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Cerebral palsy care at home. Including the lifting.
Safe lifting, positioning, feeding support and therapy carry-over. We place caregivers for the physical work of cerebral palsy, the transfers, the positioning, the slow meals, the therapist’s home programme and the school run, so that the parent doing all of it can put her back down for a while.
Reviewed by Sister Mary George, B.Sc Nursing, Care DirectorLast updated August 2026
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Understand the condition
Cerebral palsy: what families should know.
- 2 to 3 per 1,000
The World Health Organization puts the global prevalence of cerebral palsy at roughly 2 to 3 per 1,000 live births.
- Higher in India
Indian estimates are generally reported above the global figure, linked to birth asphyxia and gaps in newborn care. Published Indian numbers vary a great deal between studies, so we do not quote a single one.
- Non-progressive
The brain injury behind cerebral palsy does not worsen over time. What it does to the body keeps changing as the child grows.
This information is for general awareness, not medical advice. Always consult a qualified doctor for diagnosis and treatment. EzyHelpers arranges trained caregivers and nursing support, we work alongside your doctor’s plan, never in place of it.
What we cover
Care needs & conditions covered.
Conditions covered
- Spastic cerebral palsy
- Dyskinetic cerebral palsy
- Ataxic cerebral palsy
- Mixed cerebral palsy
- Cerebral palsy with epilepsy
- Cerebral palsy with feeding difficulty
Care needs we support
- Safe transfers between bed, wheelchair, floor mat, bathroom and car
- Position changes through the day to protect skin and joints
- Assisted feeding at the child’s pace, sitting upright
- Carrying over the physiotherapist’s written home programme
- Watching, timing and recording seizures
- Bathing, toileting and dressing with privacy kept in mind
- School drop-offs, therapy appointments and travel with a wheelchair
- Night repositioning and settling
The lifting
Your back is part of this equation.
Most mothers we meet have been lifting a growing child for years and are already in pain. A caregiver who lifts the way you have had to lift will be injured within months, and then you are back where you started.
- Transfers between bed, wheelchair, floor mat, bathroom and car, done the same way every time
- Lifting from the legs with the child held close, instead of bending and twisting at the waist
- No pulling a child up by the arms or under the armpits, which strains the shoulder and fights against tight muscles
- Hip displacement is a known complication in cerebral palsy, so legs are supported during a transfer and never dragged or twisted
- Two people at transfer times where the child’s weight makes one person unsafe
- The hoist, transfer board, sling or standing frame you already own is used, if you have one
Positioning
A child left in one position pays for it later.
Contractures and pressure areas build quietly over months. Changing position through the day is the ordinary, unglamorous work that holds both off.
- Position changed through the day, and through the night where there is live-in cover
- Muscles held short for hours shorten further, which is how a contracture starts
- Time on the floor mat, in the corner seat, in the wheelchair and in the stander, following what the therapist has set
- Skin checked at the tailbone, heels, hips, and anywhere a splint or strap presses
- Red marks that do not fade within about twenty minutes are reported to you the same day
- Splints and ankle foot orthoses put on and taken off at the times the therapist specified
Feeding and swallowing
Mealtimes, slowed down to a safe pace.
When swallowing is affected, the risk at every meal is food or liquid going into the airway. Pace, texture and position are what reduce it, and all three are easy to get wrong in a hurry.
- The child seated upright with the head in midline, and kept upright for a while after the meal
- Small spoonfuls at the child’s own pace with a pause between them, no rushing to finish the plate
- Food and liquid at the texture and thickness your doctor or speech therapist has specified
- Coughing, a wet or gurgly voice, watering eyes or a change in colour stops the meal and gets reported
- How long the meal took and how much was actually eaten, written down for your paediatrician
- Tube feeding is a nursing task. Our caregivers do not do it. If your child is fed by NG tube or PEG, EzyHelpers can arrange a nurse for that separately.
Between therapy visits
The home programme, actually done.
Most of the physiotherapy in cerebral palsy happens on the days the therapist is not in the house. That only works if someone does it on the days nobody is watching.
- The caregiver follows the therapist’s written plan and does not design, add or change exercises
- Stretches, positioning and standing time at the frequency written on the plan
- A short daily record of what was done, so the therapist can see the whole week at the next visit
- New pain during a movement, or resistance that is out of character, is reported rather than pushed through
- If your child has no written home programme yet, ask your therapist for one, or have our paediatric physiotherapy team assess and write it
If your child also has epilepsy
Watch, time, record, and call.
A number of children with cerebral palsy also have epilepsy. What a caregiver contributes during a seizure is observation and physical safety. Nothing about it is medical.
- Hard objects moved away, nothing put in the mouth, no holding the child down
- The child turned onto their side once the movements stop
- Start time noted and the seizure timed, because the length is what your neurologist asks about first
- Which limbs moved, what the eyes and breathing did, colour changes, and how the child was afterwards, all written down
- Your written plan followed for when to phone you and when to call an ambulance
- Emergency medication, including rectal or buccal midazolam, is not given by our caregivers. That stays with you or a nurse, and we will say so at the consultation.
Communication
Assume your child understands everything.
Many children with cerebral palsy have intact cognition and difficulty producing speech. Treating a child whose speech is hard to follow as though they cannot follow you is the most common mistake a new caregiver makes. We say exactly that in the briefing.
