Dementia organisations like NMT and private attender agencies like Portea, Life Circle Elder Care and more, run few home-based care programs primarily in urban areas where paid attenders are available to support home-based care.

Few studies have also examined the effectiveness of community-based interventions for people with dementia and their families. Dias and colleagues (2008) conducted randomised controlled trials to examine the impact of a community-based intervention consisting of home care advisors on caregivers of people with dementia in Goa, India. The authors found that this intervention led to improvement in caregiver mental health (Dias et al., 2008).

References:

Dias, A., Dewey, M. E., D’Souza, J., Dhume, R., Motghare, D. D., Shaji, K. S., …& Patel, V. (2008). The Effectiveness of a Home Care Program for Supporting Caregivers of Persons with Dementia in Developing Countries: A Randomised Controlled Trial from Goa, India. PLoS ONE, 3(6), e2333. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002333