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Working As A Senior Caregiver

  • Assisting and Caring for Others
  • Documenting/Recording Information
  • Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
  • Getting Information
  • Performing General Physical Activities

  • $44,000

    Average Salary

What Does A Senior Caregiver Do

Personal care aides help clients with self-care and everyday tasks. They also provide social supports and assistance that enable clients to participate in their communities.

Duties

Personal care aides typically do the following:

  • Care for and assist clients with cognitive impairments, such as Alzheimer’s or mental illness
  • Engage clients by talking to or playing games with them, or by taking them for walks
  • Help clients with hygiene-related tasks, such as bathing, brushing teeth, and going to the bathroom
  • Transfer clients to and from a bed or a wheelchair
  • Complete housekeeping tasks, such as changing bed linens, washing dishes, and cleaning living areas
  • Help prepare and plan meals
  • Assist with organizing a client’s schedule and schedule appointments
  • Arrange transportation to and from doctors’ offices or the store
  • Help clients pay bills or manage money
  • Shop for personal items and groceries
  • Assist clients in going to work and participating in their communities

Personal care aides—also called caregivers and personal attendants—help clients with self-care and daily activities. Personal care aides perform tasks that are similar to those of home health aides. However, personal care aides cannot provide any medical services, whereas home health aides may provide basic medical services.

Direct support professionals work with people who have developmental or intellectual disabilities. They may help create a behavior plan and teach self-care skills, such as doing laundry or cooking meals. They may also provide other personal assistance services.

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How To Become A Senior Caregiver

Most personal care aides are trained on the job. There are no formal education requirements for personal care aides, but most aides have a high school diploma.

Education

Although there are no formal education requirements for personal care aides, employers may prefer candidates with a high school diploma.

Training

Aides may be trained on the job by registered nurses, other personal care aides, or their direct employer. They are trained in specific tasks, such as how to work with a client who has a cognitive impairment and how to assist a client in preparing meals.

Most employers require aides to have training or certification in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Important Qualities

Detail oriented. Personal care aides must follow specific rules and protocols to help take care of clients. They must pay close attention to a client’s medical condition, quickly noting any changes that may require assistance from medical personnel.

Integrity. Personal care aides should make clients feel comfortable when the aides tend to personal activities, such as helping a client bathe. In addition, personal care aides must be dependable and trustworthy so that clients and their families can rely on them.

Interpersonal skills. Sometimes clients are in extreme pain or distress, and aides must be sensitive to their emotions. Aides must be compassionate, and they must enjoy helping people.

Physical stamina. Personal care aides should be comfortable performing physical tasks. They often need to lift or turn clients who have a disability.

Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations

Personal care aides may be required to complete a formal training program depending on the state where they work, and state laws vary widely in terms of the requirements that must be met. Some states and organizations may conduct background checks on prospective aides. A competency evaluation also may be required to ensure that the aide can perform certain tasks.

There are no federal training requirements for personal care aides. For specific state requirements, contact the state’s health board.

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Average Length of Employment
Primary Caregiver 3.6 years
Family Caregiver 3.5 years
Home Care Giver 3.0 years
Home Health Assistant 2.6 years
Care Provider 2.6 years
Live In Caregiver 2.6 years
Home Health Provider 2.6 years
Home Health Aid 2.6 years
Elderly Caregiver 2.5 years
Personal Care Assistant 2.2 years
Companion 2.2 years
Personal Attendant 2.1 years
Sitter 2.1 years
Caregiver Assistant 2.0 years
Senior Caregiver 2.0 years
Home Care Attendant 1.9 years
Top Careers Before Senior Caregiver
Cashier 17.5%
Sales Associate 8.2%
Customer Service Representative 8.2%
Administrative Assistant 5.7%
Certified Nursing Assistant 5.5%
Internship 5.4%
Receptionist 5.0%
Office Assistant 4.8%
Medical Assistant 4.5%
Home Health Aid 4.4%
Volunteer 4.3%
Office Manager 3.7%
Nanny 3.7%
Assistant Manager 3.0%
Manager 2.8%
Waitress 2.8%
Server 2.7%
Teacher Assistant 2.6%
Teacher 2.6%
Supervisor 2.5%
Top Careers After Senior Caregiver
Cashier 10.4%
Home Health Aid 10.3%
Certified Nursing Assistant 10.0%
Customer Service Representative 9.4%
Sales Associate 7.2%
Medical Assistant 6.2%
Volunteer 6.0%
Internship 4.8%
Receptionist 4.6%
Administrative Assistant 4.1%
Housekeeper 3.7%
Personal Assistant 3.1%
Nanny 3.1%
Server 3.1%
Office Assistant 2.9%
Substitute Teacher 2.4%
Registered Nurse 2.3%
Office Manager 2.3%
Direct Support Professional 2.1%
Security Officer 2.1%

