Joy Narayan stumbled upon geriatric caregiving quite by chance. 

When the 36-year-old first approached an employment agency in Bengaluru in 2017, he expected they’d stick him in housekeeping. Instead, they offered him a job in patient care. His first patient, a paralysed man in his 60s from Jayanagar, ended up teaching him everything he knows about caregiving. “He was my guru,” said Narayan. 

Over seven years and a dozen patients with different ailments, Narayan learnt on........

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