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39% Chance of Automation

“Home Care Aide” will probably not be replaced by robots.

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Job Description

Provide routine individualized healthcare such as changing bandages and dressing wounds, and applying topical medications to the elderly, convalescents, or persons with disabilities at the patient's home or in a care facility. Monitor or report changes in health status. May also provide personal care such as bathing, dressing, and grooming of patient.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 31-1011.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 23,600.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 11.00
Currently, there are 814,300 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Home Health Aides”.

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Tasks for “Home Care Aide”

Perform a variety of duties as requested by client, such as obtaining household supplies or running errands.
Provide patients and families with emotional support and instruction in areas such as caring for infants, preparing healthy meals, living independently, or adapting to disability or illness.
Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets.
Check patients' pulse, temperature, and respiration.
Care for children who are disabled or who have sick or disabled parents.
Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager.
Entertain, converse with, or read aloud to patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert.
Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care.
Bathe patients.
Massage patients or apply preparations or treatments, such as liniment, alcohol rubs, or heat-lamp stimulation.
Accompany clients to doctors' offices or on other trips outside the home, providing transportation, assistance, and companionship.
Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, or automobiles and with dressing and grooming.
Administer prescribed oral medications, under the written direction of physician or as directed by home care nurse or aide, and ensure patients take their medicine.
Change dressings.
Direct patients in simple prescribed exercises or in the use of braces or artificial limbs.

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