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AVERAGE SALARY FOR A Senior Caregiver

Average Yearly Salary
$44,000
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$22,000
Min 10%
$44,000
Median 50%
$44,000
Median 50%
$44,000
Median 50%
$44,000
Median 50%
$44,000
Median 50%
$44,000
Median 50%
$44,000
Median 50%
$87,000
Max 90%
Best Paying Company
Sunrise Senior Living Management Inc.
Highest Paying City
Attleboro, MA
Highest Paying State
North Dakota
Avg Experience Level
2.1 years
How much does a Senior Caregiver make at top companies?
The national average salary for a Senior Caregiver in the United States is $44,545 per year or $21 per hour. Those in the bottom 10 percent make under $22,000 a year, and the top 10 percent make over $88,000.

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Top Skills for A Senior Caregiver

  1. Meal Prep
  2. Medical Appointments
  3. Companionship
You can check out examples of real life uses of top skills on resumes here:
  • Facilitated meal preparation and planning.
  • Provided transportation to social events and medical appointments.
  • Provide companionship and supervision to elderly clients.
  • Supported an individual with personal care and facilitated activities for physical and mental stimulation.
  • Provide in home support, transportation, meals, run errands, hospice, medication, and light housekeeping.

Senior Caregiver Resume Examples And Tips

The average resume reviewer spends between 5 to 7 seconds looking at a single resume, which leaves the average job applier with roughly six seconds to make a killer first impression. Thanks to this, a single typo or error on your resume can disqualify you right out of the gate. At Zippia, we went through over 2,419 Senior Caregiver resumes and compiled some information about how best to optimize them. Here are some suggestions based on what we found, divided by the individual sections of the resume itself.

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Senior Caregiver Demographics

Gender

Female

70.3%

Male

16.1%

Unknown

13.6%
Ethnicity

White

63.1%

Hispanic or Latino

16.7%

Black or African American

10.8%

Asian

6.0%

Unknown

3.4%
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Foreign Languages Spoken

Spanish

68.7%

Portuguese

4.8%

German

3.6%

French

2.4%

Tagalog

2.4%

Russian

2.4%

Italian

2.4%

Swedish

1.2%

Sicilian

1.2%

Turkish

1.2%

Lithuanian

1.2%

Japanese

1.2%

Urdu

1.2%

Hindi

1.2%

Korean

1.2%

Armenian

1.2%

Arabic

1.2%

Hmong

1.2%
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Senior Caregiver Education

Schools

University of Phoenix

24.8%

Kaplan University

7.6%

Baker College

4.8%

Northern Virginia Community College

4.8%

Grand Canyon University

4.8%

Ashford University

4.1%

Front Range Community College

4.1%

Southern New Hampshire University

4.1%

Wayne State University

3.4%

Community College of Vermont

3.4%

Temple University

3.4%

Rasmussen College

3.4%

All American Career College

3.4%

Eastern Michigan University

3.4%

College of DuPage

3.4%

Mt. Hood Community College

3.4%

University of Missouri - Saint Louis

3.4%

Sinclair Community College

3.4%

University of Pittsburgh -

3.4%

American River College

2.8%
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Majors

Nursing

17.6%

Medical Assisting Services

11.6%

Business

11.3%

Psychology

8.9%

Health Care Administration

7.1%

Social Work

4.8%

General Studies

4.4%

Nursing Assistants

4.2%

Criminal Justice

4.2%

Education

3.0%

English

2.7%

Human Services

2.7%

Liberal Arts

2.6%

Human Development

2.6%

Biology

2.3%

Fine Arts

2.1%

Accounting

2.1%

Health/Medical Preparatory Programs

2.0%

Management

1.8%

Elementary Education

1.8%
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Degrees

Other

34.2%

Bachelors

30.2%

Associate

14.9%

Certificate

7.4%

Masters

7.0%

Diploma

4.4%

License

1.2%

Doctorate

0.8%
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