Bangalore · Renal care at home
Kidney and dialysis care between the sessions.
Attendants and nurses for CKD and dialysis patients in Bangalore — fluid and diet discipline, fistula protection, escort to dialysis, and the daily weight and blood-pressure tracking your nephrologist actually wants to see.
Reviewed by Sister Mary George, B.Sc Nursing, Care DirectorLast updated August 2026
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In one paragraph
Kidney and dialysis care at home covers the days between sessions: measuring and limiting fluid intake, keeping to the renal diet the dietitian set, recording daily weight and blood pressure, protecting the fistula or catheter, escorting the patient to and from dialysis, and recognising the fluid overload and low-blood-pressure episodes that lead to emergency admissions.
Understand the condition
Chronic kidney disease & dialysis: what families should know.
- Diabetes and BP
Diabetes and high blood pressure are the leading causes of chronic kidney disease in India, which is why controlling both remains part of the care plan even after dialysis begins.
- Weight is fluid
Between sessions, day-to-day weight change is almost entirely fluid. A rise of more than roughly a kilo a day usually means the fluid restriction is not holding.
- The access is the lifeline
An AV fistula is the patient’s access to treatment. Damage it and dialysis becomes an emergency problem, so it is protected as carefully as the treatment itself.
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
- Chronic kidney disease (stages 3–5)
- Haemodialysis patients
- Peritoneal dialysis at home
- Diabetic nephropathy
- Post kidney transplant
- AV fistula / permcath care
Care needs we support
- Measured fluid intake and output, recorded daily
- Renal diet compliance — potassium, phosphate, salt and protein
- Daily weight and blood-pressure log for the nephrologist
- Fistula, permcath or PD catheter protection and site hygiene
- Escort to and from dialysis and post-session monitoring
- Medication timing, including phosphate binders taken with food
The days between
Dialysis is three days a week. The other four decide how it goes.
Most emergency admissions in dialysis patients are fluid overload — and fluid overload is built quietly at home, in cups of tea nobody counted.
- Every drink measured against the day’s allowance, including tea, curd and dal
- Ice chips, sugar-free lozenges and mouth rinses to manage thirst without drinking
- Weight taken at the same time each morning, on the same scale, and logged
- Blood pressure recorded sitting and standing, and reported if it swings
- Swelling checked at ankles, shins and around the eyes each day
- A written chart the family and nephrologist can both read at a glance
The renal diet, in a real kitchen
Restrictions fail when nobody cooks to them.
A dietitian’s sheet does not survive contact with a South Indian kitchen unless someone translates it into what is actually cooked that day.
- High-potassium foods identified in the household’s own cooking — banana, coconut, tomato, potato
- Leaching and double-boiling techniques for vegetables where the dietitian allows it
- Phosphate binders given with food, not after it, which is where they stop working
- Salt reduced without making food inedible, so the patient keeps eating
- Protein set to the nephrologist’s target — restricted before dialysis, higher once on it
- Appetite loss and weight change reported early rather than at the next review
Access and escort
The fistula arm is not an arm for anything else.
Protecting vascular access, and getting the patient safely to and from the centre, are the two practical jobs families most often need taken off their hands.
- No blood pressure cuff, blood draw, injection or drip in the fistula arm
- No watch, tight sleeve, heavy bag or sleeping on that arm
- Thrill checked daily — the buzz over the fistula that shows it is flowing
- Site kept clean and dry, dressing checked after each session
- Escort to the dialysis centre, waiting, and a safe journey home
- Post-session monitoring for dizziness, cramps, low BP and bleeding from the site
Choosing a level
How much of the week needs another person in it.
Most dialysis families do not need round-the-clock care. They need the dialysis days covered and the other days disciplined.
Dialysis-day escort
A reasonably independent patient whose family is losing three working days a week to the dialysis centre.
An attendant escorts the patient to and from the centre, stays or returns as you prefer, watches for post-session dizziness and low blood pressure, and settles them at home.
Rate quoted after the free assessment
Day-shift attendant
An elderly or diabetic CKD patient who needs the fluid chart, diet, medicines and daily readings held to properly.
Runs the fluid and diet discipline, cooks or supervises renal-appropriate meals, records weight and blood pressure, gives medicines on time, and escorts on dialysis days.
Rate quoted after the free assessment
Live-in or nurse-supported care
Advanced CKD with mobility loss, a patient on peritoneal dialysis at home, post-transplant, or someone with wounds and diabetes alongside.
Live-in attendant cover with our nursing team for injections, wound care, PD exchanges support and vitals. Coordinated with your nephrologist’s instructions.
Rate quoted after the free assessment
Peritoneal dialysis exchanges at home are a sterile procedure and the main risk is peritonitis. Where a family is doing PD, our role is strict technique support, site inspection and early reporting of cloudy fluid — not casual assistance from whoever is free.
We do not perform dialysis, prescribe fluid limits, or change medication. Those belong to your nephrologist. What we do is make sure their instructions actually survive the week, which is where most plans fail.
Know the red flags
Fluid overload and low BP are the two emergencies.
One builds over days between sessions, the other arrives within hours of one. Both are recognisable early.
- Breathlessness lying flat, or waking at night gasping — likely fluid overload
- Weight up sharply since the last session, with new swelling in legs or face
- Dizziness, cramps, nausea or fainting after dialysis — likely too much fluid removed
- Chest pain, palpitations, or an unusually slow or irregular pulse
- Muscle weakness, tingling or a slow heartbeat — possible high potassium
- No thrill or buzz felt over the fistula, or a cold, painful hand on that side
- Bleeding from the access site that does not stop with pressure
- Fever, or cloudy PD fluid in a peritoneal dialysis patient
High potassium can stop the heart and rarely gives much warning, which is why the potassium restriction is not negotiable even when the patient feels well. Any of the above goes to your nephrologist or the dialysis unit immediately.
Honest expectations
What the attendant 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.
Frequently asked
Kidney and dialysis care at home, answered.
Fewer admissions.
Fewer days off work.
Tell us the dialysis schedule and who is currently escorting. We assess free and put the right cover on the days that actually need it.