CareAcademy
CareAcademy is a cloud-based compliance training and workforce enablement platform for home care, home health, hospice, and senior living providers, serving 16,000+ post-acute care organizations across North America since its 2025 acquisition by Activated Insights.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2016
- HeadquartersCambridge, United States
- Headcount51–100
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What CareAcademy does
CareAcademy, founded in 2016 in Boston by Helen Adeosun, is a cloud-based learning management system purpose-built for the direct care workforce in home care, home health, hospice, and senior living. The platform delivers 550+ classes covering state and federal compliance, HHA certification, dementia care, ANCC-accredited nurse CEUs, SNF training, and soft skills, wrapped around a state-aware compliance automation engine that auto-assigns required courses, sends reminders, and generates audit-ready reports. In November 2025, CareAcademy was acquired by Activated Insights, a Cressey & Company-backed healthcare data and benchmarking firm; the combined platform serves more than 16,000 post-acute care providers across North America, with a roadmap to evolve into an AI-powered workforce enablement suite.
CareAcademy monetizes primarily through per-seat SaaS subscriptions to home care agencies and senior living operators, supplemented by per-member-per-month pricing for payor and health plan customers, franchise vendor-of-choice partnerships, and enterprise field sales to large multi-location networks. The company distributes through a layered GTM motion combining a demo-led inside sales process, a 14-day self-serve product-led free trial, an OEM/embedded integration with home care software platforms (notably WellSky Personal Care and AxisCare), and a Public API for third-party integrations. CareSync by CareAcademy, launched in 2025, extends the product into cross-employer caregiver verification and onboarding, anchored by the first-of-its-kind Shared Training History capability that allows caregivers to carry verified credentials across employers.
The company's customer base spans named enterprise logos (Visiting Angels, Comfort Keepers, Aveanna, Help at Home, VNS Health) and a long tail of mid-market and SMB agencies, with 800,000+ caregivers trained and 5.5 million courses completed platform-wide. Strategic differentiators include the state-by-state regulatory curriculum, the proprietary C.A.R.E.S. content framework, the CAREer Path Initiative with Southern New Hampshire University for college credit, and a deep G2-rated Healthcare LMS presence. The November 2025 acquisition by Activated Insights marks a pivot from independent vertical SaaS to a PE-backed workforce intelligence platform.
CareAcademy firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- CareAcademy
- Legal name
- CareAcademy.com, Inc.
- Website
- https://careacademy.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2016
- Operating status
- Acquired
- Headcount range
- 51–100 employees
- Short description
- CareAcademy is a cloud-based compliance training and workforce enablement platform for home care, home health, hospice, and senior living providers, serving 16,000+ post-acute care organizations across North America since its 2025 acquisition by Activated Insights.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
CareAcademy industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Healthcare Learning Management Systems
- NAICS
- Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Social Assistance (624), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)
- SIC
- Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Caregiver Support, Coaching & Training (HLADALAG)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Family Caregiver Coaching, Education & Support (HSABAIAI), Family Caregiver Support, Training & Coaching (HLADAGAK), Self-Directed/Consumer-Directed Caregiver Enrollment & Payroll Support (HSABAMAI), Care Management & Coordination Platforms (case/disease management workflows) (HLACAHAD)
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Where CareAcademy is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Cambridge
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
CareAcademy business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Per-Seat Subscription (Caregiver Training Plans): Recurring SaaS subscription with tiered plans (referenced as 'All plans', 'Complete', 'Advanced & Complete'). All plans include 25 seats for caregivers with additional seats available for purchase; plans differ by content access (HHA, ANCC, Nursing Clinical Skills, Specialized Certifications, SNF training). Includes 14-day free trial and self-serve sign-up.
- Payor / Health Plan Subscription (Per Member Per Month): Convenient per member / per month (PM/PM) pricing model for health plans and payors; subscribers get access to the family caregiver training library through the member website with 7-day-a-week English and Spanish support.
- Franchise Partnership Programs: Vendor-of-choice, discounted-rate, or hybrid partnership pricing for franchise brands; includes custom landing pages, marketing assets, enterprise dashboards, and roll-out/onboarding support across multi-location networks.
