India Roots – Elder Care Services & NRI Parent Support in India

It is 11 PM in Toronto. Rajan has been trying to call his mother in Karnal for two hours. She always picks up by the third ring. Tonight, the phone just keeps ringing. Twenty minutes later, she calls back. She had simply dozed off watching television. But those twenty minutes of helplessness and fear — unable to do anything from thousands of kilometres away — stay with Rajan long after the call ends. If you are an NRI with elderly parents living alone in Haryana, you know exactly how Rajan feels. Why So Many Elderly Parents in Haryana Are Living Alone Haryana has one of India's largest NRI communities. Families from Rohtak, Hisar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, and Sonipat have settled across Canada, the UK, the USA, Australia, and the UAE. The children have moved on. The parents have stayed behind — in the homes they have lived in for decades, in the neighbourhoods they know and love. Most elderly parents in Haryana do not want to leave. The familiar gurudwara, the longtime neighbours,...

The complete guide for NRI families worried about elderly parents living alone in Punjab Hey, if you're reading this, there's a good chance you're sitting somewhere in Canada, the UK, the US, or Australia — and a part of your mind is always back in Punjab, wondering how your parents are doing. Maybe your mum lives alone in Amritsar. Maybe your dad is in Ludhiana, insisting he's absolutely fine, thank you very much. Maybe you've been telling yourself things are okay — until one evening the phone rings unanswered a few too many times, and suddenly everything doesn't feel so okay anymore. I want to talk about that feeling. And more importantly, I want to talk about what you can actually do about it. Why This Is Harder Than It Looks Here's the thing nobody really prepares you for when you move abroad: the guilt doesn't go away. Neither does the worry. You build your life, you work hard, you support your family financially — and yet there's always this qu...