24-Hour Home Care
in Galle.
24-hour home care in Galle for a parent on the coast while the family works in Colombo. Live-in caregivers and overnight cover across Unawatuna, Hikkaduwa and Ambalangoda, from LKR 4,500/day — arranged locally or from abroad.
1,000+
Caregiver Profiles
Island-wide — reviewed one by one
1,500+
Families Served
Across Sri Lanka since 2020
96%
First-Match Success
Matched on 50+ factors
72 Hours
Placement Guarantee
From a completed assessment
Why Galle families call
The house is in Galle. The family is not.
It is a familiar shape along the southern coast. The parents stayed in the family house near Galle Fort or out towards Unawatuna. The children moved to Colombo for work, or further. Everyone is fine with the arrangement, right up until one of them is not.
Because the expressway makes the drive feel short, families underestimate the gap. Two hours is nothing on a Saturday morning. At two in the morning, with a parent on the floor and nobody in the house, it is a very long time indeed.
Therefore round-the-clock cover in Galle is less about the hours themselves and more about closing that gap — someone in the house, awake or wakeable, who is not two hours away.
- The hour that matters. From Colombo, Galle is roughly two hours on the Southern Expressway in good conditions. In an emergency at 2am, that is the gap someone has to cover, and a neighbour cannot be asked to do it twice.
- The weekend visit is not cover. Driving down on Saturday tells you how the weekend went. It tells you nothing about Tuesday night, which is when most falls happen.
- Local staff, not commuting staff. Caregivers placed in Galle live in the area. A carer commuting from Colombo is a carer who will eventually stop coming.
What we ask families
"If something happened at two in the morning, who is in the house? If the answer is nobody, that is the problem we are actually solving."
BetterHands Care Coordinators
How cover is staffed
Four ways to cover a night in Galle.
Live-in cover
A caregiver lives in the house, sleeps there, and is woken when needed. The right fit where the routine is settled and nights are mostly quiet.
Overnight rotation
Two caregivers alternating, so whoever is on duty at 3am is genuinely awake. This is what unpredictable nights actually require.
Relief and weekend cover
Where a family member is already doing the caring, scheduled cover keeps that arrangement survivable rather than letting it collapse.
Escalation that works at distance
A named coordinator, a written handover, and a call to you before a decision is made — not after.
The honest bit about nights. One person cannot stay awake for twenty-four hours, week after week. A live-in caregiver sleeps and is woken as needed — which is right for a settled routine. Genuinely broken nights need two caregivers on rotation, and we would rather quote that than place someone who is exhausted by Thursday.
Arranging it from away
You do not have to be in the room.
Most Galle placements are set up by an adult child who lives in Colombo or overseas. The process is built for that, because for example a daughter in Melbourne cannot fly back to interview caregivers.
- Assessment by video. A coordinator visits the house while you join the call and see the same rooms they do.
- Remote paperwork. Agreements and payment handled without anyone flying in.
- One named coordinator. The same person each time, so you are not re-explaining the situation.
- Written handovers. What happened, what changed, what was decided — in writing, not in memory.
Transparent pricing
Membership first, then simple daily rates.
One annual membership covers coordination, payroll, and unlimited caregiver replacements. After that you pay a flat daily rate for the level of care you need.
BetterHands Annual Membership
LKR 20,000
One-time annual registration fee
- Unlimited caregiver replacements at no additional cost if you are not satisfied
- Payroll management and caregiver administration
- Ongoing coordination and support from the BetterHands team
- Access to all services covered under the BetterHands membership
Step two — daily service rates
Duties below are what each role normally provides — your care plan is tailored during the free assessment.
Caregiver
Daily living support and companionship
LKR 4,500/day
Most families start here — a parent who is managing, but should not be alone all day.
- Friendly conversation and companionship
- Bathing and personal care assistance (if required)
- Medication reminders and general supervision
- Simple meals and refreshments
- Short walks and light activities (if appropriate)
- Day-to-day assistance and emotional support
Nursing Assistant
Personal care plus basic clinical support
LKR 6,000/day
Common where diabetes, blood pressure or early-stage dementia needs daily monitoring.