- Custom Content Upload (Complete Plan Add-On): Premium tier capability on the Complete plan that lets agencies upload proprietary training content and configure custom education tracks — supports land-and-expand upsell from base subscription.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Per seat | Annual | Tiered subscription plans (All plans / Complete / Advanced & Complete) including 25 caregiver seats; pricing quote-based. |
| Usage-based | Monthly | Per Member Per Month (PM/PM) pricing for health plans and payors. |
| Freemium | Pay-as-you-go | 14-day free trial (self-serve, no credit card). |
Go-to-market motion5 records
Distribution channels6 records
Marketing channels11 records
CareAcademy product offering
Product offeringCore offering
CareAcademy operates a cloud-based Learning Management System purpose-built for post-acute care organizations, delivering automated state and federal caregiver training, compliance tracking, and workforce enablement. The platform offers 550+ mobile-first classes covering home care, home health, hospice, and senior living, plus the CareSync ecosystem with Shared Training History and a Public API for integration with home care management systems. CareAcademy was acquired by Activated Insights (Cressey & Company-backed) in November 2025 and continues to operate under the CareAcademy brand.
Product overview
CareAcademy operates a single platform-plus-modules architecture anchored on the CareAcademy Platform (a compliance automation and training management system for post-acute care organizations) and extends it through several named sub-products. CareSync by CareAcademy is a unified ecosystem for finding, verifying, and onboarding direct care workers across employers, which includes the Shared Training History capability. Training is delivered through a catalog of 550+ classes organized into named sub-products including HHA Training / HHA Certification Program, Nurse Education - ANCC, Nursing Clinical Skills, SNF Training, Specialized Certifications, Hospice Training, Senior Living Staff Training, the People Skills / Soft Skills library, the Self-Serve Video Library, the Recruitment/Onboarding/Retention Library, the Spanish Translated Experience, Administrator Training CEUs, and the Dementia Care Certification (Teepa Snow PAC). The CAREer Path Initiative adds college-credit-bearing training via Southern New Hampshire University. The CareAcademy Public API exposes training, compliance, and onboarding functionality to partner platforms. CareAcademy integrates natively with WellSky Personal Care (formerly ClearCare) and AxisCare.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- CareSync by CareAcademy: A unified ecosystem to find, verify, and onboard direct care workers across employers; part of CareAcademy's product vision for a connected, credentialed, and elevated direct care workforce.
Products and services
- CareAcademy Platform Core SaaS training and workforce management platform that automates caregiver compliance tracking, delivers audit-ready reporting, streamlines onboarding, and provides role-based course assignment with real-time analytics for post-acute care organizations.
- CareSync by CareAcademy Unified ecosystem to find, verify, and onboard direct care workers across employers, combining Shared Training History with a broader vision for a connected, credentialed direct care workforce to cut hiring costs and reduce onboarding time.
- CareAcademy Public API Public REST API that allows third-party platforms to integrate CareAcademy's training, compliance, and onboarding features directly into their own software stacks, enabling seamless data flow with home care management systems.
- Shared Training History First-in-industry capability that lets employers view and apply a caregiver's CareAcademy training completions from any other current or past employer organization, with automatic matching via name, email, or phone and one-click waiver of redundant classes.
- HHA Training / HHA Certification Program Training, certification, and onboarding program for Home Health Aides covering the federal 75-hour minimum plus state-specific requirements, with completions convertible into college credits via the CAREer Path Initiative.
- Nurse Education - ANCC (Wild Iris Training) Accredited continuing education for licensed nurses providing clinical CEUs aligned to ANCC standards via Wild Iris Medical Education, included in Advanced and Complete plans.
- SNF Training Training tailored for skilled nursing facility staff covering regulatory, clinical, and operational competencies required in SNF settings.
- Hospice Training CMS-aligned hospice training that combines foundational knowledge with hospice-specific clinical, regulatory, and end-of-life care skills for caregivers serving terminally ill patients.
- Dementia Care Certification (Teepa Snow PAC) Competency-based dementia care certification recognized by the Alzheimer's Association, covering the science of dementia, communication strategies, agitation management, ADL assistance, and end-of-life dementia care.
- CAREer Path Initiative Higher-education pathway with Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) that converts a 20-class CareAcademy bundle into college credit toward a degree at a NECHE-accredited institution via Prior Learning Assessment, supporting caregiver recruitment, retention, and upskilling.
- Senior Living Staff Training Training solutions for assisted living and senior living facilities covering clinical and non-clinical roles, including dementia care, ANCC continuing education, SNF training, and state-mandated regulatory compliance.
