Care at Home. Care with Dignity. Care 24/7.
Arike Home Care is a community-rooted, professionally aligned initiative of IMA Cochin - restoring dignity, comfort, and quality of life for people living with serious health-related illness.
A free, home-based care service, owned by its community.
Responding to the growing burden of chronic and life-limiting illness, Arike brings comprehensive home care into the familiarity of patients’ homes - medical, nursing, psychosocial, and supportive services, sustained by compassion and community participation.
Around-the-clock care
Home-based home care, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - with uninterrupted access to medical, nursing, and supportive services.
Always free
A free care model offered to every patient irrespective of financial status. Families contribute only if they wish to, and only voluntarily.
Community-owned
Trained volunteers and neighbourhood networks sustain care as a shared social responsibility - not merely a service delivered.
Our Vision
A world where the dignity of every person living with serious health-related suffering is restored through personalised, home-based care - for all strata of society, irrespective of socioeconomic status.
Our Mission
- Provide 24/7 professional home-based care, including home visits and teleconsultation.
- Engage and empower communities through neighbourhood network programmes, fostering shared responsibility in healthcare.
- Reduce the burden of serious health suffering by integrating technology that enhances efficiency, coordination, and quality of care.
- Strengthen the home care ecosystem through training, mentorship, and capacity-building for providers, volunteers, and caregivers.
- Expand access by collaborating with government schemes, CSR initiatives, and bio-cluster programmes to reach the most vulnerable.
In their words.
Reflections from the people who guide Arike’s mission.
“It is both humbling and encouraging to witness how Arike Home Care has continued to grow - not just as an organisation, but as a compassionate movement rooted in community care.”
“Arike’s work stands as a meaningful example of how professional medical standards and compassionate care can come together to create lasting impact.”
“This year has been a definitive period of transformation - where we successfully merged the warmth of community-based care with the precision of modern technology. These are not merely statistics; they represent lives touched, pain alleviated, and families supported.”
Guided by experienced medical professionals.
Ethical leadership forms the foundation of Arike. The organisation is guided by an advisory board that brings clinical expertise, administrative insight, and a deep commitment to compassionate, community-oriented healthcare.
Dr. Junaid Rahman
Chairman, Arike · Medical Superintendent, Sudheendra Hospital; Former District Medical Officer
Dr. Mathews Numpeli
Vice Chairman, Arike · State Coordinator, Home Care; Former District Programme Manager, NHM
Dr. George Tukalan
CEO, Arike Daycare Nurses · Vice President, IMA Cochin
Dr. Athul Joseph Manuel
President, IMA Cochin · Secretary, Arike · Home Medical Officer, District Hospital Aluva
Dr. Jacob Abraham
Consultant Cardiac Anaesthetist, Lisie Hospital
Dr. Haneesh Meerasa
ENT Surgeon, District Hospital Aluva · Immediate Past President, IMA Cochin
Dr. Annie P.G.
Former Medical Superintendent, General Hospital Ernakulam · Home Care Consultant
Dr. Sachin Suresh
Secretary, IMA Cochin · ENT Consultant, Sudheendra Medical Mission Hospital
Dr. Geetha Vijayaraghavan
Senior Home Care Consultant, Arike · Former Senior Consultant, General Hospital Ernakulam
Milestones since 2019.
From a single room supporting 98 families to a multidisciplinary, technology-enabled model serving 1,379 patients a year.
- Commenced services in August 2019 with the support of Cochin IMA.
- Began from a single room, supporting 98 families through home-based care.
- Obtained CSR-1 registration and 80G certification.
- Bhima Jewels became the first CSR partner; micro-donations enabled the move to 24/7 care.
- Sustained services through the COVID pandemic; KeyValue Solutions funded a move to a rented facility.
- Cochin IMA renewed and strengthened institutional support.
- Formed a structured social welfare team; supported families grew to 532.
- Expanded from daycare to comprehensive 24/7 care.
- Introduced a patient-centred financing model based on affordability.
- Procured electric scooters and cars; BPCL donated an Eco Van.
- Distributed 80 NeoMotion wheelchairs with Round Table India; 813 families benefited.
- Launched telemedicine with Mantle Solutions and the Arike Training Centre.
- Integrated Care App, Voxbay IVR, Zoho, and Danamojo payment systems.
- Hosted an advanced nursing workshop led by St. Andrews Hospice, UK.
- Partnered with EDRAAC and CREDAI Kochi to mentor neighbourhood-based home care.
- Expanded the KOODE volunteering system through structured training.
- Launched UNARV, mobilising youth across 19 colleges in Ernakulam.
Arike Home Care is an initiative of IMA Cochin, operating in Kochi, Ernakulam · Kerala, India.