• Bathing and showering (asking students to help with these tasks may result in a $1,000 fine)
• Catheter (any)
• Tracheostomy
• Colostomy or ostomy bag
• Injections
• IV
• Lift devices (e.g. Hoyer lift)
• Nutritional or oxygen tubes
• Medication administration (students CAN help with medication reminders)
• Wound care

CareYaya is the most trusted name for physicians, nurses, and social workers to refer for family care. Most families are introduced to CareYaya by partner physicians at top health systems like Duke, Johns Hopkins, and Stanford.

CareYaya is able to provide its high-quality, free services thanks to the support and funding from leading healthcare organizations including Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Atrium Health.

CareYaya accepts approximately 20% of caregivers who apply to join the platform. All applicants must pass background checks and interviews. We are selective in our process and work hard to ensure that every caregiver is providing an amazing experience.

In addition, CareYaya offers a robust ratings and reviews system to continually monitor caregiver quality after each care session.

Finally, CareYaya isn't a home care agency; it is a registry. Because of that, CareYaya's vetting and selection process allows for a much higher standard of quality that would otherwise never be possible: high-achieving pre-health students at top universities.

After you complete the sign up form (careyaya.org/get) and CareYaya verifies your account, you will be able to submit care requests on our platform. In these care requests, you will provide information about the date and time when care is needed as well as the type of help required. 

Once student caregivers accept your request, you will be matched with the best fit for each session. 

As you book more and find caregivers that work well with your family, you can choose to limit requests to your preferred caregivers. 

Typically, caregivers prefer sessions of 4-6+ hours; the longer the better in order to make their drive worthwhile. Sessions that are 6-8+ hours are much more likely to get accepted by a caregiver!