{"id":89642,"date":"2022-09-20T13:10:36","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T13:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/guides\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T06:44:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T06:44:51","slug":"guides","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/guides\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-careblocks-guide-hero alignfull wp-block-careblocks-guide-hero\n\t\t\t\thas-beige-50-background-color\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/editorial_guides_title_01.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-218827\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column 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class=\"sub-menu\">\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-90870\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-guides menu-item-90870\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/guides\/complete-guide-pet-care\/\">Hiring pet care<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-95682\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-95682\"><a>Aged Care<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu\">\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-95683\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-guides menu-item-95683\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/guides\/home-care\/\">Home care<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-89658\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-89658\"><a>Childcare Professionals<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu\">\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-89659\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-guides menu-item-89659\"><a 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menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-guides menu-item-94984\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/guides\/home-care-providers\/\">Home care providers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\t\t<\/nav>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading heading\" id=\"h-the-complete-guides-for-families-and-caregivers\">The complete guides for Families and Caregivers<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"block_5e2232c81b08c057aa0d883dfd5bdf02\" class=\"guide-list alignwide\">\n\t<div class=\"guide-list-inner\">\n\t\t<!-- Tab links -->\n\t\t<div class=\"guide-list-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<button id=\"families\" class=\"tablinks tabfamilies active\">For families<\/button>\n\t\t\t<button id=\"caregivers\" class=\"tablinks tabcaregivers \">For caregivers<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<!-- Families tab content -->\n\t\t<div class=\"tabcontent tabfamilies active\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"guide-list-item\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/guides\/complete-guide-pet-care\/\" target=\"_self\">Pet Care<\/a><\/h3><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .guide-list-item-content -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .guide-list-item-intro -->\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .guide-list-item -->\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"guide-list-item\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"guide-list-item-intro\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/editorial_guides_02.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"guide-list-item-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Guides to Aged Care<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Get in-depth information on your aged care options, including cost estimates and helpful tools.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul 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know to succeed as a childcare provider.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"guide-list-links\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/guides\/nanny-jobs-guide\/\" target=\"_self\">Nannies<\/a><\/h3><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/guides\/babysitter-jobs-guide\/\" target=\"_self\">Babysitters<\/a><\/h3><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .guide-list-item-content -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .guide-list-item-intro -->\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .guide-list-item -->\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"guide-list-item\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"guide-list-item-intro\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/editorial_guides_03.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"guide-list-item-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Guides for Pet Care Providers<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Everything you need to know to succeed as a dog walker or pet care provider.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"guide-list-links\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/guides\/pet-care-job-guide\/\" target=\"_self\">Pet Care<\/a><\/h3><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .guide-list-item-content -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .guide-list-item-intro -->\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .guide-list-item -->\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"guide-list-item\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"guide-list-item-intro\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/editorial_guides_02.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"guide-list-item-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Guides for Aged Care Providers<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>All the facts and information you need to thrive as a professional aged care provider.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"guide-list-links\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/guides\/home-care-providers\/\" target=\"_self\">Home Care Providers<\/a><\/h3><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .guide-list-item-content -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .guide-list-item-intro -->\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .guide-list-item 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