Caregivers for elderly parents in JamaicaThe care you’d give your parent — from someone we vetted like family.

Companion care, live-in and live-out daily support, post-hospital recovery help, and respite (relief) care for family who are caregiving themselves. We match your parent with a verified caregiver based on the specific help they need and the parish they live in.

Yes — identically. Every elder-care caregiver clears the same four CareLink checks: a mandatory JCF Police Certificate, government ID matched against her face, references we personally call, and experience we confirm through those calls and a structured interview. The verified badge never appears until all four are complete.

CareLink arranges non-clinical caregiving — companionship, personal care, mobility support, meal preparation, medication reminders, and help with daily routines. Some of our caregivers hold clinical credentials such as PCA (Patient Care Assistant), HEART Allied Health training, or practical-nursing background; where a caregiver claims a credential, we verify the paperwork before it ever appears on her profile. For active medical treatment, we'll tell you honestly that you need a licensed nurse or facility.

Yes. Many families arranging elder care are in the diaspora. Everything is handled on WhatsApp, and you pay CareLink's fees in USD by PayPal, international transfer or remittance. For a placement, her wage is agreed with her and paid to her directly; for occasional bookings, we pay the caregiver in JMD. See our diaspora page for how families overseas coordinate care back home.

For elder care, patient care and special needs placements, yes. Our Registered Nurse reviews each candidate's training and experience claims as part of our vetting. CareLink places caregivers; we do not deliver nursing or medical services ourselves.

It depends on your parish and the help needed. We never rush a match — a caregiver only reaches you once she has cleared every check. Tell us what you need on WhatsApp and we'll be honest about timing rather than promise a date we can't keep.

A live-out caregiver is typically paid J$500–J$900 per hour, and a live-in caregiver J$80,000–J$180,000 per month, plus room and board, depending on how much hands-on care your parent needs. That pay goes to the caregiver. CareLink's one-time fee for finding and fully vetting her is J$25,000 for a full-time or live-in placement, or J$15,000 for recurring part-time care.

Live-in makes sense when your parent needs help at night — getting up to the bathroom, wandering, or a high risk of falls — or lives far from where caregivers can travel daily. Live-out suits a parent who needs help through the day but sleeps safely. Live-in costs more per month and needs a private room and agreed rest time; live-out gives you more flexibility on hours.

When dementia care is needed we look specifically for caregivers whose references confirm they have cared for someone with dementia, and we tell you honestly if we do not have one in your parish yet rather than send someone who has not done it before.

It depends on the role brief we agree with you, but a typical day covers help getting up, washing and dressing, breakfast and medication reminders, gentle movement or a walk, lunch, company and conversation, escort to appointments, light housekeeping connected to your parent's care, and help settling in the evening. Everything she is responsible for is written down before she starts.