Dietary patient aide vs health aide

The differences between dietary patient aides and health aides can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a health aide has an average salary of $30,434, which is higher than the $27,112 average annual salary of a dietary patient aide.

The top three skills for a dietary patient aide include patients, patient safety and vital signs. The most important skills for a health aide are patients, home health, and community health.

Dietary patient aide vs health aide overview

	Dietary Patient Aide	Health Aide
Yearly salary	$27,112	$30,434
Hourly rate	$13.03	$14.63
Growth rate	12%	36%
Number of jobs	103,465	121,842
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 33%	Bachelor's Degree, 28%
Average age	41	50
Years of experience	-	-

Dietary patient aide vs health aide salary

Dietary patient aides and health aides have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Dietary Patient Aide	Health Aide
Average salary	$27,112	$30,434
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $34,000	Between $23,000 And $39,000
Highest paying City	Bangor, ME	Marysville, WA
Highest paying state	Maine	Washington
Best paying company	Tufts Medical Center	Boston Medical Center
Best paying industry	Hospitality	Education

Differences between dietary patient aide and health aide education

There are a few differences between a dietary patient aide and a health aide in terms of educational background:

	Dietary Patient Aide	Health Aide
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 33%	Bachelor's Degree, 28%
Most common major	Nursing	Nursing
Most common college	-	-

Dietary patient aide vs health aide demographics

Here are the differences between dietary patient aides' and health aides' demographics:

	Dietary Patient Aide	Health Aide
Average age	41	50
Gender ratio	Male, 24.7% Female, 75.3%	Male, 16.6% Female, 83.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 27.3% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 15.4% Asian, 4.6% White, 48.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 24.0% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 23.4% Asian, 10.5% White, 35.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%
LGBT Percentage	8%	5%

Differences between dietary patient aide and health aide duties and responsibilities

Dietary patient aide example responsibilities.

Conduct and facilitate PCA lead group activities as scheduled
Provide in house rehabilitation to the disable.
Demonstrate compassion and professionalism while delivering dialysis treatment to high-risk populations.
Explain dialysis procedure and operation of hemodialysis machine to patient and calculate the proper amount for fluid removal during dialysis procedure.
Present peer to peer health education and provide administrative support to student health center including filing medical records using HIPPA compliant procedures

Health aide example responsibilities.

Manage ventilator settings, suction tracheostomy, tube-feeding assistance.
Perform care plan documentation to effectively implement personal care, dietary needs, and ADL requirements.
Share health information with school staff and arrange training sessions for CPR certification and health care implementation.
Care consists of medication administration, helping with ADL'S if necessary with the students with significant needs.
Last school year, perform CPR on an adult volunteer and help resuscitate him and is doing just fine.
Document all physical condition, behavioral and mental illness changes in patients as well as procedures perform and medication administer.

Dietary patient aide vs health aide skills

Common dietary patient aide skills

Patients, 55%
Patient Safety, 6%
Vital Signs, 5%
Direct Patient Care, 5%
CPR, 5%
Rehabilitation, 4%

Common health aide skills

Patients, 32%
Home Health, 20%
Community Health, 7%
Vital Signs, 5%
Patient Care, 5%
CPR, 5%