Home help aide vs elderly caregiver

The differences between home help aides and elderly caregivers 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 $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 an elderly caregiver are adaptive, oral care, and companionship.

Home help aide vs elderly caregiver overview

	Home Help Aide	Elderly Caregiver
Yearly salary	$27,834	$37,109
Hourly rate	$13.38	$17.84
Growth rate	36%	36%
Number of jobs	104,792	71,532
Job satisfaction	-	3
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 32%	High School Diploma, 33%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	-	-

Home help aide vs elderly caregiver salary

Home help aides and elderly caregivers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Home Help Aide	Elderly Caregiver
Average salary	$27,834	$37,109
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $36,000	Between $23,000 And $59,000
Highest paying City	-	New York, NY
Highest paying state	-	Connecticut
Best paying company	-	CARE
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between home help aide and elderly caregiver education

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

	Home Help Aide	Elderly Caregiver
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 32%	High School Diploma, 33%
Most common major	Business	Nursing
Most common college	-	-

Home help aide vs elderly caregiver demographics

Here are the differences between home help aides' and elderly caregivers' demographics:

	Home Help Aide	Elderly Caregiver
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 23.6% Female, 76.4%	Male, 14.5% Female, 85.5%
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, 10.3% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 21.4% Asian, 7.4% White, 55.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between home help aide and elderly caregiver 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.

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.

Home help aide vs elderly caregiver skills

Common home help aide skills

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

Common elderly caregiver skills

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