The usual path to assisted living in Survey Park starts in a hospital corridor at Mukundapur. A father has had a stroke, or a mother has been treated for pneumonia, and the discharge team says she can go home, but home is a second-floor flat with a narrow bathroom and nobody free to help at night. Survey Park, the quiet residential block on the eastern edge of Santoshpur, sits a few minutes from those same hospitals, which is exactly why a care home here makes sense for a parent whose recovery is not finished.
Elkin lists one assisted living home in Survey Park. This page focuses on the hands-on care it gives and the kind of resident it suits. For the neighbourhood, its lanes and its feel, read our senior living page for Survey Park.
Shibasram: care built for high dependency
Shibasram is run by the Shibasram Trust and has looked after older residents at P G Survey Park since 2013. It is not a place for a parent who simply wants company; it is a nursing-led home for people who need help with most of the day.
- Eating, dressing and grooming. Staff assist at mealtimes, help residents dress and keep skin clean and cared for. Skincare support is easy to overlook, but for a resident who spends long hours in bed or a wheelchair it is what prevents bedsores.
- Swallow and speech therapy. This is the service that sets the home apart. After a stroke, or with Parkinson's or advanced dementia, swallowing can become unsafe and choking or chest infections follow. Few care homes in the city offer therapy for it.
- Strict medication management. Doses are given and recorded by staff, which matters when a resident is on blood thinners, insulin or seizure medicines and a missed or doubled dose has real consequences.
- Nursing and specialist visits. Daily health monitoring by nursing staff, with specialist doctors visiting, so a resident does not have to be taken to a clinic for every review.
- Physiotherapy and recovery after hospital. Therapy on site supports a resident relearning to stand, transfer and walk after surgery or a fall.
The trust also runs a memory care listing for dementia and Alzheimer's, covered on our page for memory care in Santoshpur. If your parent's main need is dementia care rather than physical recovery, start there.
Hospitals and access that matter here
- The Mukundapur cluster. Medica Superspecialty Hospital, AMRI Mukundapur and Rabindranath Tagore Hospital are a short drive away, so readmissions, scans and specialist opinions do not mean a long ambulance ride.
- Peerless Hospital at Panchasayar is a little further south, and the wider EM Bypass belt has several more large hospitals.
- Metro for visiting family. Jyotirindra Nandi station on the Orange Line is close by, and visiting regularly is part of good recovery care.
When you visit, ask which hospital the home calls first, whether it keeps a copy of each resident's discharge summary and medicine chart ready for emergencies, and who goes with the resident in the ambulance.
What this level of care costs in Survey Park
Specialist nursing puts Survey Park towards the upper end of Kolkata fees. As a rough guide, assisted living for a resident who needs daily help costs about ₹35,000 to ₹65,000 a month in this part of south-east Kolkata, and care for a bedridden resident or one with advanced dementia about ₹50,000 to ₹90,000 a month. Therapy sessions, medicines, diapers, feeding supplies and hospital stays are often charged separately, so ask for a written list of what the monthly fee includes. Confirm the current fee with the home. Our guide to levels of care in assisted living explains why fees rise as needs change.
Other assisted living near Santoshpur
Families searching for an old age home with nursing care in Santoshpur or Jadavpur can compare these nearby options:
- Assisted living in Madurdaha, north along the Bypass near Anandapur, with single AC rooms, a lift and palliative care.
- Assisted living in Srerampore, south beyond Garia, a larger campus at lower cost, with memory and palliative care.
- Assisted living in Action Area 1B, New Town, for a state-built residence with an in-house physician.
- All assisted living homes in Kolkata, to compare the full list.
Share your parent's discharge summary with Elkin's advisors and we will tell you honestly whether Shibasram or another home fits. Call or WhatsApp +91 95005 10506 (10 AM to 8 PM IST).
