Healthcare
Personal Care Aides
Provide personalized assistance to individuals with disabilities or illness who require help with personal care and activities of daily living support (e.g., feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, and ambulation). May also provide help with tasks such as preparing meals, doing light housekeeping, and doing laundry. Work is performed in various settings depending on the needs of the care recipient and may include locations such as their home, place of work, out in the community, or at a daytime nonresidential facility.
Median salary
$34,900
Typical range
$26k – $44k
Job outlook
+17% (much faster than average)
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Education
Typical entry: No degree required
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Junior Personal Care Aides
Entry / Junior
$25,600
~2 yrs to advance
Personal Care Aides
Established
$34,900
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Personal Care Aides
Senior
$39,545
Key skills
A typical day
- •Prepare and maintain records of client progress and services performed, reporting changes in client condition to manager or supervisor.
- •Administer bedside or personal care, such as ambulation or personal hygiene assistance.
- •Perform healthcare-related tasks, such as monitoring vital signs and medication, under the direction of registered nurses or physiotherapists.
- •Participate in case reviews, consulting with the team caring for the client, to evaluate the client's needs and plan for continuing services.
- •Instruct or advise clients on issues, such as household cleanliness, utilities, hygiene, nutrition, or infant care.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Healthcare
Explore all- Johns Hopkins University7% admit · $93,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of Michigan18% admit · $87,000 grad pay
- Duke University6% admit · $105,000 grad pay
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill19% admit · $73,000 grad pay
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