- The caregiver talks to the child directly and at the child’s age, rather than about the child over their head
- Time left for a reply, because a slow answer is still an answer
- Whatever the child already uses is used, eye pointing, a communication board, picture cards, a switch or a tablet app
- The child’s yes and no signals learned in the first week and written down for everyone else in the house
- Choices offered through the day, food, clothes, music, television, so the child keeps some say in it
- Frustration and refusal read as communication about something, not as behaviour to be managed
Bathing, toileting and growing up
Privacy starts to matter more every year.
A five-year-old and a fifteen-year-old need the same physical help and a completely different approach to it. Around puberty most children start minding who sees them undressed, whether or not they can say so.
- Bathroom door closed, the body covered where it can be, and the child told what is about to happen before it happens
- A same-gender caregiver, which most families ask for by the early teens and which we would suggest anyway
- Menstrual care for teenage girls handled matter-of-factly by a female caregiver
- Continence care, changing and skin care done without comment and without hurry
- The teenager asked about their own routine wherever they can express a preference
- Bathing arrangements reviewed as the child grows, because a bath seat that worked at seven usually does not work at fourteen
School, therapy and Bangalore traffic
Getting a wheelchair across the city.
A large part of the week is logistics. School, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and hospital reviews, all with a wheelchair and a child who cannot be left waiting alone.
- Morning routine, splints on, bag packed, out of the door in time for school
- Accompanying the child to school and staying through the day where the school asks for an attendant
- Travel to therapy appointments, folding and loading the wheelchair, and reporting back what the therapist said
- Ramps, lifts and step-free entrances are unpredictable across Bangalore buildings, so routes get checked in advance rather than improvised
- Homework, positioning at the study table, and help with anything the child cannot physically manage but can think through
- We serve Bangalore city limits, the 560xxx postcodes. Bangalore Rural, including Anekal and the 562xxx areas, is not covered.
What we need from you
Two weeks of your time, at the start.
Every child with cerebral palsy is handled slightly differently, and only the family knows how. The first fortnight decides whether the placement works.
- The therapist’s written home programme, or a session the caregiver can attend and be shown
- Any equipment the child already uses, wheelchair, stander, corner seat, splints, hoist, feeding chair, bath seat
- Time in the first two weeks to teach the caregiver this child’s transfers, hand position by hand position
- The seizure plan, medicine chart and hospital numbers written down and kept in one place
- An honest account of what the child dislikes and what settles them, which saves weeks of guesswork
- A decision on who gives medication, because the caregiver will not, and someone has to
Rate
What it costs, before you ask.
Day shifts cost less and are quoted after a consultation, once we know the hours, your child’s weight, how much lifting the shift involves and whether school or therapy travel is part of it. A second person for transfers, where one is needed, is quoted separately.
Honest expectations
What the caregiver does, and doesn’t.
Clear scope from day one keeps the placement happy on both sides. Here’s exactly what to expect.
Included in care
- Personal care, bathing, grooming, dressing, toilet assistance
- Oral feeding and meal-time support
- Oral medication reminders, on schedule
- Safe walking, transfers and mobility support
- Companionship, conversation and daily engagement
- Light tidying of the care recipient’s room and washroom
- Washing the care recipient’s clothes (machine wash)
- Preparing simple meals for the care recipient
Not included (we arrange specialists instead)
- Injections, IV lines, Ryle’s tube or any clinical procedure (we arrange qualified nurses for these)
- Cooking or housework for the whole family
- Washing the family’s clothes or cleaning the full house
- Heavy massage or physiotherapy (we arrange certified physiotherapists)
- Administering medication beyond reminders without nurse oversight
- Driving or errands outside the agreed care plan
Simple to start
How to book care at home.
- Step 1
Tell us what you need
Call +91-7619629005 or send the form, share the condition, daily routine and your locality.
- Step 2
Get matched within hours
We shortlist verified caregivers suited to the condition, language and shift you need.
- Step 3
Care starts at home
The caregiver is briefed and begins, with quick replacement support if the fit isn’t right.
Where the line sits for a child with cerebral palsy
EzyHelpers places non-clinical caregivers. For cerebral palsy that boundary has a few specific edges, and it is better to know them now than to discover them at eleven at night. The caregiver does not give medication of any kind, including tablets, syrups, injections, anything through a feeding tube and emergency seizure medication. The caregiver does not suction, does not tube-feed, does not manage a seizure medically and does not carry out any clinical procedure. The caregiver does not decide on stretches, invent exercises or change what your physiotherapist has written down. The caregiver does not assess or diagnose your child and does not stand in for a paediatrician, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, speech therapist or special educator.
What the caregiver does is everything around those people. Lifting and transfers, positioning, feeding at a safe pace, bathing and toileting, splints on and off at the right times, travel to school and appointments, watching and recording what happens, and following written instructions from the professionals already treating your child. If your child needs tube feeding, suctioning or medication administered by trained hands, say so at the consultation and we will arrange a nurse, either instead of a caregiver or alongside one.
Related help
If you are still working out what your child needs.
Cerebral palsy care sits inside our wider special needs child care in Bangalore service. Where movement is the immediate problem, start with paediatric physiotherapy, because everything the caregiver does at home follows what the therapist writes down. Families whose child carries a second diagnosis alongside cerebral palsy usually also read our pages on autism care at home, Down syndrome child care and ADHD support at home. To see how these caregivers are recruited, briefed and replaced before you enquire, read the special needs caregiver page.
Frequently asked
Cerebral palsy care, answered.
Tell us your child’s weight and your hardest hour of the day.
We will tell you what that needs.
A consultation covers the transfers, the meals, the therapy programme and the nights. If one caregiver cannot safely do it, we will say so before you commit to anything.