Roenea Dixon-Dean, 67, was looking for a way to fill her time after her husband died. Rosaria Infantino, 88, also a widow, needed someone to take her grocery shopping, to the doctor and on other ...

More than 34 million family members and friends in the United States provide care to older adults, according to the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP. Caregiving covers a wide gamut of ...

Papa CEO and Founder Andrew Parker first came up with the idea for his company from his own experience. His grandfather, who he endearingly called Papa, needed companionship. “I thought, what if Papa ...

Senior care franchises offer a rewarding opportunity to provide essential services, such as companionship, care, and medication management, for a significantly increasing aging population while ...

Papa got its start offering assistance and socialization for older adults and is now expanding into virtual clinical care services for its members. Now the three-year-old startup is expanding into ...

Our need to be social starts at birth. In today's Academic Minute, the University of Notre Dame's Darcia Narvaez informs us that receiving companionship as an infant can lead to emotional well-being ...