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Will AI replace Home Health Aides?

AI reaches little of this job’s work.

4/100

Low exposure

More exposed to AI than 10% of US workers.

AI already used in
0% of the work
As AI tools mature: up to
9% of the work

What the job involves

Monitor the health status of an individual with disabilities or illness, and address their health-related needs, such as changing bandages, dressing wounds, or administering medication. Work is performed under the direction of offsite or intermittent onsite licensed nursing staff. Provide assistance with routine healthcare tasks or activities of daily living, such as feeding, bathing, toileting, or ambulation. May also help with tasks such as preparing meals, doing light housekeeping, and doing laundry depending on the patient's abilities.

Where AI reaches the work

The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.

Within reach(1)

  • Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager.

Out of reach(14)

  • Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets.
  • Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care.
  • Check patients' pulse, temperature, and respiration.
  • Bathe patients.
  • Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, or automobiles and with dressing and grooming.

and 9 more

Also called

Home Attendant · DSP · Direct Support Professional (DSP) · Caregiver · CHHA (Certified Home Health Aide) · Direct Care Professional · Home Care Aide · Residential Assistant (RA)

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What these numbers mean

The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.

“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.

The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.

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