I am an 84-year-old woman looking for a live-in carer to provide me with support and companionship. I have four very supportive children with whom you will be working closely, ten grandchildren, and a wide social network locally. I am fully mentally capable (I greatly enjoy playing Scrabble and regularly beat my children at this) and have enough mobility, for now, to get up and downstairs for instance. I am therefore able to look after most of my day to day needs myself - you will mostly be helping me by preparing one or two meals a day, doing the shopping, cleaning the house, going for short walks and local trips (car driver helpful but not essential), and keeping me company. Relevant experience (though need not be elderly care) highly desirable. Excellent references/DBS check ESSENTIAL. If you do other work from home this could potentially be something you could keep up. Your salary would be £2,500 gross per month (approx £1,900 after taxes). The start date is 12 April and I would ideally like someone intending to stay for a year or more.