Elderly Care Services in
Kaduwela.
Elderly care services in Kaduwela put company and structure back into a day that has neither. BetterHands places daytime caregivers across Kaduwela, Malabe, Athurugiriya and Battaramulla — from LKR 4,500/day.
Matched on language and generation, because six hours is a long time in silence.
Why elderly care in Kaduwela is usually about company.
Most older people out here are not from here. They arrived in the last twenty years, with their children, when the land east of Colombo opened up.
The house is better than the one they left. More space, a garden, a proper room of their own. Nobody made a bad decision.
However, a neighbourhood is not something you can pack. The friends, the shopkeeper, the temple and the forty years of small talk stayed behind.
At seventy-five you do not rebuild that quickly, particularly in a scheme where the houses sit behind walls and nobody walks past the gate.
Therefore the family becomes the entire social world, and the family is out from early morning until night.
Elderly care in Kaduwela is less about failing health than about a day with nothing and nobody in it. For example, weeks where the only conversation is at dinner.
Easy to miss
What loneliness looks like in a comfortable house.
None of these will be raised with you directly. Older parents in Kaduwela tend to protect their children from precisely this, which is why it usually surfaces late.
A house with nobody passing
Older neighbourhoods had a gate everyone walked past. Newer schemes have driveways and walls. Nobody drops in unannounced, so nobody notices a bad week.
Days with no conversation in them
Television is not company, and a phone call at nine is not a day. Weeks can pass in which your parent speaks to nobody but the family, briefly, when everyone is tired.
A garden that stopped being tended
The plants, the birds, the small daily reasons to go outside. When those lapse it is usually the earliest visible sign that the interest has gone out of the day.
Nothing to report at dinner
"How was your day" answered with "fine" for months on end is not reassurance. It generally means there was nothing in the day worth describing.
Company is the point, but the day still needs running.
A caregiver here is not a visitor. They cook, they prompt the tablets, and they keep your parent on their feet through the afternoon.
Newer houses bring their own hazards. Polished floors, open staircases and long corridors are unforgiving to somebody who grew up in a small bungalow.
Because the same person comes every weekday, changes register early. As a result you hear about a problem while it is still small.
- Conversation, cards, radio and shared interests through the day
- Breakfast and lunch cooked to the household diet
- Medication prompted, logged and checked after clinic visits
- Safe movement on new-build floors and staircases
- Outings to the temple, the shops or a nearby park
- A written note each evening, so nothing rests on memory
Straight answers
Elderly care in Kaduwela, in brief.
What do elderly care services in Kaduwela include?
A caregiver spends the working day with your parent — meals, medication prompts, movement and real conversation. In this part of Colombo the conversation is frequently the part that matters most, because the house is new and the neighbours are strangers.
Why is loneliness such a theme out here?
Because most older residents did not grow up in Kaduwela. They came with their children, from Colombo or further, in the last twenty years. The house was chosen for the family. The social life came with the family too, and it leaves at eight.
Is a companion enough, or do we need full care?
Where your parent is physically capable, a companion is often the right level and the easier sell. Full elderly care suits households where mobility, medication or personal care have started to slip. The free assessment settles which.
What we provide
Elderly care services for Kaduwela families.
Households in the eastern suburbs frequently start at the companionship end. That is the right instinct, and the arrangement widens when it needs to.
Companion Care
Conversation, cards, radio, an outing, a hand with letters. Where the problem is an empty house rather than a failing body, this is the level that actually fits.
Companion Care Services Sri Lanka
Elderly Care
The full weekday. Cooking, medication prompts, movement and supervision alongside the company, widening or narrowing as the year goes on.
Elderly Care Services Sri Lanka
Personal Care
Washing, dressing and moving safely around an unfamiliar house. New builds often have polished floors and open stairs that older residents never had to negotiate before.
Personal Care at Home Sri Lanka
Half-Day Home Care
Where a full day is more than you need. Morning or afternoon cover, often the arrangement families here try first before committing to anything longer.
Half-Day Home Care
Home Care Services
The overview page, if you are weighing companionship against something more hands-on and want the levels laid out side by side before deciding.
Home Care Services Sri LankaWhere we serve
Elderly caregivers across the eastern suburbs.
We place caregivers throughout Kaduwela and the schemes around Malabe and Athurugiriya. Someone local knows the estates, which matters when an address is a lane number inside a development rather than a street anybody has heard of.
How it works
From first call to a week worth having.
We ask what they left behind
The assessment covers the medical basics quickly, then spends longer on the old routine. Which friends, which temple, which shop, which habits did not survive the move.
Matched for conversation first
For this kind of placement the deciding factor is whether they can talk to each other for six hours. Shared language, shared generation, shared interests — those come before anything else.
Checks completed before you meet
References, credentials and a practical assessment, all finished inside two days. The profile reaches you before the person does, and you can say no without explaining.
Rebuilding a week worth having
The first fortnight is spent putting fixtures back into the calendar. A market morning, a walk, a visit somewhere. Structure is what turns cover into care.
Swap freely if it is not working
A companion who does not click is worse than none. Say so and we replace them at no cost under the written 72-hour guarantee, at whatever point it becomes clear.
Family stories
Families in the eastern suburbs.
“My father has early dementia and the BetterHands companion in Battaramulla keeps him engaged with chess and morning walks. The consistency of the same companion every day has made a real difference to his mood.”
Shirani P.
Battaramulla
“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
FAQs
Elderly care services in Kaduwela — questions families ask.
A trained daytime caregiver in Kaduwela starts at LKR 4,500 per day. A professional nurse, where clinical work is required, is LKR 9,000 per day. One annual registration fee of LKR 20,000 applies at the start. Malabe, Athurugiriya and Battaramulla carry no travel supplement.
It is extremely common and rarely discussed. Moving in your seventies means losing a neighbourhood, not just an address. The house may be better in every measurable way, and she can still be lonelier in it than she was before.
Within reason, yes. A caregiver who knows the area can take her to the temple or church, the local shops, or a nearby park. Building a circle at eighty is slow work, but it moves faster with someone who already knows who is who.
Considerably. A domestic helper runs the house; a caregiver is trained for the person. Mobility, medication, warning signs and dementia-safe conversation are the job, not the cooking. Many Kaduwela households end up with both, doing different things.
Kaduwela town and the eastern suburbs around it — Malabe, Athurugiriya, Hokandara, Thalangama, Welivita, Kothalawala and Battaramulla. Coverage runs out towards Ranala and Nawagamuwa. Newer housing schemes off the main roads are all reachable.
A written note each evening covering meals, medication, movement, mood and anything unusual. Where something needs a decision, the caregiver rings you at the time. You should never be reconstructing the day from guesswork at nine at night.
Is the day long enough, or is it the night?
Daytime cover suits a parent who is alone rather than at risk. Where the household leaves before dawn and returns late, or nights have become unsafe, the 24-hour Kaduwela page deals with that directly.
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.
Arrange elderly care
in Kaduwela.
Tell us what your parent's week actually contains. We will match a vetted daytime caregiver within 72 hours, chosen for conversation as much as for training.
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