- CareAcademy Franchise Program Dedicated franchise partnership program with vendor-of-choice, discounted-rate, or hybrid partnership pricing for franchise brands, including custom landing pages, marketing assets, enterprise dashboards, and roll-out support for multi-location brands.
- Payor / Health Plan Family Caregiver Training Enterprise family caregiver training library offered to health plans and payors under a per-member per-month (PM/PM) pricing model with member website integration, English and Spanish 7-day-a-week support, and outcomes data for value-based care.
Quantifiable outcome
- 95% of admin time saved on training-related tasks
- +6 more outcomes
Companies that use CareAcademy
Customer profileNamed customers19 records
Segments8 records
Ideal customer profiles6 records
CareAcademy technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration3 records
Feature8 records
CareAcademy partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core, strategic and minor.
- Activated Insights (Cressey & Company-backed)flagshipActivated Insights, a healthcare data and benchmarking firm backed by private equity firm Cressey & Company, acquired CareAcademy in November 2025. The deal combined the industry's leading caregiver training and analytics platforms into one workforce enablement platform serving over 16,000 providers across North America, with plans to evolve CareAcademy into an AI-powered workforce enablement suite.
- CareConnectcoreCareAcademy and CareConnect partnered to focus heavily on the home care workforce in New York. Announced August 19, 2025.
- Wisconsin Assisted Living Association (WALA)coreStrategic partnership announced July 22, 2025 bringing exclusive discounts and workforce development opportunities to WALA, Wisconsin's largest assisted living network.
- AxisCarecoreAxisCare, a home care agency management software provider, co-published a guide with CareAcademy on EVV compliance strategies, technology, and training — positioning CareAcademy as the recommended online training platform for AxisCare customers.
- Kaiser Permanente Washington (Center for Community Health & Evaluation)coreInnovative research initiative announced May 6, 2025 between CareAcademy and Kaiser Permanente Washington's Center for Community Health & Evaluation to evaluate the impact of caregiver training on health outcomes.
- NextStepstrategicCareAcademy completed a strategic asset acquisition of NextStep, a digital healthcare training platform for nursing assistants. The deal brought NextStep's video content and learning management technology into CareAcademy to strengthen its position in nursing assistant certification and address U.S. healthcare workforce shortages. Integration of the acquired solutions was planned for later in 2023.
- Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU)coreStrategic higher-education partnership powering the CAREer Path Initiative. Caregivers who complete a 20-class bundle within the CareAcademy platform can earn college credit through SNHU via Prior Learning Assessment (PLA). SNHU is a NECHE-accredited nonprofit university. Partners also enable federal HHA certification pathways for credit.
- Home Helpers Home CarecoreHome Helpers Home Care chose CareAcademy as its Preferred Training Provider in August 2019 — endorsement that drives CareAcademy adoption across Home Helpers' franchisee network.
- Home Care Aide Council of MassachusettsminorMassachusetts industry association endorsement of CareAcademy as the fastest-growing mobile-based caregiver training provider, announced July 31, 2019.
- ClearCare (now WellSky Personal Care)coreClearCare selected CareAcademy as its preferred training and workflow partner in April 2019, integrating caregiver training into the ClearCare home care operating platform.
- Phoenix Home Care & HospiceminorPhoenix Home Care & Hospice endorsed CareAcademy in March 2019 and rolled it out across all locations as their mobile-friendly caregiver training platform.
- WellSky (Personal Care)flagshipWellSky Personal Care integration embeds CareAcademy into the WellSky caregiver management workflow. Admins can activate caregivers, assign CareAcademy training, view status, and view training summaries directly from the WellSky UI; caregiver applications are converted into the WellSky system with prompts to activate CareAcademy access.
Scale indicators12 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights7 records
CareAcademy competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Relias: Relias is the largest healthcare-focused LMS and workforce enablement platform, serving hospitals, home health, hospice, and senior living providers with compliance training, analytics, and competency assessments. It is the most direct competitor to CareAcademy in caregiver training and competes on enterprise breadth and catalog depth.
- HealthStream: HealthStream is a publicly traded healthcare workforce development platform used by hospitals and health systems for compliance, clinical education, and credentialing. While primarily acute-care focused, it competes with CareAcademy for post-acute and senior living training budgets.
