In a scheme quite unique in India, members of the Bangalore Hospice Trust (BHT), decided to take up the not-so-popular cause of caring for the terminally ill from within the family. This is how was born the idea of the Home-Care Service.

Experienced and trained teams of Staff Nurse cum family counsellor look after the medical needs of patients and counsel their families. They also train families to look after the basic needs of the patients like changing of clothes and bed linen, prevention of pressure sores, sponging, administration of palliative drugs etc., until a peaceful end. Upto 1st August 2008, this service has cared for just over 2,035 patients of whom 1,975 have died.