CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (October 6, 2016)—CareLinx, an online caregiver marketplace, today announced it is partnering with CareAcademy.com, an online learning service for in-home caregivers, to provide professional courses and certification for 150,000 caregivers who are on the CareLinx platform. The partnership establishes a resource destination to enhance caregivers’ ability to improve homecare and quality of life for seniors.
Together, CareLinx and CareAcademy are helping caregivers expand their expertise in capabilities in caring for seniors. Health care professionals, including graduates of Harvard Education School and Harvard Medical School meticulously designed CareAcademy’s course offerings to help caregivers better address scenarios they’ll commonly face. For example, an abstract from the Institute for Aging Research at Harvard Medical School showed the effectiveness of the courses for fall prevention in the home. The partnership will ensure that families coming to CareLinx will have access to a large pool of highly qualified caregivers for their loved ones.
“At CareLinx we strive to make hiring a trusted, experienced caregiver as simple as possible for families,” said Sherwin Sheik, founder of CareLinx. “Through our partnership with CareAcademy, caregivers in the CareLinx network will have access to professional development that enables them to provide better care while also gaining the strong credentials they need to further their careers.
Caregivers registered on CareLinx can access courses on a range of topics, from interviewing skills and preventing falls, to maintaining a safe and healthy home environment. Course offerings include “Communicating with Older Adults,” “Preventing Elder Abuse and Neglect,” and “Safely Transferring Clients.” Once caregivers have successfully completed a course, CareLinx will add the new credentials to their online profile for families to review, enabling those families to make informed choices about potential caregivers.
“Caregiving can be challenging if caregivers are not equipped with the practical skills and knowledge needed to provide the best and safest care, which is why CareAcademy is excited to partner with CareLinx,” said Helen Adeosun, CEO and co-founder, CareAcademy. “Our mission is to professionalize caregiving so that caregivers can develop more stable and secure careers and families feel more confident that they can find reliable, knowledgeable people to care for their loved ones. Working with CareLinx enables us to further that mission with thousands of caregivers.”
Caregivers, especially those who provide around-the-clock care, often do not have time to enroll in career-advancing classes. The partnership makes courses more accessible for caregivers by making them available online for caregivers to take at their own pace and on any device. CareAcademy’s classes are taught by world-class experts, and caregivers on the CareLinx platform across the nation can rely on its online training classes to continue their lifelong education of essential caregiving skills.
Visit careacademy.com and carelinx.com for more information.
