Home Caregiver & Home Nurse Services in Kathmandu: A Hiring Guide (2026)

Families searching for "home caregiver services" or "home health nurse" in Kathmandu are usually looking for one of two things: a live-in or live-out caregiver for an elderly or unwell family member, or a part-time home health aide for post-hospital recovery care. Nepal does not have a single centralised registry or licensing body for home caregivers the way it does for CTEVT-certified training — so the single most reliable signal of quality is whether the caregiver holds a real CTEVT-affiliated certification (or equivalent, such as CPD UK or SDC Canada dual-certified training), not just informal experience.

To be transparent about who is publishing this guide: Caregiver Academia is a CTEVT-affiliated training institute — we train caregivers to CTEVT, CPD UK, and SDC Canada standards, but we do not run a staffing or placement agency and do not directly supply caregivers to households. This guide is written to help families evaluate any caregiver's qualifications, whether or not that caregiver trained with us.

Ask for the caregiver's training certificate and confirm it references CTEVT (Nepal's Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training) or another recognised body — see our CTEVT Caregiver Certification guide (linked below) for what a genuine certificate should show. Ask specifically about their training in the tasks relevant to your situation: mobility and transfer assistance, medication reminders, wound or catheter care, dementia-specific communication, or post-surgical recovery support, since general caregiving training does not always cover every specialised need.

For live-in arrangements, clarify working hours, weekly rest day, and whether food and accommodation are provided as part of the arrangement or deducted from pay — the same transparency principle that applies to overseas contracts (see our Caregiver Salary Comparison guide) applies at home too. For part-time or hourly home health support, confirm whether the caregiver or agency carries any liability coverage, since this varies by provider and is not standardised in Nepal.

There is no official government wage rate for home caregiving specifically — pricing is set between the family and caregiver (or agency), so ranges vary widely. Based on general caregiver salary-survey data (see our Caregiver Salary in Nepal 2026 guide, linked below) rather than a fixed price list, live-in home care in Kathmandu typically runs from around NPR 20,000/month for a less experienced, uncertified helper up to NPR 60,000/month or more for an experienced, CTEVT-certified caregiver handling more complex medical needs. Hourly or part-time home health visits are priced separately and vary by provider.