Elderly caregiver vs direct care aide

The differences between elderly caregivers and direct care aides can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, an elderly caregiver has an average salary of $37,109, which is higher than the $30,429 average annual salary of a direct care aide.

The top three skills for an elderly caregiver include adaptive, oral care and companionship. The most important skills for a direct care aide are home health, foster care, and CPR.

Elderly caregiver vs direct care aide overview

	Elderly Caregiver	Direct Care Aide
Yearly salary	$37,109	$30,429
Hourly rate	$17.84	$14.63
Growth rate	36%	36%
Number of jobs	71,532	178,038
Job satisfaction	3	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 33%	High School Diploma, 35%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	-	-

Elderly caregiver vs direct care aide salary

Elderly caregivers and direct care aides have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Elderly Caregiver	Direct Care Aide
Average salary	$37,109	$30,429
Salary range	Between $23,000 And $59,000	Between $22,000 And $41,000
Highest paying City	New York, NY	Springfield, MA
Highest paying state	Connecticut	Vermont
Best paying company	CARE	Univ Of Colorado-Colorado Spgs
Best paying industry	Health Care	Energy

Differences between elderly caregiver and direct care aide education

There are a few differences between an elderly caregiver and a direct care aide in terms of educational background:

	Elderly Caregiver	Direct Care Aide
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 33%	High School Diploma, 35%
Most common major	Nursing	Nursing
Most common college	-	-

Elderly caregiver vs direct care aide demographics

Here are the differences between elderly caregivers' and direct care aides' demographics:

	Elderly Caregiver	Direct Care Aide
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 14.5% Female, 85.5%	Male, 20.8% Female, 79.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.3% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 21.4% Asian, 7.4% White, 55.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%	Black or African American, 12.1% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 13.3% Asian, 8.0% White, 61.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between elderly caregiver and direct care aide duties and responsibilities

Elderly caregiver example responsibilities.

Care include dressing, assisting with activities of daily living (ADL )
Assist w/bathing, personal hygiene laundry, housecleaning, ADL, and daily bed linen changing ....
Provide compassionate care to cognitively impair patients including but not limit to Alzheimer's patients and patients with dementia.
Help them build confidence providing companionship and conversation to have a normal lifestyle
Provide companionship for elderly individual, accompany patients to doctor appointment or other appointments as needed.
Keep information confidential according to HIPPA regulations.

Direct care aide example responsibilities.

Provide individuals appropriate assistance in completing ADL's, such as showering, toileting, transferring, dressing, and feeding.
Assist mentally disable adults with ADL's such as showering, grooming, oral care, eating, dressing and toileting.
Provide emotional and mental support to unstable patients and are experience in dealing with aggressive residents
Provide caring and companionship to elderly and developmentally disable consumers and provide primary resident care and assistance with daily living activities.
Advocate for disable children, help them thrive through completion of goals and one-on-one supervision SCIP, AMAP and CPR certify.
Dispense and administer medication to patients according to AMAP policies and procedures.

Elderly caregiver vs direct care aide skills

Common elderly caregiver skills

Adaptive, 23%
Oral Care, 16%
Companionship, 13%
CPR, 9%
RUN Errands, 8%
In-Home Care, 7%

Common direct care aide skills

Home Health, 17%
Foster Care, 10%
CPR, 9%
Patients, 7%
Meal Prep, 7%
Rehabilitation, 6%