Care partner vs sitter

The differences between care partners and sitters can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a care partner has an average salary of $31,723, which is higher than the $28,724 average annual salary of a sitter.

The top three skills for a care partner include patients, vital signs and care plan. The most important skills for a sitter are patients, kids, and CPR.

Care partner vs sitter overview

	Care Partner	Sitter
Yearly salary	$31,723	$28,724
Hourly rate	$15.25	$13.81
Growth rate	36%	36%
Number of jobs	85,778	85,152
Job satisfaction	3	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 34%	High School Diploma, 32%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	-	-

What does a care partner do?

A care partner is in charge of taking care of patients in a medical facility. Their responsibilities typically revolve around coordinating with health care experts to learn about the patients' specific care plans and assisting them in their daily hygienic tasks such as bathing, dressing, and going to toilets. They may also help patients when walking or moving around. Furthermore, as a care partner, it is essential to provide emotional support to patients and monitor their progress, reporting to nurses or doctors regularly.

What does a sitter do?

A sitter is responsible for assisting medical needs under the supervision of an attending physician, registered nurses, and other health professionals. Sitters monitor the patients' daily activities and perform medical duties such as taking the patient's temperature, administering medications, monitoring food intake, helping with bathing needs, and responding to the patients' inquiries, concerns, and requests. They also keep track of medical charts to report the patients' health condition and progress to the senior staff.

Care partner vs sitter salary

Care partners and sitters have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Care Partner	Sitter
Average salary	$31,723	$28,724
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $44,000	Between $20,000 And $39,000
Highest paying City	Great Falls, MT	Fair Lawn, NJ
Highest paying state	Alaska	Massachusetts
Best paying company	Mount Sinai Health System	Southcoast Health
Best paying industry	Health Care	Non Profits

Differences between care partner and sitter education

There are a few differences between a care partner and a sitter in terms of educational background:

	Care Partner	Sitter
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 34%	High School Diploma, 32%
Most common major	Nursing	Nursing
Most common college	-	-

Care partner vs sitter demographics

Here are the differences between care partners' and sitters' demographics:

	Care Partner	Sitter
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 15.0% Female, 85.0%	Male, 13.9% Female, 86.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.0% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 17.5% Asian, 8.7% White, 56.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%	Black or African American, 17.3% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 15.5% Asian, 8.0% White, 54.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between care partner and sitter duties and responsibilities

Care partner example responsibilities.

Manage CMS, state, and complaint surveys.
Manage shelterpractices and evaluate various volunteering, outreach, foster, rescue, and pet placement programs.
Manage ventilator settings, suction tracheostomy, tube-feeding assistance.
Direct motion capture shoots for adding more animation to existing characters for crowd simulation.
Comfort care and ADL's, including range of motion exercises and encouraging early mobility in post-op patients.
Work on the Neurosurgery/Neuroscience unit caring for step down patients from the ICU, seizure patients and stroke patient.

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Sitter example responsibilities.

Run groceries or medical errands for patients.
Complete light housekeeping duties, such as dishes, folding laundry, buying groceries.
Help out with regular ADL's as well such as bathing, ambulating, eating, dressing, and exercise.
Assist with ADL's; bathing needs, food prep, exercise, drive and assist with appointments, light housekeeping
Provide colostomy care and administer medication for pain management in accordance with current physician recommendations.
Help nursing with flushing of catheters with certain residents.

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Care partner vs sitter skills

Common care partner skills

Patients, 17%
Vital Signs, 9%
Care Plan, 6%
Medication Administration, 5%
CPR, 5%
Customer Service, 4%

Common sitter skills

Patients, 26%
Kids, 20%
CPR, 13%
Patient Safety, 6%
Home Health, 5%
PET, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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