Dementia Care Specialist

EzyHelpers; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 201,000 - 335,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Festival bonus

Annual leave

Private boarding and meals for live-in

Weekly paid off with relief caregiver

Monthly clinical supervision with geri

Job summary

EzyHelpers is seeking a Dementia Care Specialist to provide dedicated care for dementia and Alzheimer’s patients in Bengaluru. You will undergo a 60-hour dementia-specific training in addition to your caregiver foundation, with smaller caseloads and longer placements to ensure continuity.

Responsibilities include using validation therapy, quiet management of sundowning and wandering, and daily logs, with higher pay reflecting the emphasis on continuity and specialist training.

Qualifications

• At least 12 months of caregiver experience.
• Exceptional patience—willingness to answer the same question warmly.
• Completion of our 120-hour dementia training (provided, paid).
• Comfort with disturbed sleep schedules (sundowning, night wakings).
• Strong references from previous placements.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialized care using validation techniques with dementia patients.
• Follow strict daily routines and maintain consistent schedules.
• Manage agitation with redirection and calm communication.
• Ensure patient safety and dignity during personal care and feeding.
• Maintain detailed daily care logs and collaborate with care managers and neurologists.

Skills

Caregiver experience

Patience

Dementia training

Education

120-hour dementia training

Job description

Specialist Care Full-time Specialist caregiving

Dementia Care Specialist

Specialised caregiver for dementia and Alzheimer’s patients. Continuity, validation, kindness. 120-hour paid training, smaller caseload, longer placements, and higher pay.

Bangalore (match-prioritised for language and household culture)

1,000+ families served We review every application Mutual fit response within 2 weeks

About the role

Dementia care is its own discipline. The same question asked twenty times in an afternoon. The agitation that rises like clockwork at 5 PM. The wandering at 2 AM. The face of a daughter no longer recognised. None of it can be fixed — but a great deal of it can be softened, with the right person and the right training. Dementia Care Specialists complete an additional 60 hours of training in dementia communication, sundowning management, wandering prevention and family coaching, on top of the elder-care or live-in foundation. You will be placed only with dementia and Alzheimer’s patients, with smaller caseloads and longer placements. Pay is higher because continuity matters more in this work than in any other.

What you'll do

• Use validation therapy — meet the patient where they are, don’t correct facts.
• Apply redirection techniques during agitation (change room / activity / topic).
• Hold a strict daily routine, with the same timing every day.
• Manage sundowning with morning sunlight and low-stimulation evenings.
• Wandering prevention — environmental safety, gentle observation, never restraint.
• Personal hygiene with dignity-first prompts (avoid shame triggers).
• Feeding with swallowing awareness in advanced cases.
• Family coaching — what to say, what not to say, why episodes happen.
• Detailed daily logs of sleep, mood, agitation episodes, eating, medications.
• Bi-weekly review with our care manager + neurologist input where relevant.
• Never raise your voice; never argue; never restrain physically or chemically.

What we're looking for

Skills and experience required

• At least 12 months of caregiver experience.
• Exceptional patience — willingness to answer the same question 20 times warmly.
• Completion of our 120-hour dementia training (provided, paid).
• Comfort with disturbed sleep schedules (sundowning, night wakings).
• Strong references from previous placements.

Nice to have

Bonus points if you have these

• Prior experience with dementia or psychiatric patients.
• Familiarity with Lewy body / Parkinson’s dementia.
• Comfort with multi-language households (older patients often slip back to their first language).

Shift options

• 12-hour night shift.
• 24×7 live-in (preferred for continuity).
• Higher tier base salary than general caregiving.
• Live-in placements include private boarding and food.
• Weekly off paid with a trained relief caregiver.
• Festival bonus + annual leave.
• Monthly clinical supervision session with a geriatric care nurse.

What we invest in you

• 120-hour specialised dementia training programme, paid (stipend ₹8,000–10,000).
• Smaller caseload (typically one long placement at a time).
• Dedicated supervisor visits weekly during the first month.
• Continuity-first scheduling so the same patient sees you, every day.
• Year 1 · Dementia Care Specialist — long placements, strong continuity.
• Year 3+ · Trainer (Dementia track) — train new specialists and coach families.