Occupations/31-1121.00
Home Health Aides
Monitor the health status of an individual with disabilities or illness, and address their health-related needs, such as changing bandages, dressing wounds, or administering medication. Work is performed under the direction of offsite or intermittent onsite licensed nursing staff. Provide assistance with routine healthcare tasks or activities of daily living, such as feeding, bathing, toileting, or ambulation. May also help with tasks such as preparing meals, doing light housekeeping, and doing laundry depending on the patient's abilities.
Usually a high school diploma, plus some experience or short training.
AI automation risk
34%
More resilient
Human characteristics
58%
Balanced human and task mix
Task orientation
52%
Mixed exposure
A day in this job
- Mostly human
Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager.
- Mostly human
Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care.
- Mostly human
Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets.
The tasks we can read here lean on people, judgment, or hands-on work. The AI risk number is still this job’s rank against other occupations.
Core tasks
- 01Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager.
- 02Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, or automobiles and with dressing and grooming.
- 03Bathe patients.
- 04Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care.
- 05Entertain, converse with, or read aloud to patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert.
- 06Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets.
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks2.81
- Degree of automation1.79
- Time sitting2.22
- Originality (ability)2.75
- Conflict situations2.82
- Hands-on objects/tools3.05
- Outdoors / weather1.27
- Disease exposure3.52
- Decision freedom3.47
Top abilities
- Oral Expression3.88
- Problem Sensitivity3.75
- Oral Comprehension3.75
- Near Vision3.50
- Inductive Reasoning3.38
- Speech Recognition3.25
- Speech Clarity3.25
- Information Ordering3.25
Essential skills
- Reading Comprehension3.25
- Active Listening3.75
- Writing3.12
- Speaking3.12
- Mathematics2.25
- Science1.62
- Critical Thinking3.38
- Active Learning3.00
- Learning Strategies3.00
- Monitoring3.25
CIP matches
Schools offering related programs
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Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.
| Institution | Program | Tuition | Admit | Grad 6-yr | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
University of Minnesota-Rochester Rochester, MN · Public | Home Health Aide/Home Attendant 51.2602 | $14,200 | 72% | 73% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Certificate · CIP 51.26 |
Saint Paul College St. Paul, MN · Public | Home Health Aide/Home Attendant 51.2602 | $6,100 | 100% | 29% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Certificate · CIP 51.26 |
Rochester Community and Technical College Rochester, MN · Public | Home Health Aide/Home Attendant 51.2602 | $6,200 | 100% | 33% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Not reported |
Ridgewater College Willmar, MN · Public | Home Health Aide/Home Attendant 51.2602 | $6,100 | 100% | 36% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Not reported |
Minnesota West Community and Technical College Granite Falls, MN · Public | Home Health Aide/Home Attendant 51.2602 | $6,000 | 100% | 37% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Not reported |
North Hennepin Community College Brooklyn Park, MN · Public | Home Health Aide/Home Attendant 51.2602 | $5,900 | 100% | 31% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Not reported |
University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN · Public | Home Health Aide/Home Attendant 51.2602 | $13,400 | 68% | 73% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Not reported |
Anoka Technical College Anoka, MN · Public | Home Health Aide/Home Attendant 51.2602 | $6,300 | 100% | 48% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Not reported |
Lake Superior College Duluth, MN · Public | Home Health Aide/Home Attendant 51.2602 | $5,900 | 100% | 38% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Not reported |
Columbus State Community College Columbus, OH · Public | Home Health Aide/Home Attendant 51.2602 | $4,800 | 100% | 25% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Not reported |
Macomb Community College Warren, MI · Public | Home Health Aide/Home Attendant 51.2602 | $4,200 | 100% | 22% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Not reported |
Concordia University-Saint Paul St. Paul, MN · Private nonprofit | Home Health Aide/Home Attendant 51.2602 | $25,000 | 69% | 55% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Not reported |