various reasons.

Till now, such women and men were living under the institutional care in spite of recovering sufficiently and becoming functional. Since January 2017, Ashadeep initiated the ‘shared Housing’ program by doing away with the Navachetana (Rehab) facility and setting up 6 independent homes by paving way from the institutional pattern of rehabilitation to a more inclusive community setting. This project was a pilot study in partnership with The Banyan and funded by the Grand Challenge Canada for the first year. Currently Ashadeep is running five Shared Homes – 3 in rural setting and 2 in Urban setting. The two Urban Shared Homes are supported by The Hans Foundation, New Delhi.

Shared home is an independent set up where 4 to 5 people live together in a house. The residents do not have to follow any routine; they have been given freedom to live according to their wish. Some residents prefer to live in rural areas whereas some other lives in apartment or in rented house in city. They are being provided with all the necessities i.e. furniture, television, refrigerator and all the things required for a home.

Each shared home has accommodation for 5 residents along with one health care worker. The residents are expected to perform the household chores like cooking, marketing etc. The role of Health Care Worker is to monitor the residents in self-care activities & daily living including – grooming, maintenance, food preparation and intake negotiations around work & interpersonal relationship.

Residents of Rehabari shared home visiting the Japorigog ‘shared home’

The kitchen in a Bamunigaon shared home

Shared Homes at Community in Bamunigaon

Shared Homes at Community in Bamunigaon