We have a hired caregiver for my mom, and we live out of state. When the caregiver occasionally gets sick, we are always scrambling to try to find someone to cover for her. Are there services you can call for such situations? Similar to calling a babysitter? It would be with only same day, a day or several days notice at the most.
If your mother's caregivers are from a homecare agency, they are supposed to provide a fill-in aide if her regular is out sick or on vacation or taking time off. You should not have to "scramble" for anything if she uses a homecare agency. The agency charges big bucks for service and and part of that is a guarantee of available service. If she uses an agency and they don't come through, drop them like a bad habit.
You can check out a caregiver website like care.com and advertise for a per diem person. I have seen many ads like that on different caregiver websites.
Let us know what you find out.
It's the agency's job to "vet" their caregivers, but really most don't all that much.
I took many fill-in hours over the years for people I didn't know and never saw again. It's fine. It's the agency's job to supply these people.
Or they can hire a private one.