Home help aide vs direct care aide

The differences between home help aides and direct care aides can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a direct care aide has an average salary of $30,429, which is higher than the $27,834 average annual salary of a home help aide.

The top three skills for a home help aide include companionship, patients and laundry services. The most important skills for a direct care aide are home health, foster care, and CPR.

Home help aide vs direct care aide overview

	Home Help Aide	Direct Care Aide
Yearly salary	$27,834	$30,429
Hourly rate	$13.38	$14.63
Growth rate	36%	36%
Number of jobs	104,792	178,038
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 32%	High School Diploma, 35%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	-	-

Home help aide vs direct care aide salary

Home help aides and direct care aides have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Home Help Aide	Direct Care Aide
Average salary	$27,834	$30,429
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $36,000	Between $22,000 And $41,000
Highest paying City	-	Springfield, MA
Highest paying state	-	Vermont
Best paying company	-	Univ Of Colorado-Colorado Spgs
Best paying industry	-	Energy

Differences between home help aide and direct care aide education

There are a few differences between a home help aide and a direct care aide in terms of educational background:

	Home Help Aide	Direct Care Aide
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 32%	High School Diploma, 35%
Most common major	Business	Nursing
Most common college	-	-

Home help aide vs direct care aide demographics

Here are the differences between home help aides' and direct care aides' demographics:

	Home Help Aide	Direct Care Aide
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 23.6% Female, 76.4%	Male, 20.8% Female, 79.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.2% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 16.9% Asian, 8.2% White, 58.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%	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 home help aide and direct care aide duties and responsibilities

Home help aide example responsibilities.

Provide companionship, run errands, and maintain confidentiality of proprietary information.
Assist clients with ADL's, and ROM exercises.
Help her take care of groceries.
Assist Alzheimer's client with transportation to and from appointments.
Assist clients with ADL's and proper positioning as needed to prevent skin breakdowns.
Perform light housekeeping duties, prepare snacks and meals, run errands such as grocery shopping and banking.

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.

Home help aide vs direct care aide skills

Common home help aide skills

Companionship, 21%
Patients, 16%
Laundry Services, 16%
Meal Preparation, 7%
Doctor Appointments, 5%
Medication Reminders, 5%

Common direct care aide skills

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