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Bangalore · Cognitive care at home

Dementia care, with dignity. And a quiet steady hand.

Dementia changes everything except who your loved one is. We place caregivers trained to remember that, through agitation, repetition, sundowning, and the long months when the disease asks more of the family than of the patient.

Reviewed by Sister Mary George, B.Sc Nursing, Care DirectorLast updated May 2026

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In one paragraph

Dementia care at home in Bangalore should be matched to the stage of cognitive decline, not the calendar. Early-stage families need companionship and routine. Moderate-stage families need behavioural expertise. Advanced-stage families need a trained attendant who is steady through difficulty. EzyHelpers places caregivers with stage-appropriate experience and re-matches as the disease progresses.

Understand the condition

Dementia: what families should know.

  • ~8.8 million

    An estimated 8.8 million Indians aged 60+ live with dementia, according to the LASI-DAD study.

  • 60–70%

    Alzheimer’s disease accounts for an estimated 60–70% of dementia cases worldwide (WHO).

  • 1 in 10

    Globally, dementia affects roughly 1 in 10 people over 65, and prevalence rises sharply with age.

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

  • Memory loss
  • Confusion
  • Wandering
  • Behavioural changes
  • Sundowning
  • Sleep disturbance

Care needs we support

  • Memory support and gentle orientation
  • Supervision to prevent wandering
  • Help with bathing, dressing, meals and medicines
  • Calm handling of confusion, repetition, anger or fear
  • Safety monitoring at home
  • Emotional companionship through the day

The three stages of care

Different stages, different caregivers.

What works in early-stage dementia is not what works in moderate stages, and is certainly not what works in advanced stages. We change the placement plan as the disease changes.

Early stage

Mild forgetfulness, intact identity

A few hours a day of companionship, structure, and gentle prompting. The goal is to keep routine, social engagement, and pride intact for as long as possible.

  • Day shift companionship
  • Memory-friendly routines
  • Light medication reminders
  • Social walks & meals
Moderate stage

Confusion, agitation, sundowning

Live-in or 12-hour cover becomes important. Caregivers manage wandering, evening agitation (sundowning), bathing resistance, and the family’s rising stress.

  • Live-in or extended day cover
  • Sundowning management
  • Safe bathing & dressing
  • Family respite scheduling
Advanced stage

High dependence, communication loss

Full-time, often medically-aware care. Mobility decline, swallow risk, incontinence, and the emotional difficulty of late-stage disease, handled with dignity, not detachment.

  • Live-in trained attendant
  • Swallow & feeding safety
  • Pressure-sore prevention
  • End-of-life sensitivity

What we’re trained for

The hard moments, handled gently.

The behaviours that make families feel they can’t cope alone are the ones our dementia caregivers are matched on. None of these are unmanageable, they need the right approach, repeated calmly, every single day.

Sundowning

Late-afternoon agitation, restlessness, or paranoia. Managed with consistent lighting, calming routines, light activity, and avoiding evening caffeine or stimulation.

Wandering

A safety risk in moderate-to-advanced stages. Door alarms, ID bracelets, and a caregiver who knows the patient’s favourite places to head toward, most wandering is goal-directed, not random.

Bathing & dressing resistance

Often misread as stubbornness. Usually reflects fear of cold, embarrassment, or loss of control. Solved with warmer rooms, predictable steps, and patience, not insistence.

Repetitive questions

A reassurance-seeking behaviour, not memory failure. Caregivers learn to answer with the same calm tone every time, written notes for orientation, and gentle redirection.

Sleep disturbance

Night-time confusion is common. A nightlight, fixed bedtime ritual, and limited daytime napping help. Avoid sedatives, they often worsen confusion.

Refusing meals

Often a swallowing issue or texture preference, not pickiness. Soft, finger-friendly food, eating together, and removing distractions usually restore appetite.

Our care philosophy

Six principles that shape every placement.

  1. 01Validate the feeling, not the fact, arguing with a memory error increases agitation.
  2. 02Routines beat reminders, the same time, place, and order every day reduces confusion.
  3. 03One step at a time, break instructions into single, simple actions.
  4. 04Eye contact, name, smile, the social cues survive long after the names fade.
  5. 05Music, photographs, familiar fabrics, sensory anchors that reach memory when language can’t.
  6. 06Dignity is the entire point, care without it is just supervision.

Care for the family too

Dementia is exhausting. We notice.

The hardest part of dementia care isn’t the patient, it’s the toll on the spouse and adult children carrying it. Our placements are built so the family can rest, work, and breathe.

  • Scheduled respite hours so the spouse can leave the house
  • Daily WhatsApp updates so distant children stay connected
  • Crisis-line access for difficult nights
  • Mood and behavioural log shared with the family doctor
  • Family briefings whenever the stage changes
  • Replacement caregiver if the relationship isn’t working

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.

  1. Step 1

    Tell us what you need

    Call 080-31411776 or send the form, share the condition, daily routine and your locality.

  2. Step 2

    Get matched within hours

    We shortlist verified caregivers suited to the condition, language and shift you need.

  3. Step 3

    Care starts at home

    The caregiver is briefed and begins, with quick replacement support if the fit isn’t right.

Frequently asked

Dementia care, answered.

A caregiver, before the next hard night.
Not after.

Tell us what your evenings look like. We respond within the hour, recommend a stage-appropriate caregiver, and start the matching process today.