Category Disclaimers

Care (respite help) · version 2026-11-10r5

• Care lists non-medical companion, homemaker and personal-assistance services only. Care does not provide, arrange or supervise medical, nursing, hospice or skilled-care services.
• Sellers may not administer medication, perform nursing tasks, diagnose, or hold out as a home-health agency unless separately licensed for it; such services are not offered on Care.
• Background-checked badges appear only where a consumer-report check (Checkr, with the seller's FCRA consent) returned clear. A Checkr check is a name-based criminal screen, not a state fingerprint (Live Scan) check. Anything else is unverified: interview and check references yourself.
• California: Care is a free directory. We take no fee from you or the companion, we do not set rates, and we do not employ, match, assign, schedule, train or supervise companions. You choose and hire the companion directly. Care is not the employer of the companion you hire. Depending on your arrangement, you may have employer responsibilities, including wage-and-hour rules (Cal. Labor Code 1450 et seq.), employment taxes and workers' compensation. For more information contact the Employment Development Department and the IRS. Every California companion must show an active Home Care Aide Registry number, which you can check at https://www.ccld.dss.ca.gov/carefacilitysearch/ (Health and Safety Code 1796.12).
• Care listings are not offered in Illinois, whose placement-agency licensing law (210 ILCS 55) reaches matching services.
• In an emergency call 911.