Find Qualified In-Home Care Providers

Use Carina

Carina is a care matching service for people who have state-paid home care services through Medicaid or OPI (Oregon Project Independence). The Oregon Home Care Commission supports this online service.

Carina helps people find qualified Homecare Workers, Personal Support Workers or Personal Care Attendants.
Carina also helps in-home care providers find work.

Get started with Carina If you plan to pay privately

Get started with Carina (for state-paid services)

If you get in-home services through Medicaid or OPI, the Carina website can quickly and easily match you with in-home care providers who meet your needs. Carina can help you find providers who offer routine, emergency and respite care.

Carina is an easy-to-use website where people looking for care can quickly and easily match with providers who meet their needs. Carina is an optional tool for all Medicaid and Oregon Project Independence (OPI) consumers. Carina partnered with the following to develop a tool to meet the needs of Medicaid and OPI consumers across Oregon:

Oregon Department of Human Services
Oregon Health Authority - Health Systems Division
Oregon Home Care Commission
Carewell SEIU 503
SEIU Local 503

In 2017, the Oregon Home Care Commission (OHCC) submitted our Workforce Development Strategic Plan which recommended technological efficiency and innovation with regards to how in-home consumers and providers could connect with one another for consistent employment and vital service needs being met.

In the 2019 collective bargaining agreement between the OHCC and SEIU Local 503 it was agreed upon to implement an updated consumer and provider registry through partnership with Carewell SEIU 503. This collaborative effort led to Carina.

About Carina

Carina Introduction Letter

Carina - free care matching service

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Join Carina - getting started

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Carina - Provider Flyer

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Note: Private pay consumers can't use Carina at this time.

Planning to pay privately?

If you plan to pay privately, we recommend you:

Interview potential providers in a place you feel safe and comfortable, with another person to help you.
Check references thoroughly and have the person you want to hire get a background check.
Have a notarized contract. It may cover things like:

Number of hours
How much will be paid per hour
Who is responsible for property damage
Who is allowed on the property
Meals
Communicating about your situation with others

Contact a bookkeeper, accountant or tax professional to help with payroll taxes.
Keep valuables locked in a safe.
Maintain a safe environment that is free from discrimination and harassment.

Resources for private-pay

These guides and templates can help you hire and manage your in-home workers. They are available in regular or large print.

What do I need?

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Finding the right worker

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Making a back-up plan

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Interview resource sheet

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Reference checks

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Worker warning signs

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Large print: What do I need?

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Large print: Finding the right worker

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Large print: Making a back-up plan

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Large print: Interview resource sheet

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Large print: Reference checks

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Large print: Worker warning signs

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Help wanted ad

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Job description

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Backup plan

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Emergency checklist

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Interview questions

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Large print: Help wanted ad

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Large print: Job description

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Large print: Initial evaluation

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Large print: Performance evaluation

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Large print: Backup plan

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Large print: Emergency checklist

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Multi-week schedule

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Weekly schedule

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Sign-in sheet

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Mileage log

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Cash record

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Large print: Weekly schedule

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Large print: Sign-in sheet

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Large print: Mileage log

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Large print: Cash record

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