Nursing home aide vs health aide

The differences between nursing home aides and health aides can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a nursing home aide has an average salary of $49,268, which is higher than the $30,434 average annual salary of a health aide.

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

Nursing home aide vs health aide overview

	Nursing Home Aide	Health Aide
Yearly salary	$49,268	$30,434
Hourly rate	$23.69	$14.63
Growth rate	36%	36%
Number of jobs	129,931	121,842
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 27%	Bachelor's Degree, 28%
Average age	50	50
Years of experience	-	-

Nursing home aide vs health aide salary

Nursing home aides and health aides have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Nursing Home Aide	Health Aide
Average salary	$49,268	$30,434
Salary range	Between $23,000 And $104,000	Between $23,000 And $39,000
Highest paying City	-	Marysville, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Boston Medical Center
Best paying industry	-	Education

Differences between nursing home aide and health aide education

There are a few differences between a nursing home aide and a health aide in terms of educational background:

	Nursing Home Aide	Health Aide
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 27%	Bachelor's Degree, 28%
Most common major	Nursing	Nursing
Most common college	-	-

Nursing home aide vs health aide demographics

Here are the differences between nursing home aides' and health aides' demographics:

	Nursing Home Aide	Health Aide
Average age	50	50
Gender ratio	Male, 13.2% Female, 86.8%	Male, 16.6% Female, 83.4%
Race ratio	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%	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	5%	5%

Differences between nursing home aide and health aide duties and responsibilities

Nursing home aide example responsibilities.

Perform Adl's medication administration.
Assist nurse with the residents with their ADL.
Treat each patient with genuine, compassion, kindness and respect.
Assist with colostomy and catheter care under the supervision of the RN.
Complete proper state training including blood borne pathogens, CPR training and others.
Promote continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for which care is provided.

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.

Nursing home aide vs health aide skills

Common nursing home aide skills

Patients, 27%
Home Health, 21%
Vital Signs, 9%
Physical Therapy, 9%
Nursing Home, 8%
Compassion, 6%

Common health aide skills

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