- Everything in the caregiver role
- Vital signs monitoring (BP, blood sugar, SpO₂)
- Medication reminders and administration support
- Basic wound and continence care
Professional Nurse
Complex medical and post-operative needs
LKR 9,000/day
Usually after a hospital discharge, a stroke, or where wounds and IV care are involved.
- Everything in the nursing assistant role
- PHSRC-registered clinical nursing
- Wound care, injections, and IV therapy
- Catheter, NG tube, and post-operative care
Daily rates are charged in addition to the one-time annual registration fee of LKR 20,000. The same daily rates apply to day care, night care and live-in support — no shift premiums, no travel supplements for any district. Hospital bystander cover is priced by shift length instead — see that service page for its packages. A free care assessment is provided before any commitment.
After the placement starts
Settling someone into the house.
Live-in care is the one arrangement where the first week decides the next year. These are the three things that matter most, and they are easier to agree at the start than to renegotiate later.
The first three nights
A new person sleeping in the house is a real adjustment, and the first nights are usually the hardest. Coordinators check in each morning of that first week rather than waiting for a problem to be reported.
House rules, written down
Meal times, who cooks, which rooms are private, how the gate is locked. Agreeing these on day one prevents most of the friction that ends placements in month two.
If the match is wrong
It happens, and it is nobody’s failure. Replacement is unlimited and carries no charge, at any point. Tell the coordinator early rather than enduring it politely.
Where we place in Galle
Across Galle and the coast.
Galle town and Fort
Dadalla, Kaluwella, Magalle
Unawatuna and Talpe
Coastal households, often with family abroad
Hikkaduwa
North along the coast road
Ambalangoda and Baddegama
Wider Galle District, arranged with notice
From families at a distance
What continuous cover changed.
“I have tried other home care services in Colombo but BetterHands stands apart. Their caregivers are consistent, reliable, and genuinely care about the people they look after.”
Sanduni K.
Galle
“Our mother lives alone in Wellawatte while we work overseas. Her BetterHands companion visits daily and calls us every week. For the first time in years, we are not constantly worried.”
Nimal & Kumari J.
Wellawatte, Colombo 06
“The caregiver who looks after my elderly father in Borella is patient, gentle, and reliable. She manages his medication and meals perfectly, and he genuinely looks forward to her visits each morning.”
Anoma D.
Borella, Colombo 08
Galle questions
What families in Galle ask us.
Yes. BetterHands places live-in caregivers and overnight cover across Galle, Unawatuna, Hikkaduwa, Ambalangoda and Baddegama, from LKR 4,500/day. There is no district surcharge — Galle is charged exactly as Colombo is. A free home assessment confirms the staffing pattern before anyone is placed.
No, and you should be wary of any provider who says otherwise. A live-in caregiver sleeps in the house and is woken as needed, which suits a settled routine. Where nights are genuinely unpredictable — repeated waking, wandering, or hourly assistance — the arrangement needs two caregivers on rotation so the person on duty is actually alert. We will tell you which your situation needs.
In the house, with a bed and a private space of their own. Many Galle homes have a spare room, and coastal houses often have an annexe that works well. If accommodation is genuinely not possible, an overnight rotation is arranged instead. The assessment visit checks this before a placement is agreed rather than after.
Yes. Most Galle placements are arranged by an adult child living elsewhere. The assessment can be done with you on a video call while a coordinator is at the house, contracts are handled remotely, and a named coordinator sends updates so distance does not mean guessing.
Within 72 hours of a completed assessment. For a situation that is already urgent — a parent home alone after a fall, or a family carer who has reached their limit — tell the coordinator at the first call and cover is usually arranged sooner.
24-hour home care in other towns
Nobody in the house
tonight?
Tell us what the nights actually look like and we will tell you honestly whether live-in cover is enough, or whether a rotation is what your family needs.
1,000+
Caregiver profiles
96%
First-match success
Trained
Caregiver training
72
Hours to placement