Aurora, Illinois

Find and book an independent caregiver in Aurora

Karevos is a marketplace where Aurora families book credentialed caregivers directly and pay them directly. Whether you are in Stonebridge or out toward Fox Valley, the person who does the work sets her own price and keeps every dollar of it.

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How this works in Aurora

Aurora is not one place, it is several. Stonebridge, Fox Valley, and Near West Side each have their own rhythm, and a caregiver who lives near Stonebridge can reasonably take a morning visit over toward Near West Side. That is why Karevos shows caregivers the neighbourhood and roughly how far a visit is from their own home address, and never your street. Everything on this page applies across Aurora and the wider Chicagoland area.

Where in Aurora Karevos covers

Karevos does not carve Aurora into service territories. A caregiver decides for herself how far she is willing to travel from her own home address, so coverage follows where caregivers actually live rather than a map somebody drew.

Stonebridge: a caregiver living nearby can pick this up without crossing Aurora, which usually means she is on time and stays on time.
Fox Valley: your street stays private while the visit is open, and is released only to the caregiver you choose.
Near West Side: you can ask for a short meeting with up to three caregivers before you book anybody.
Just outside Aurora: caregivers living in the surrounding Chicagoland area see your visit too, because coverage follows where people live rather than a city boundary.
Repeat visits across Aurora: set a visit to recur and one bid covers the whole series, so the same caregiver keeps coming back.
Short notice in Aurora: a visit posted this morning can collect bids this afternoon. Nothing has to go through a coordinator first.
Cost across Aurora: there is no zone pricing and no travel surcharge. A caregiver decides what she charges and whether the trip is worth it to her.
Care circles in Aurora: inviting a sibling or a care manager to see what is happening is free, and there is no plan that makes it cost money later.
Meeting first in Aurora: you can ask up to three caregivers for a fifteen-minute conversation before you accept anybody's bid.
Notes after a Aurora visit: your caregiver can leave a short message in her own words. It is a note between the two of you, not a medical record.
Getting started in Aurora: posting takes about two minutes and you can take the posting down again at any point before you book.
Who turns up in Aurora: the caregiver who bid is the caregiver who comes. There is no pool and no substitution behind the scenes.
Rates around Aurora: every caregiver names her own, so what you are comparing is people rather than price tiers.
Tips in Aurora: entirely optional, and 100 percent of anything you leave goes to your caregiver.
Cancelling in Aurora: talk to your caregiver first. Most changes are a five-minute conversation rather than a policy question.
Records in Aurora: Karevos keeps no medical or care file on anybody. Notes are informal messages between you and your caregiver.

How it works for caregivers in Aurora

Your rate, your schedule, your credentials.

Join in a few minutes

Photo ID and a background check are the whole floor for working in Aurora. Both are yours, and neither is ever paywalled behind a subscription.

Choose your own work

Browse open visits across Aurora and the Chicagoland area, see the neighbourhood and roughly how far it is from home, and bid on the ones that fit.

Set your own hours

You post the availability you actually have. Nothing is offered to a Aurora family outside it, and nothing is ever double-booked on top of you.

Own your rate

One flat family-paid visit fee funds Karevos. Your hourly rate in Aurora is untouched by it, whatever it is.

How it works for families in Aurora

Four steps, and nothing costs anything until a visit is booked.

Describe the help you need

A weekday morning in Stonebridge, an overnight, a standing Thursday. Whatever it actually is, that is what you post.

Compare the bids

Caregivers around Aurora name their own price. You are comparing real people with real rates, not tiers on a price list somebody else wrote.

Have a short conversation

Before you accept anybody, you can ask for a 15-minute meeting. Most Aurora families say this is the part that makes the decision easy.

Confirm, then pay after the visit

Nothing is charged until the visit is complete. Your Aurora caregiver is paid directly, and you get an itemized receipt the same day.

What we do and do not do in Aurora

Every claim here is checkable. Karevos is where a Aurora family and an independent caregiver find each other and agree terms; it is not an agency, it employs nobody, and it provides no care itself.

The rate you see is hers

Karevos does not price care. A caregiver in Aurora names her own hourly rate and keeps all of it; the platform is funded by one flat $14.99 fee the family pays per completed visit.

Background checks come first

No Aurora caregiver can bid on anything until her check has come back. She buys it herself and it belongs to her, not to us.

You can see where every dollar went

Each Aurora receipt lists her amount, any add-ons you chose, the flat visit fee, and processing at cost, separately. Markup is $0.00 and the receipt says so.

Your address is yours until you book

Open Aurora visits carry a neighbourhood and an approximate distance only. The street is released when you confirm somebody, and access ends after the visit.

Arrival updates are an option, not a default

Some Aurora families want to know when a caregiver is a few minutes out. You can add that to a visit if you want it, and skip it if you do not.

Nothing recurring, ever

No membership, no minimum hours, no cancellation tier anywhere in Chicagoland. If you book nothing next month, you pay nothing next month.

Karevos is coming to Aurora

We are opening Aurora next. Leave your email and we will tell you the day it opens, and nothing else. We will not guess a date we do not have.

Caregivers in Aurora

Your price is yours. So is your schedule, your check, and the decision about every Aurora visit you do or do not bid on.

What this comes down to in Aurora

Care in Illinois is expensive enough without a markup on top of it. Karevos does not add one: the caregiver's rate is hers, the flat $14.99 visit fee is ours, card processing is passed through at cost, and every Aurora receipt shows those as three separate lines.

Common questions about care in Aurora

How and when do I pay?

Your card is authorised when you book and charged after the Aurora visit is complete. The receipt itemises every line separately: the caregiver amount, anything you added, the flat $14.99 visit fee, and card processing passed through at cost with no markup.

Who decides the schedule and the tasks in Aurora?

You and the caregiver do. Karevos never sets a schedule, assigns tasks, or directs how care is given anywhere in Chicagoland. You describe what you are looking for when you post the visit; she decides whether to bid and what to charge.

Can I keep booking the same caregiver?

Yes, and most families do. You can set a visit to repeat weekly, and one bid from a caregiver covers the whole series, so a Aurora family is not re-hiring somebody every week.

Is Karevos available in Aurora yet?

Not yet. We are opening city by city and Aurora is on the list. Leave your email on this page and we will write once, on the day it opens here. We are not going to guess a date we do not have.

I am a caregiver in Aurora. What does it cost me?

Nothing comes out of your rate. There is no commission and no mandatory fee of any kind for a Aurora caregiver; the platform is funded by a flat fee the family pays. You buy your own background check, you own it, and you set your own price on every bid.

How much does a caregiver cost in Aurora?

Each caregiver sets her own hourly rate, so the price you see is hers and not ours. When you post a visit in Aurora you say what you are offering, caregivers reply with their own rate and a short message, and you choose. Karevos adds one flat $14.99 visit fee per completed visit and nothing else, never a percentage of her rate.