Also called: HHA
Helps older or disabled people at home with bathing, dressing, medications, and daily tasks.
Visits three clients a day — helping one shower and dress, checking another's blood pressure, and making lunch while chatting with a lonely widower.
Certificate, about 0 years after high school. Short state-approved training program (75+ hours) for agencies that bill Medicare.
Ways in: Certification, On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Home Health Aide Training.
Growing much faster than average (about 17% over 10 years). Home health and personal care aides combined.
Low risk for 10 years. Robots may help with lifting later, but bathing, dressing and caring for elders at home stays hands-on human work.
Age 18+. One way to start: Sign up for a home health aide training program (many agencies train for free if you work for them) First: Home health aide training (75 hours under federal rules) and a background check
Classes: Health science CTE, Anatomy and physiology, Spanish.
Official data: O*NET occupation 31-1121.
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