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Private nursing care home for the Aged established in Accra

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  • Akpene 10 years ago

    Congratulation n well done. Have been hoping to open a home for the aged in the future but you have taken the lead b,cos we really need it. Thanks for taking that bold step.

  • Coco 10 years ago

    Nice but, how many elderly people in ghana can afford to live in a place like that?

  • Bro Kwamina 10 years ago

    Please do not allow greed and wickedness to take over...these care homes in Europe are places where elderly people are starved and beaten...I have seen it myself...always there is documentaries about the treatment they receiv ...
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  • OZA 10 years ago

    PLEASE, PLEASE, let's continue to reserve the use of the word "INMATE" in the traditional sense for prisoners. Call these seniors, "RESIDENTS" because that is their home now!

  • YAOVI MEVADO 10 years ago

    WE COPY WHATEVER THE WHITE MAN DOES. THE ELDERLY ARE CARED FOR BY FAMILY MEMBERS, EXCEPT FOR GREED AND WICKEDNESS, WHY WE ABANDON OUR OLD (AGED) PARENTS IN A CAREHOME. OH AFRICA! COPY-COPY GO KILL US.

  • well wisher 10 years ago

    Times have evolved and oftentimes we react to the cards that we're dealt with or deal to ourselves. If all of your close relatives have travelled abroad in search of greener pastures, this may be exactly what your aged mom or ...
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  • btg 10 years ago

    What's going on in Ghana? They took care of us no matter what and now we are shirking our responsibilities by dumping them somewhere?

  • HolyGhost 10 years ago

    What of if an the old person needs specialist care? What do we do , keep him/her at home,wrong, some old people need care home's.

  • UGLY CRIMINAL ASHANTI 10 years ago

    ASHANTIS OPPOSE EVERYTHING

  • OZA 10 years ago

    If we don't find any other humane way of taking care of our aging parents, we will continue to call them witches as they become a burden. Every old person in Ghana - especially the women always become a witch before they die. ...
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  • Chairman of the Deacon Board 10 years ago

    Congratulation. I know it will take money to continue what you have started. Please we need to know your website or contact information, We are born again members of National Baptist Church in the USA. We will help you in th ...
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  • GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 10 years ago

    LIST YOUR COMPANY ON THE GSX. YOU WILL GET INVESTORS. USE THE MONEY TO EXPAND INTO ALL REGIONS IN THE COUNTRY.

  • marcia 9 years ago

    please what is GSX
    can you give me more information about it becaose am setting up an ngo to help the aged in rural societies and i badly need partners and funds
    thank you

  • Osei,london 10 years ago

    The aged must be taken care of by their children and not to be dumped in old people's homes where some of them are abused by their carers.Is Mrs Attor saying that the profit motive is not there?Unlike in the western societies ...
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  • SAMPANO 10 years ago

    @ Osei, london...I'm not sure where u live, but by your username if you live in London and haven't been to Ghana in the last couple of years, then please do so. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE CULTURE IN GHANA ANYMORE. I even predict t ...
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  • Robert, Lagos, Nigeria 10 years ago

    Madam,May God richly Bless You for taking up such a noble work for the aged.God will see you through and provide all that is required to make it a success.Hello, let all of us join hands in helping such course and other notab ...
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  • Jays Barracks ---- U S A 10 years ago

    Congratulations Mrs. Atoh for a job well done. This has been my dream over the years. As a result, I have undertaken a survey of the feasibility ( both home and abroad )of such an enterprise in ghana. The rsult was negative. ...
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  • Jerry Sodeman 10 years ago

    Here we have another step in eliminating functions of the family. Mrs. Attor wrote: "care homes are not well patronised in the country because Ghanaians have the perception that taking your aged parent to care home was a way ...
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  • Papa Samo 10 years ago

    This is a stark reminder to all of us to save and prepare for our old age. We should look after our kids under the guise of parental responsibility (those who have them) and not expect them to look after you when you are aged ...
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  • Kofi 10 years ago

    Most people would love to save but how do you do that when you are always struggling to survive month to month?

