.Westend61/Getty Images. Women represented 87% of all home wellness aides and also 80% of private treatment aides in 2013, the Department of Labor’s Agency of Work Data stated Wednesday. Whereas workers in both duties aid individuals along with tasks of everyday lifestyle, home health and wellness aides pay attention to health and safety as well as private care assistants commonly aid along with more comprehensive activities, such as managing tasks as well as housekeeping duties, the agency pointed out.
Assistants probably are actually aged 25 to 54 years foreign laborers account for 41.9% of home treatment assistants and also 27.2% of personal aides, depending on to BLS. More than half of home health and also individual treatment assistants are actually white colored– 53.3% as well as 61.8%, specifically. Dark laborers comprise 29.8% of the home health workforce as well as 25.3% of individual treatment assistants.
Asians compose a tiny amount of workers in each occupations: 14% of home wellness aides and also 19% of private care aides, the bureau stated. The document additionally reviewed the number of home health and individual care assistants through state. The big apple has a higher amount of home health as well as private care assistants compared with the national standard.
In May 2023, 60 away from every 1,000 work in Nyc resided in the home health and wellness and individual assistant jobs compared with the national average of 24 out of every 1,000 tasks. Various other states along with high portions of home wellness and also individual care aides were The golden state (44 every 1,000 jobs), New Mexico (43 every 1,000 jobs) and Minnesota (39 every 1,000 work). Through comparison, home health and personal treatment assistants made up 8 away from every 1,000 jobs in Florida, South Dakota and also Utah..
The estimates do certainly not consist of freelance laborers, the BLS noted.