desperately seeking carer for my mum

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Anyone got any recommendations. Not agencies.

Have you tried posting in your mumsnet local ?? - see all topics link above left & scroll down, you'll likely get a better response as it will be local to you, as opposed to country wide, which this is

When we were looking for a carer we put an ad in the local newsagents. Ensures you get someone very local if it's only for a few hours, and split into short shifts as it was in our case.

Gumtree is good, too!