Royal Nursing Home to build SL’s biggest luxury Elderly Care facility under $7.5mn investment

Royal Nursing Home (Pvt) Ltd., unveiled plans to build Sri Lanka’s first biggest luxury elderly care facility in conformity with international healthcare standards under a US$ 7.5 million investment.

The proposed complex will be constructed on a one acre property at High Level Road, Pannipitiya. with the key objective of earning foreign exchange for the country by accommodating senior citizens including those residing overseas.

Royal Nursing Home is credited with introducing Sri Lanka’s first-ever luxury Elders’ Home in 2007, and within fourteen years, it became the country’s largest and foremost institute for the protection and care of elders.

“We are now looking at building a bigger facility under a BOI-approved project to meet the growing demand towards the care of those in the evening of their lives”, says Manuja Hewawasam, the company’s founding Chairman.

The proposed six-storied, 100,000 sq. ft. nursing home complex will have 200 luxury air-conditioned rooms with attached bathrooms and balcony, Wellness Center, swimming pool, gym, indoor and outdoor garden, library, geriatric consultant medical center, physiotherapy center, pharmacy, medical equipment outlet, a large lounge, and a small movie theater with an air-conditioned restaurant that will serve buffet- style meals.

He said with the increase in the number of Sri Lankans sending their children abroad and with the increase in the country’s aging population, the demand for geriatric care is also growing.

“That’s why we are investing in providing nursing facilities and homes for the elderly. Our target market is to provide accommodation to senior citizens from the upper middle class and foreign senior citizens”, Hewawasam stressed.

He further said that the institution provides housing facilities to 80 senior citizens with 500 male and female nurses looking after them under in-house nursing care. “We will also be recruiting 100 nurses for the new project”.

Hewawasam holds a Diploma in Health Care Management from Parkway College, Singapore, a Degree in Business Administration from the University of Kanpur, India and a Diploma from the Faculty of Information Technology, Sri Lanka.

By building a large scale luxury Elders’ Home under a significant investment, he hopes to earn foreign exchange for the country as well as to provide cuisine and lodging similar to a five-star hotel, with the best private medical care, love and respect that will make the senior citizens feel like they are living in their own homes.