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For Home Health Aides & CNAs · private duty

Care.com without the 20% cut and without strangers — verified families, recurring shifts, paid in 48 hours.

If you’ve worked Care.com or one of the gig-economy aide apps you know the math: families can ghost you, payment comes in cash or late, and the platform takes a cut nobody can quite explain. You’re the one risking your back and your time, and you’re the one losing the most when something goes wrong. CaraLoom is built differently. Every family is verified before they post — identity, payment method, care setting. You see the shift, the address, the rate, and the care plan before you accept. Funds are secured at booking and settle to your bank in 1–2 days after each shift.

Recurring shifts with the same family are the default, not a unicorn.

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Verified-settlement payouts HIPAA-ready (Vertex AI BAA) Identity + license verified
Transparent take

12 / 8 / 5 %

No agency markup. No insurance billing overhead unless you opt-in. No chasing checks.

Starter$0/mo12% per booking
Pro$49/mo8% per booking
Pro+$149/mo5% per booking

Funds settle to your bank 1–2 business days after the note is signed. Pro / Pro+ unlock instant payouts (1.5 % fee).

Why it pays

The economics, plainly.

Private-duty HHA/CNA hourly rates

$18–$32 in most US markets; $25–$45 in coastal-urban metros. Specialty premiums for dementia-trained, hospice, or pediatric care.

Illustrative range

Transparent take vs. Care.com

12% Starter / 8% Pro / 5% Pro+ — vs. ~20%+ on Care.com, plus their separate background-check fee on the family side you don’t see.

Recurring shifts = predictable hours

Families typically book a CNA for 3–5 shifts/week over 8–12 weeks — 100+ hours of predictable work from a single family.

Illustrative range

Free care guides · HHAs / CNAs

Verified, public-domain guides you can share with the families you visit.

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Curated from federal public-domain and accredited sources. CaraLoom is not the publisher — credit and accreditation belong to the original organization.

Pain → Solved

What we’ve heard from HHAs/CNAs leaving gig-economy apps. And what we’re doing about it.

Pain
How CaraLoom solves it
Anonymous strangers, family ghosting
Every family is identity- and payment-verified at signup.
“I’ll Venmo you” delays
Family pays the platform at booking — funds are secured before you walk in.
Care.com’s opaque cut
Transparent 12 / 8 / 5% flat take.
No background check on either side
Clinicians: Checkr criminal + identity + cert/license. Families: identity + payment method.
Slow / unreliable pay
1–2 day settlement (instant on Pro at 1.5% fee).
Surprise 1099 tax bill in April
Year-end 1099 summary exported from your dashboard; optional tax set-aside on the 2027 roadmap.
Honest answers

The questions a skeptical clinician asks first.

No marketing fluff. If CaraLoom doesn’t solve something, we say so.

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Your 8 % service rate locks in for life — even after we flip on subscription billing. No charge today. No credit card. We’ll email you the moment Pro goes live.

CaraLoom is a software marketplace — not a bank, escrow agent, or money transmitter. Funds are secured up-front through Stripe Connect and settle to the clinician once the visit is documented and verified.

CaraLoom is a marketplace — clinicians are independent licensed professionals, not employees. We verify and monitor licenses, though no screening is exhaustive. By booking, you agree to our Terms.

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The world's AI-powered home healthcare marketplace — bridging clinical rigor with human warmth.

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Serving families nationwide

HIPAA-ready End-to-end encrypted Background-checked

CaraLoom is a technology marketplace, not a direct care provider. Clinicians are independent licensed professionals. We verify identity and licenses at onboarding and monitor them on an ongoing basis; because no screening is exhaustive, use your judgment when choosing care. See our Trust & Safety page.

A marketplace, not a care provider

CaraLoom is a technology marketplace and care-coordination platform — not a healthcare provider, staffing agency, or employer of clinicians. Clinicians are independent, licensed professionals who run their own practices. Bookings, rates, and care plans are agreements made directly between families and clinicians.

Payments & settlement

CaraLoom is a software platform and not a bank, escrow agent, or money transmitter. We utilize third-party payment processors (Stripe and Stripe Connect) to facilitate direct clinician-to-family transactions based on verified service-delivery milestones. Funds are secured up-front at booking and scheduled for payout once the clinician signs the clinical visit log.

Profiles & verification

Profiles, reviews, and messages are created by our users. We verify each clinician's identity and license at onboarding and monitor license status on an ongoing basis. No screening is ever exhaustive, so we encourage families to interview clinicians and use their own judgment when choosing care. See what we check on our Trust & Safety page.

AI guidance

Cara and other AI features are informational and are not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please talk to your physician or another qualified provider about any medical question.

Emergencies

If you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911.

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