  • John Mahama The Thief 10 years ago

    The Stupidity of the Ghanaian at full display. Blindly copying from the foreign culture, we will soon be applauding two men or two women marrying each other. People in Ghana want to tell the world they are now so busy and m ...
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  • Wayome 10 years ago

    I just cant understand your line of thinking. What is western about this?.You prefer the elderly be kept in stupid witch camps in the name of stupid culture of ours depriving them of their human rights and label them as witch ...
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  • DR. KWABENA ASANTE 10 years ago

    I am wondering why some ignoramus are opposing the establishment of this laudable venture. Yes, it is known and accepted worldwide that traditionally, Africans take care of their aged. However, how many of us can truely and c ...
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  • pmnudomesi@yahoo.com 10 years ago

    We have been praying for this kind of establishment private or government for decays.God has answered our prayers.Please send me more details informations:Your Address - Email Address-cost-Age acceptable.GOD BLESS YOU.

  • Ruth, Canada 10 years ago

    This is good news indeed. Congratulations. Please ensure that there is no abuse of the elderly whatsoever by the care-givers and make sure the care-givers are not overly stressed out by giving them good working conditions. I ...
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  • Great Nana Antwi 10 years ago

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  • Kofi Sammy 10 years ago

    A very laudable initiative. I would be grateful if I would be furnished with details of their address or it be made public. A lot of us are there looking for such a home to take our aged ones for a better care.

  • SANDY 10 years ago

    ITS NOT A BAD IDEA CONGRATS.

  • nana kumiwaah 10 years ago

    Good job mrs mercy Attor God surely bless u

  • afua agyewah 10 years ago

    MRS ATTOR, GOD RICHLY BLESS YOU FOR THIS MOVE.

  • JAMES 10 years ago

    Even if more Nursing homes are built in addition to your 14 bed facility,how many Ghanaians can afford to keep their parents in Nursing homes in Ghana? Over to you Mrs Mercy Attor!

  • Kpeplo 10 years ago

    Why do we have to copy everything the white man does ? Travel and talk to these residents in these home and you will find out they width they had our way of life and how we take care of our aging relatives in a home setting .

  • Marlyn 10 years ago

    This way of life is un-African. The white people have nursing homes because they do not have close knit family ties and their children often abandon them to nursing homes, so they die early enough for them to inherit whateve ...
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  • Chicago Boy 10 years ago

    AT LEAST SOME GHANAIANS ARE THINKING EVEN IF OTHERS CHOOSE TO LIVE IN PRETENSE!. IT IS THE ABSENCE OF SUCH HOMES AND ITS AFFORDABILITY THAT MAKES CERTAIN PEOPLE STIGMATIZE THEIR ELDERLY AND TAG THEM AS WITCHES AND KILL THEM ...
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  • Asiwome 10 years ago

    Taking care of your relatives is a blessing.

  • concerned ghanaian 10 years ago

    What is happened to that RICH SOCIAL STRUCTURE in Ghana? The family cohession and structure is being thrown out for a system that is alien, that does not really work for the aged but works for the business owners,
    Where the ...
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  • Elekem 10 years ago

    Mrs. Attoh referred to the aged as inmates. Well, they are clients and not inmates. Being old is not a crime, neither did they commit any crime to be in a seniors home.

  • yyyy 10 years ago

    Everything foreign you people will copy.I am sure it is the Ashantis again.Copying blindly.

  • TROUBLE-MAKER 10 years ago

    Running a care home for the elderly involves a lot of things and the hardest is the financial aspect of it.Are the residents of this care home to be cared for free? If not,how much will it cost an elderly per annum?

  • Abasiofon 9 years ago

    Nice to learn of this home. Will you accept a Nigerian retired female doctor who may want to come and be cared for in this home?

  • abena 9 years ago

    pls i will like to know where the home is situated

  • PATRICIA OFORIWAA 7 years ago

    THAT IS A VERY GOOD COURSE THAT NEEDS THE SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT.