24-Hour Home Care
in Ragama.
24-hour home care in Ragama means a vetted caregiver is in your parent's home at every hour. BetterHands places live-in caregivers and overnight nurses across Ragama and the wider Gampaha District. Families coming home from Colombo North Teaching Hospital are our most frequent call. Every placement carries a written 72-hour guarantee.
Or we keep searching at no cost. Written into every placement.
Why families in Ragama arrange care at home.
Ragama is a hospital town. Colombo North Teaching Hospital sits at its centre. The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Kelaniya sits beside it.
So most families here already know their way around a ward. What they have rarely planned for is the day the ward sends their parent home.
That day usually arrives sooner than expected. A stroke, a fall or a hip fracture ends with a discharge note and a bag of medication. The assumption is that someone at home will manage the rest.
In practice, “someone” is often a daughter on unpaid leave. Or a son calling from Melbourne at two in the morning. He is trying to work out whether the catheter is draining properly.
Home care in Ragama is rarely about preferring home to a facility. It is about the first fortnight after discharge. Your parent is unsteady, disoriented at night, and needs someone awake nearby.
Getting that window right decides a great deal. Recovery either holds, or the family is back at the emergency entrance within the month.
The hours when nobody is watching.
Ragama sits squarely inside the Colombo commuter belt. Adult children leave for work before seven and return after dark. Others have moved abroad entirely.
Therefore a parent who seems fine at midday can be completely alone from dawn until evening. That is precisely when falls happen. It is also when nobody notices for hours.
Families often tell us the same thing. The worry is not the visible crisis. It is the silence between phone calls.
Continuous cover removes that silence. Someone trained is present, awake, and reporting back — every single day.
Coming home from Colombo North.
Colombo North Teaching Hospital is one of the country's major public teaching hospitals. For Ragama families it is minutes away, not a journey across the city.
That closeness cuts both ways. Discharge is easy, so it happens fast. As a result, families often reach home before arranging any care at all.
There is a second local factor. The National Hospital for Respiratory Diseases at Welisara is close by. Consequently, respiratory recovery is a more common home-care need around Ragama than elsewhere in the Western Province.
Oxygen dependence, nebuliser routines and chest physiotherapy follow-up all need trained hands. However, they rarely need a hospital bed.
We ask for the expected discharge date, not the actual one. Given a few days, assessment and verification run alongside the remaining ward stay.
Arranging care before discharge
- Tell us the expected discharge date. An approximate one is enough to begin.
- Share the discharge summary or the ward's care instructions, if you have them.
- We assess, match and verify a caregiver while your parent is still on the ward.
- Cover starts the day you come home, not a week later.
- Our coordinator checks in daily for the first 14 days.
Quick answers for Ragama families.
The three questions Ragama families ask about home care before anything else.
What does 24-hour home care in Ragama actually include?
24-hour home care means a trained caregiver stays in your parent's home around the clock. They handle bathing, dressing, mobility, meals and medication reminders. Nursing-level cover adds wound care, catheter management and vitals monitoring. Overnight presence is included, not billed as an extra shift.
How fast can care start after a hospital discharge?
Typically 24 to 48 hours from your first call. If you share an expected discharge date in advance, cover can begin the same day your parent comes home. Assessment, matching and background checks all run while the ward stay continues.
Do you cover the villages around Ragama, or only the town?
Both. Our caregivers work across Kandana, Kadawatha, Welisara, Thewatta, Batuwatta and Kiribathgoda, and onward to Ja-Ela and Wattala. The daily rate is identical everywhere. Ragama families pay no travel supplement, whichever side of the town they live on.
What home care in Ragama can cover.
Most families do not arrive knowing which level of home care they need. That is what the free assessment is for. These are the five we place most often, and cover moves between them as needs change.
Home Nursing in Ragama
Clinical care delivered at home by a nursing assistant or professional nurse. Wound dressing, catheter and tube care, injections, vitals and medication administration. This is the level most families need straight after a hospital stay. The treatment continues, but the ward does not.
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Personal Care in Ragama
Hands-on daily support with bathing, dressing, toileting, mobility and feeding. All of it delivered in a way that protects dignity. This is often the first thing a family quietly struggles with after a fall. It is also the first thing a trained caregiver makes lighter.
Personal Care at Home Sri LankaElderly Care in Ragama
Ongoing support for an ageing parent who is managing, but should not manage alone. Supervision, medication reminders, meals and a steady presence through the day. Adult children who work in Colombo arrange this most often. So do families living abroad.
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Companion Care in Ragama
Conversation, company and light assistance for a parent living alone. This is less about clinical need than about the hours between visits. Someone to share a meal with, walk with, and notice early when something changes. Matched for language and temperament, not just availability.
Companion Care Services Sri Lanka
Home Care Services in Ragama
Not sure which level fits? Start here. A free assessment establishes what your parent needs now, and what they will likely need in six months. Cover can then step up or down as things change. You never restart the search from scratch.
Home Care Services Sri LankaWhere we place caregivers around Ragama.
Ragama sits on the Colombo–Negombo rail line. The areas around it run together in practice.
For example, a family in Kandana or Welisara is closer to Colombo North Teaching Hospital than many Colombo addresses are to their own.
We place caregivers across that entire belt. The daily rate is identical throughout, because there is no travel supplement and no district-based variation.
If your address sits just outside the list, ask anyway. Coverage follows caregiver availability, not a drawn boundary.
How 24-hour care is arranged in Ragama.
Five steps from your first call to home care starting in the house. Most families complete them inside 72 hours.
Free assessment, at home or by video
A coordinator visits your Ragama home to understand your parent's condition, language and night-time routine. Overseas families join by video instead. It takes 15 to 20 minutes.
Caregiver matched in hours
We work through 1,000+ caregiver profiles across 50+ factors. Clinical background, Sinhala, Tamil or English fluency, schedule fit, and experience with stroke, dementia or post-surgical recovery.
48-hour background verification
Reference checks, credential verification and a clinical skills assessment are completed within 48 hours. Every caregiver who reaches your door has already passed this stage.
Care begins, with daily check-ins
Your caregiver starts. Our coordinator then checks in through the 14-day trial with daily welfare notes. If something needs adjusting, we act the same day.
72-hour guarantee, no questions
If the match is not right at any point, we arrange a replacement at zero cost. Our 96% first-match rate makes this rare. The guarantee stays firm regardless.
Families who trusted us with home care.
“After my mother's discharge from Nawaloka, the BetterHands nurse handled her wound care and monitoring at our Dehiwala home flawlessly. Their coordination with the hospital made a stressful time so much easier.”
Ruwan F.
Dehiwala
“After my father's heart surgery at Lanka Hospitals, the nursing team from BetterHands provided exceptional post-operative care at home. They were thorough, kind, and always on time.”
Roshan & Dilini P.
Nugegoda
“BetterHands matched my mother in Rajagiriya with a caregiver who speaks Tamil and understands her routines. The personal care has been dignified and dependable from day one.”
Fathima R.
Rajagiriya
24-hour home care in Ragama — your questions.
Yes. Colombo North Teaching Hospital sits in Ragama itself, so discharge is a short journey home. Because it is short, it often happens fast. Many families arrive home before any care is arranged. Give us the expected discharge date and we assess, match and verify a caregiver while your parent is still on the ward. Cover then begins the day you come home.
24-hour home care in Ragama starts at LKR 4,500 per day with a caregiver. A professional nurse is LKR 9,000 per day. Both follow a one-time annual registration fee of LKR 20,000. The same daily rate applies day, night, or both. There is no travel supplement for Ragama and no district-based variation.
We place caregivers across Ragama town and the surrounding Gampaha District belt. That includes Kandana, Kadawatha, Welisara, Thewatta, Batuwatta, Mahabage and Kiribathgoda. Coverage extends towards Ja-Ela, Wattala and Kelaniya. If you sit just outside these areas, please ask anyway. Availability follows our caregiver roster, not a fixed boundary.
Usually within 24 to 48 hours. Urgent cases after a discharge or a sudden decline are common, and we plan for them. Full background verification still applies. So does the written 72-hour placement guarantee. Speed never comes at the cost of a check.
A live-in caregiver sleeps in your home and covers day and night. It is one consistent person, and the more affordable model. Split-shift care uses two caregivers on 12-hour rotations, so someone stays fully awake at every hour. That suits high-dependency patients needing active overnight monitoring. Our coordinator recommends one at the free assessment.
We arrange a replacement at no cost, at any point. That is the written 72-hour placement guarantee, and it does not expire after the first week. Our coordinator also checks in daily through the first 14 days. Most mismatches surface early, and we act on them the same day.
Home care in other areas we cover.
Ragama is one of the areas we cover for home care across the Western Province. For how round-the-clock home care works nationally, see 24-Hour Home Care Sri Lanka.
Transparent pricing
Round-the-clock care, priced simply.
One annual membership covers coordination, payroll, and unlimited caregiver replacements. After that you pay a flat daily rate. Live-in and overnight cover cost the same as daytime care, in Ragama exactly as in Colombo.
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.
A one-way transfer for the caregiver is arranged at the start of placement.
Arrange 24-hour home care
in Ragama.
Tell us about your loved one, or about a discharge date you are working towards. We will match a vetted live-in caregiver or overnight nurse within 72 hours.
1,000+
Caregiver profiles
96%
First-match success
Trained
Caregiver training
72
Hours to placement