Home Nursing Care in
Kotte.
Home nursing care in Kotte is usually arranged in the week after an operation. BetterHands places qualified nurses across Ethul Kotte, Pita Kotte, Rajagiriya and Battaramulla, working to the surgeon’s written orders — from LKR 9,000/day.
We carry out what the discharge sheet says, and record that we did it.
Why home nursing in Kotte is mostly post-operative.
Kotte households have good access to surgery. Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital is minutes away, and the Colombo private hospitals are a short run down the Parliament road.
Good access means procedures happen earlier and discharge happens sooner. A patient is often home while the wound is still very much a wound.
What comes home with them is a folded discharge sheet. On it are instructions about a drain, a dressing interval, a date for sutures, and eleven drugs.
Most families read it once. Then they improvise, because nobody in the house has ever measured drain output or judged whether a wound edge is healthy.
However, the surgical team is not being vague. The plan is specific, and it assumes somebody competent will carry it out at home.
Therefore the job of a nurse here is narrow. Do exactly what the operating team wrote, on the days they wrote it, and record that it was done.
The first fortnight at home
Four things that go wrong after a good operation.
The surgery in Kotte is rarely the weak point. The fortnight afterwards, run by relatives working from memory, very often is.
The discharge sheet nobody reads
It is handed over at the ward door, folded into a bag, and produced three weeks later at the clinic. Meanwhile every instruction on it was guessed at.
A drain measured by memory
Output matters, and it matters as a number written daily. "About the same, I think" is not a finding a surgeon can safely act on at a review.
Infection read as ordinary pain
Post-operative soreness and early wound infection feel similar to the patient. The difference is in the site, the temperature and the trend, and somebody must be tracking all three.
Sutures out on the wrong day
Removed early and the wound gapes. Left late and the tracks scar and can become infected. Either mistake is permanent, and both are entirely avoidable.
What a nurse does in Kotte, written down each time.
Post-operative nursing is checklist work, and that is a compliment. The value lies in the same checks happening in the same order every day.
A wound is looked at properly, a drain is measured, a temperature is taken, and each of the three is recorded with a date beside it.
As a result, the review at the clinic becomes a short conversation about a written log, rather than a reconstruction of the past two weeks.
- Surgical wound reviewed and dressed at the interval the surgeon set
- Drain output measured, recorded and reported when it changes
- Sutures or clips removed only on the written date and instruction
- Temperature, pulse and blood pressure logged at every visit
- Post-operative drug chart followed, including injectable anticoagulants
- A dated record handed back for the clinic follow-up appointment
Straight answers
Home nursing in Kotte, in brief.
What does home nursing care in Kotte cover after surgery?
Wound review and dressing, drain measurement, suture removal on the given date, injections, and the observations the surgical team asked for. All of it recorded, so the first clinic review is reading a log rather than hearing a family’s recollection.
Do we need a nurse or a caregiver after an operation?
A nurse while there is a wound, a drain or an injectable drug. A caregiver once those are finished and the remaining work is meals, washing and safe movement. Most Kotte households need the first for a fortnight and the second for a month after.
How quickly can a nurse start in Kotte?
Usually within 24 to 48 hours, and same-day for a planned discharge we knew about. The free assessment happens at the house and begins with your discharge paperwork. Cover is backed by the written 72-hour placement guarantee from day one.
What we provide
Clinical nursing for Kotte households.
Recovery is a sequence, not a state. Each of the pages below covers one part of it, and most post-operative families end up needing two or three in turn.
Post-Operative Care
The fortnight after theatre, set out in full — what is normal, what is not, and which of the two a family is expected to be able to tell apart at home.
Post-Operative Care Sri LankaWound Care at Home
Dressing technique, infection signs and the difference between a wound that is healing slowly and one that has stopped. Written for families, not for clinicians.
Wound Care at Home Sri Lanka
Clinical Nursing
Every procedure a nurse may carry out in a house, listed plainly. Useful when the discharge sheet names something you have never heard of before.
Clinical Nursing Services Sri Lanka
Medication Management
Post-operative drug charts are long and mostly temporary. Somebody has to know which tablet stops on Friday and which one continues for six weeks.
Medication Management Sri LankaHome Nursing Care
Everything the cluster covers in one place: arrangement, cost, and the conditions we accept. Best read while surgery is still being planned, rather than after it.
Home Nursing Care Sri LankaOur Nursing Service
The service page proper: what each nursing level covers, and which post-operative tasks sit at which grade. Read it alongside your discharge summary.
Home Nursing Care ServiceWhere we serve
Nurses across Kotte, Rajagiriya and Battaramulla.
Our registered office is on Narahenpita–Nawala Road, inside this catchment. Coordinators visiting a house in Pita Kotte or Koswatta are not learning the area from a map.
How it works
From discharge sheet to a closed wound.
Discharge paperwork first
The assessment opens with the summary, the drug chart and the wound plan. We work to what the surgical team wrote, and where it is unclear we ask them.
The wound and drain are baselined
Site, size, output and appearance recorded on day one, dated. Everything afterwards is measured against that, not against an impression.
Matched to a nurse used to post-op work
Surgical recovery is a different skill from chronic care. The profile reaches you before anyone is introduced, and declining needs no explanation.
A daily record you can hand over
Observations, drain volumes, dressing changes and drugs given, written each visit. It goes with you to the review at Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital.
Step down when the wound is closed
We will tell you when a nurse is no longer necessary. Continuing to bill for clinical cover that has finished is the fastest way to lose a family’s trust.
Family stories
What families tell us.
“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 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
“The wound care provided for my mother's post-surgical recovery was exceptional. The nurse was highly skilled and always explained everything clearly. I would recommend BetterHands without hesitation.”
Dr. Tharanga S.
Colombo 05
FAQs
Home nursing care in Kotte — questions families ask.
A professional nurse is LKR 9,000 per day. Most post-operative households need a nurse for the first two or three weeks and then step down to a trained caregiver at LKR 4,500 per day. One annual registration fee of LKR 20,000 applies. Rajagiriya, Nawala and Battaramulla carry no travel supplement.
Yes, where the surgical team has discharged the patient with the drain in place and written the instructions down. The nurse measures and records the output daily, watches the site, and flags a change in colour or volume. Removal is a decision for the surgeon, not for us.
Only on the surgeon’s written instruction and on the date given. Sutures removed early open a wound; sutures left late scar badly and can harbour infection. Where the discharge sheet is vague, we ask the clinic before the visit rather than guessing.
Yes. Bring the discharge summary, the drug chart and any wound care sheet to the assessment. The nurse works from those documents. Nothing about the dressing, the drain or the drugs is changed by BetterHands on its own judgement.
The same day, ideally. The first 72 hours at home are when a wound is most likely to be handled badly and when a family is least sure of itself. For planned surgery, call us three to five days beforehand and it is arranged in advance.
Ethul Kotte and Pita Kotte, plus Nawala, Rajagiriya, Welikada, Battaramulla, Koswatta, Nugegoda, Pelawatte and Thalawathugoda. Our own registered office is on Narahenpita–Nawala Road, so coordinators know these lanes without needing directions.
Standards we work to
Regulation and guidance.
Does someone need to be here around the clock?
A wound needs a nurse for twenty minutes. A patient who cannot be left alone needs continuous cover, which is a different arrangement and a different page. Most Kotte families after major surgery need both for a fortnight.
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 home nursing care
in Kotte.
Send us the discharge summary and we will tell you honestly what level of cover it needs. A qualified nurse can be matched within 72 hours, and sooner for a planned discharge.
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