- HealthcareSource (symplr): HealthcareSource, now part of symplr, offers talent management and learning solutions purpose-built for healthcare, including compliance and onboarding training. It overlaps with CareAcademy in healthcare LMS and competes for mid-market and enterprise health system training dollars.
Broad incumbents
- Cornerstone OnDemand: Cornerstone OnDemand is a broad enterprise learning and talent management suite used across industries, including healthcare. It competes with CareAcademy in larger, multi-vertical healthcare organizations looking for an all-in-one HCM+LMS platform rather than a specialized caregiver solution.
- Docebo: Docebo is an enterprise AI-driven LMS serving mid-market and enterprise customers globally. It overlaps with CareAcademy as a general-purpose learning platform but is not healthcare-specialized and tends to compete where buyers consolidate on a single multi-use LMS.
- Litmos: Litmos is a SaaS LMS for sales, compliance, and customer training used by mid-market and enterprise customers. It competes with CareAcademy in the broader LMS market, particularly when healthcare-adjacent buyers prioritize cross-functional training use cases over healthcare specialization.
Emerging players
- Thought Industries: Thought Industries is an extended enterprise LMS focused on customer, partner, and external training use cases with strong monetization features. It overlaps with CareAcademy's external learning motion (payors, franchisees, families) but is not healthcare-specialized.
- EdApp (by SafetyCulture): EdApp is a mobile-first microlearning LMS used by frontline workforces, including in healthcare and home care. It overlaps with CareAcademy on mobile-first caregiver training delivery and competes for SMB and mid-market agency deals on ease-of-use and price.
- TalentLMS: TalentLMS is a cloud LMS aimed at small and mid-sized businesses with simple compliance training needs. It competes with CareAcademy on the SMB end of the caregiver training market where buyers prioritize low price and quick deployment over healthcare-specific compliance depth.
Regional players
- Kallidus (Learn Apprentices): Kallidus is a UK-headquartered learning and talent management suite serving European enterprises. It does not directly compete with CareAcademy in the U.S. market but operates in a similar LMS category and could be a relevant peer if CareAcademy expands internationally.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks7 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
CareAcademy social profiles
Digital presenceCareAcademy compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance4 records
CareAcademy financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
CareAcademy leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles9 records
CareAcademy subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries1 record
CareAcademy funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds14 records
Investors26 records
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
CareAcademy M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A1 record
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about CareAcademy
What does CareAcademy do?
CareAcademy operates a cloud-based Learning Management System purpose-built for post-acute care organizations, delivering automated state and federal caregiver training, compliance tracking, and workforce enablement. The platform offers 550+ mobile-first classes covering home care, home health, hospice, and senior living, plus the CareSync ecosystem with Shared Training History and a Public API for integration with home care management systems. CareAcademy was acquired by Activated Insights (Cressey & Company-backed) in November 2025 and continues to operate under the CareAcademy brand.
Is CareAcademy a public or private company?
CareAcademy is a private company. It is classified as private equity controlled and is currently acquired.
When was CareAcademy founded?
CareAcademy was founded in 2016. It employs 51 to 100 people.
Where is CareAcademy based?
CareAcademy is headquartered in Cambridge, United States, in the North America region.
How does CareAcademy make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Per-Seat Subscription (Caregiver Training Plans) is the primary driver. The others are payor / Health Plan Subscription (Per Member Per Month), franchise Partnership Programs and custom Content Upload (Complete Plan Add-On).
Who are CareAcademy's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Relias, HealthStream and HealthcareSource (symplr). Broad incumbents are Cornerstone OnDemand, Docebo and Litmos. Emerging players are Thought Industries, EdApp (by SafetyCulture) and TalentLMS. Kallidus (Learn Apprentices) is listed as a regional player.
Does CareAcademy have an API?
Yes. CareAcademy Public API allows partners to integrate CareAcademy's training, compliance, and onboarding features directly into their own platforms. The API is listed as a top-level product offering alongside the Platform Overview and CareSync, enabling third-party platforms to embed CareAcademy functionality. Developer documentation is at careacademy.com/api.
What industry is CareAcademy in?
CareAcademy's product category is Healthcare Learning Management Systems. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HLADALAG, Caregiver Support, Coaching & Training, with a secondary code of HSABAIAI, Family Caregiver Coaching, Education & Support. Its NAICS code is 624120 and its SIC code is 7372.