.Westend61/Getty Graphics. Females represented 87% of all home health aides and 80% of private treatment assistants in 2013, the Division of Work’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. Whereas laborers in both parts assist individuals with activities of day-to-day residing, home wellness aides focus on health and wellness and also individual care aides usually help along with wider jobs, like managing tasks as well as housekeeping tasks, the agency mentioned.
Assistants more than likely are aged 25 to 54 years foreign-born laborers make up 41.9% of home treatment aides as well as 27.2% of individual aides, according to BLS. Over half of home wellness and individual care aides are white– 53.3% and 61.8%, respectively. Black employees compose 29.8% of the home health and wellness staff as well as 25.3% of individual care aides.
Asians comprise a small amount of workers in both occupations: 14% of home health and wellness assistants and also 19% of private care aides, the bureau pointed out. The document also covered the variety of home health and private care assistants by state. New York possesses a high number of home health as well as private treatment assistants compared to the national standard.
In May 2023, 60 out of every 1,000 work in The big apple were in the home health and wellness and individual aide professions compared to the national standard of 24 out of every 1,000 tasks. Other conditions with high portions of home health and wellness and also individual treatment assistants were actually California (44 per 1,000 projects), New Mexico (43 every 1,000 work) and also Minnesota (39 every 1,000 jobs). By contrast, home health and private care assistants accounted for 8 away from every 1,000 tasks in Florida, South Dakota as well as Utah..
The estimates perform not feature independent workers, the BLS kept in mind.