Lisa Riggs, Psy.D.

I often run into people looking for caregivers – for their children, senior parents, even their pets.  Care.com lets you search for babysitters, care for seniors, pet-sitters, and housekeepers/sitters by state.  You can search for special needs and tutors also. There is a small fee for background checks.  The people that I know who have used the site to find care for seniors and children have been impressed by the ease and choices they were given.  Since we live in a metropolitan area, there may be more referrals for our area, however, compared to other referral agencies this site compared favorably in cost and ease to other nanny services.

The site also offered helpful information related child and senior care.  Many adults are now caring for children and aging parents- finding caregivers and information on how to care for aging parents is an unexpected challenge.