Elderly Care Services in
Kalutara.
Elderly care services in Kalutara often need to look after two people at once — the parent who is unwell, and the one who has been caring for them alone. BetterHands places daytime caregivers across Kalutara, Waskaduwa and Katukurunda from LKR 4,500/day.
Supporting a couple is a single daily rate. We do not charge twice.
Why elderly care in Kalutara often has two patients.
A great many older couples in Kalutara have aged in place together. The children are in Colombo or abroad, and the two of them have managed.
Then one of them has a stroke, or a bad fall, or a diagnosis that changes what the day requires.
And the other one simply takes it on. No discussion, no assessment, no training. A seventy-nine-year-old becomes a full-time carer overnight.
She lifts him. She washes him. She gets up three times a night, and she has been doing it for eighteen months.
However, nobody has assessed her. Every doctor asks about the patient. Her own clinic appointments stopped a year ago because there was nobody to sit with him.
Therefore when families here call us about their father, we usually find that the more urgent problem is their mother. As a result we assess the household rather than the diagnosis.
The person nobody is treating
What caring for a spouse does to the one doing it.
None of this is said out loud, least of all to the children. It is meant plainly rather than to alarm anybody, because it is the part families do not find out until it has already happened.
Sleep that stopped years ago
Getting up three times a night for eighteen months is not something a person in their late seventies recovers from at the weekend. It accumulates, and it shows first as forgetfulness.
Their own conditions, unmanaged
The carer stops attending their own clinics because there is nobody to sit with their husband. Blood pressure and diabetes drift for years while everyone focuses on the other patient.
Lifting that will end badly
A fall during a transfer takes out both people at once. It is the single most predictable event in these households, and the one everybody hopes to avoid by being careful.
Nobody has ever asked them
Every doctor, every relative and every visitor asks after the patient. In two years, often nobody has once asked the wife how she is coping, and she would not say if they did.
What a caregiver changes for both of them.
The first thing that moves is the lifting. Transfers, the bathroom and getting up out of a chair all transfer to somebody trained to do them.
That single change removes most of the injury risk in the house, and it removes it from the person least able to absorb one.
The second thing is that your mother goes back to her own clinic. Because somebody is with him, she can leave, and that is frequently the first time in a year.
- Transfers, bathing and toileting handled by trained hands
- Medication prompted and logged for both of them
- Meals cooked, so the carer stops living on tea and toast
- Fixed hours each week that belong to the carer alone
- Her own appointments attended again, with cover at home
- A written daily note, so children abroad can actually see the week
Straight answers
Elderly care in Kalutara, in brief.
What do elderly care services in Kalutara include?
A caregiver covers the working day for the household, not for one person. Meals, medication, washing, transfers and company — arranged so the spouse who has been carrying it can rest, eat properly and leave the house.
Who is the client when a couple lives alone?
Both of them. One has a diagnosis and appointments. The other has been lifting, washing and worrying for two years without anybody once asking how they are. We assess the household, because that is what is actually at risk.
Is one caregiver enough for two people?
In most cases yes. The second person usually needs relief and company rather than hands-on care. Where both need physical support, we say so at the assessment and price it honestly rather than stretching one placement too thin.
What we provide
Elderly care services for Kalutara households.
Where a couple lives alone, the right level is usually decided by what the carer can no longer safely do rather than by the other spouse’s diagnosis.
Elderly Care
The full weekday for the household. Meals, medication, movement and company, arranged so both halves of a couple are actually looked after.
Elderly Care Services Sri Lanka
Personal Care
Washing, dressing, toileting and transfers. The tasks a frail spouse should not be attempting alone, and where most injuries in these households happen.
Personal Care at Home Sri LankaRespite for Family
Explicitly for the person doing the caring. Fixed hours each week that belong to them, so rest is scheduled rather than hoped for.
Home Care Services Sri Lanka
Home Nursing
Where the condition has moved beyond what any spouse should manage. Wound care, catheters, injections and monitoring by a registered nurse.
Home Nursing Care Sri Lanka
Night Care at Home
When the nights are what is breaking the carer. Broken sleep over months does more damage than the lifting, and it is the least visible part of it.
Night Care at Home Sri LankaWhere we serve
Elderly caregivers both sides of the river.
We place caregivers throughout Kalutara north and south, and along the coast either side. Couples living alone are the most common arrangement we support here, so it is the situation our local coordinators know best.
How it works
From first call to both of them supported.
We assess two people, not one
The visit covers your father’s needs and your mother’s condition, sleep and clinic attendance. She will say she is fine. We ask anyway, and we ask more than once.
The heavy work moves first
Transfers, bathing and night disturbance are handed over before anything else, because they carry the injury risk and they are what is wearing the carer down fastest.
Verified before introduction
References, credentials and a practical assessment inside two days. Both of your parents meet the caregiver together, and either of them can say no.
Rest gets put in the diary
Unstructured relief does not get taken. We agree fixed hours that belong to the carer — her clinic, her temple, her sleep — and the caregiver covers them without negotiation.
Cover that scales in a crisis
If the carer is admitted, the caregiver already knows the house, the medication and the routine. Hours extend the same day under the written 72-hour guarantee.
Family stories
What families tell us.
“BetterHands transformed my mother's quality of life. The caregivers are professional, compassionate, and treat her with so much dignity. Our whole family is relieved and grateful.”
Chamari W.
Colombo 07
“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
“My grandfather was very lonely after being discharged from hospital. His BetterHands companion has become a true friend — he is happier and more engaged than he's been in years.”
Priya N.
Kandy
FAQs
Elderly care services in Kalutara — questions families ask.
A trained daytime caregiver in Kalutara starts at LKR 4,500 per day. A professional nurse, where clinical tasks are involved, is LKR 9,000 per day. One annual registration fee of LKR 20,000 applies at the outset. Waskaduwa, Katukurunda and Nagoda carry no travel supplement.
No. One caregiver in the house supports the household. Where your father needs hands-on care and your mother needs the load taken off her, that is a single placement at a single daily rate, not two.
She probably can, for now, and saying otherwise rarely helps. The useful framing is that help protects her ability to keep doing it. Most wives accept support for their own sake far more readily when it is put that way.
That is the risk families underestimate. When the spouse doing the caring is admitted or injured, two people need care that same day and nothing is in place. Having a caregiver already known to the household turns a crisis into a scheduling change.
Yes, and this is often the most urgent reason to call. Transfers are where a frail spouse gets hurt. A trained caregiver takes over the lifting, the bathroom and the getting up at once, which removes the largest single risk in the house.
Kalutara north and south of the river — Kalutara town, Waskaduwa, Katukurunda, Nagoda, Kalamulla and Palatota. Coverage runs up the coast towards Panadura and inland towards Dodangoda. Houses along the Galle Road and the lanes behind it are all reachable.
Standards we work to
Regulation and guidance.
Has the carer stopped sleeping?
Where the nights are the problem rather than the days, daytime cover will not fix it. The 24-hour Kalutara page covers continuous and overnight arrangements for households in exactly that position.
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 Kalutara.
Tell us about both of your parents, including the one who says they are fine. We will match a vetted daytime caregiver within 72 hours.
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