What home nursing costs in Bangalore
Nobody in this market publishes a price list, and there is a real reason for that. What we can do is explain exactly what drives the number, so you can compare quotes properly instead of comparing headline figures.
The single thing that decides the price
Not the provider. The qualification level of the person who comes to your house. Home care in India is staffed at four levels, and they are not interchangeable — nor should they be priced as though they were.
| Level of staff | What they do | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Patient attendant | Personal care — bathing, feeding, moving, toileting, company. No clinical procedures. | Quoted after assessment |
| ANM nurse | Auxiliary Nurse Midwife. Basic monitoring and personal care with a clinical element. | Quoted after assessment |
| GNM nurse | General Nursing and Midwifery. The common choice for post-hospital recovery and ongoing procedures. | Quoted after assessment |
| BSc nurse | Degree-qualified nurse, generally for complex or unstable cases. | Quoted after assessment |
| Physiotherapy | Per session, at home. | Quoted after assessment |
| Baby carer / nanny | Practical care of a healthy baby or young child. Not a nurse — no clinical procedures. | Quoted after assessment |
| House maid | Cleaning, cooking, laundry and general household work. | Quoted after assessment |
| Hospital attender | Stays with an admitted patient in the ward, on a day or night shift. | Quoted after assessment |
When you compare quotes, compare like for like. Ask every provider to name the qualification level in the quote. A rate that undercuts everyone else usually means a less qualified person than the one you had in mind — which may be perfectly fine, as long as you chose it.
The second thing: how the hours are arranged
Shift pattern changes the cost as much as qualification does, and it is the part families most often get wrong on the first attempt — usually by booking 24-hour cover when a night shift would have done, or the reverse.
| Cover | Rate |
|---|---|
| 12-hour day shift | Quoted after assessment |
| 12-hour night shift | Quoted after assessment |
| 24-hour cover (two staff rotating) | Quoted after assessment |
| Live-in | Quoted after assessment |
| Per visit | Quoted after assessment |
What else moves the number
- The clinical tasks involved. Injections, catheter care, tube feeding and wound dressing all require a qualified nurse rather than an attendant.
- How disturbed the nights are. A patient who needs turning or toileting through the night is different work from one who sleeps.
- Mobility. A bedridden patient who has to be lifted needs more physical support, and sometimes two people.
- Your area, and the travel to it. It affects who can realistically cover a shift, particularly for early starts.
- How long the arrangement runs. Long-term care is planned differently from a two-week recovery.
Tell us the case and we will quote it properly
The quote will name the qualification level and the shift pattern, so you can hold it up against anyone else's.