Retirement home in Ethiopia?
I had received an email from an aunt of mine saying that she was terribly busy with her work and I was suggesting that I am considering opening a retirement home in Ethiopia for her and people like her to relax and forget about the outer world (in the likelihood that I dont get a job in future), and why not? Ethiopia (or maybe, any country in Africa) will be the best place to open up a place like that. Everything in Ethiopia is natural, no pesticides, no harmful chemicals, no artificial flavours or additives, no preservatives, no tinned stuff etc. The vegetables are fresh and tasty, so is the meat (my mom says so, I dont eat non-veg). There are no sophisticated instrumentation so noise pollution is considerably reduced.
I was thinking of establishing this retirement home of mine in a place atleast an hour away from any town or village, so that people can have the peace and quiet they dream about during the course of their busy lives. There will be no telephone, so that they need not be disturbed by calls from anxious relatives, friends, and children. I will probably have a base station about 3 kilometers away from the retirement home, where I will have a phone through which people can call in to know about the conditions of their loved ones at the home. It will be upto me whether I pass the information or not. Ofcourse, we will have some criteria like emergency news, not-so-urgent news, good news, bad news and so on.
The home will be a collection of cottages, around a central building where there will be a TV with DVD player, cassette and CD player, newspapers that are one week old, magazines that are outdated, books, the dining room and a small cafeteria. Each resident will be given a cottage, which will have two rooms, a living room and a bedroom and a toilet and washroom attached. There will be no TV in the individual cottages, nor any other recreational facilities. The residents have to use the recreation room of the central building. There will be no cable TV, so they don't have to know what's going on in the outside world. Considering the location of the home, its likely that there will be no radio reception either. Current newspapers will not be delivered. Food will be delivered to them each day; the arrival and departure of the food van will not be known to the residents. The cafeteria will have a cooking range and there will be provisions to make tea and coffee. Light snacks will be stocked up in the larder for the use of the residents. Alcohol will be provided once a week, on sunday nights to party.
Electricity will be limited only to the central building. I still havent thought about what to do to the mosquitos but never fear! Grace will come up with something about that. I think its better that there be no electricity in the cottages; it gives people that natural touch. I will obviously be the caretaker, proprieter, owner etc. I may have a few employees to help out with the food and cleaning and general maintenance. I will make personal visits each sunday and stay over for the sunday night party.
Frequent visits to nearby cities will be arranged. That will surely be part of the package. What's the use of retiring in Ethiopia if you dont get to go anywhere at all? Ethiopia is a very beautiful country. There is so much to explore, so much scenic beauty to see, so many species of birds to watch. Since people will be retiring at the home, they have a lot of time to explore things slowly in their own time. This would be an interesting hobby for the residents - exploring, something they wouldn' t have done in their busy lives in busy cities. Wow, I am getting good at this!
I was thinking of establishing this retirement home of mine in a place atleast an hour away from any town or village, so that people can have the peace and quiet they dream about during the course of their busy lives. There will be no telephone, so that they need not be disturbed by calls from anxious relatives, friends, and children. I will probably have a base station about 3 kilometers away from the retirement home, where I will have a phone through which people can call in to know about the conditions of their loved ones at the home. It will be upto me whether I pass the information or not. Ofcourse, we will have some criteria like emergency news, not-so-urgent news, good news, bad news and so on.
The home will be a collection of cottages, around a central building where there will be a TV with DVD player, cassette and CD player, newspapers that are one week old, magazines that are outdated, books, the dining room and a small cafeteria. Each resident will be given a cottage, which will have two rooms, a living room and a bedroom and a toilet and washroom attached. There will be no TV in the individual cottages, nor any other recreational facilities. The residents have to use the recreation room of the central building. There will be no cable TV, so they don't have to know what's going on in the outside world. Considering the location of the home, its likely that there will be no radio reception either. Current newspapers will not be delivered. Food will be delivered to them each day; the arrival and departure of the food van will not be known to the residents. The cafeteria will have a cooking range and there will be provisions to make tea and coffee. Light snacks will be stocked up in the larder for the use of the residents. Alcohol will be provided once a week, on sunday nights to party.
Electricity will be limited only to the central building. I still havent thought about what to do to the mosquitos but never fear! Grace will come up with something about that. I think its better that there be no electricity in the cottages; it gives people that natural touch. I will obviously be the caretaker, proprieter, owner etc. I may have a few employees to help out with the food and cleaning and general maintenance. I will make personal visits each sunday and stay over for the sunday night party.
Frequent visits to nearby cities will be arranged. That will surely be part of the package. What's the use of retiring in Ethiopia if you dont get to go anywhere at all? Ethiopia is a very beautiful country. There is so much to explore, so much scenic beauty to see, so many species of birds to watch. Since people will be retiring at the home, they have a lot of time to explore things slowly in their own time. This would be an interesting hobby for the residents - exploring, something they wouldn' t have done in their busy lives in busy cities. Wow, I am getting good at this!
posted by Grace at 5:18 AM
4 Comments:
Yeah you are right. It would be a profitable thing if people are willing to endure time in Africa... some people are not comfortable with that idea. Africa is something scary to them
Well, I am assuming anybody who'll want to pay for a retirement home will come from outside of Africa, and the middle east. That will make the trip to Ethiopia rather long from just about any locatin. Elderly people may like the weather, or the calm, but I'm sure they'll have somebody they'd like to see once every couple of months or so.
Interesting idea, though.
The point is, them not seeing any one atleast for a month. Depends on how stressed out they are to get out of everything and so on. My aunt would be a good customer...the basis of which I came up with this thing. One month survival is a big deal...So they might as well go back. When compared to sitting alone in a retirement home waiting for people to visit them (for people to which this rarely happens) this would be a welcome idea. And, once elderly people leave them for a long time, their children are bound to miss them (thanks to the distance)...and they better miss them!
It will be upto me whether I pass the information or not. Sounds a bit cultish. Where do you get the idea that you should censor communications from peoples family?
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