Elderly care start-up Alserv focusses on COVID needs

CHENNAI: Alserv - a tech start-up focused on non-real-estatebased assisted living services for the elderly has now launched ‘Alserv Care’ for COVID-19 positive elderly. This entails delivery of meals, grocery and medicine, facilitating services of nurses and caretakers, providing oxygen support and other medical equipment to the elderly (upon request). Alserv provides these services starting at Rs 300 a month. The elderly can choose home cooked meals to be delivered at their residences from the choices available. Jagadish Ramamoorthy, Co-founder & Dir, Alserv, said “In our country, the hospitals do not have the sufficient number of beds to take care of positive individuals.”