.Westend61/Getty Images. Females accounted for 87% of all home health and wellness assistants as well as 80% of personal care assistants in 2013, the Team of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics stated Wednesday. Whereas workers in both roles support people along with tasks of everyday lifestyle, home health and wellness aides focus on health and wellness as well as personal treatment assistants frequently assist with broader jobs, like operating duties as well as housekeeping tasks, the agency mentioned.
Aides likely are aged 25 to 54 years foreign laborers make up 41.9% of home care aides and 27.2% of private aides, depending on to BLS. Majority of home health and wellness and also personal treatment aides are actually white colored– 53.3% and also 61.8%, respectively. Black employees make up 29.8% of the home wellness labor force as well as 25.3% of personal treatment aides.
Asians compose a little percent of workers in both professions: 14% of home wellness assistants as well as 19% of individual treatment aides, the bureau said. The file likewise talked about the variety of home health and individual treatment aides through state. Nyc has a high variety of home health and wellness and also individual care assistants compared with the national standard.
In May 2023, 60 away from every 1,000 tasks in New York remained in the home wellness as well as private assistant jobs compared to the nationwide standard of 24 out of every 1,000 jobs. Various other states with high shares of home health and wellness as well as private care aides were actually California (44 every 1,000 work), New Mexico (43 every 1,000 projects) and also Minnesota (39 per 1,000 tasks). By contrast, home wellness as well as personal treatment aides accounted for 8 away from every 1,000 tasks in Florida, South Dakota and also Utah..
The quotes perform not consist of independent workers, the BLS kept in mind.