Finding help - just 30 minutes at a time?

Thank you guys for your responses.

That's a tall order. Unless someone lives very close by, the travel back and forth three times a day may be a big deterrent. It's possible if you pay enough to make it worthwhile.

Let us see if we cannot figure out a way so you can have the best of both worlds.

1) Hire a caregiver in blocks of time, and understand that you do not have to pay for commute time, car expenses.
2) Hire a caregiver for the whole day, but send them out on errands for the hours you are not using them.
3) Have a caregiver come and stay for only 1/2 hour, but pay them for an entire shift.
4) Hire a caregiver to stay for 1/2 hour, then send the caregiver for english lessons the rest of the shift.

If you don’t want to go through an agency, you can try placing an ad on Craigslist or care.com. I see ads on Craigslist regularly.