Home Health Aides
Official O*NET title: Home Health Aides (31-1121.00)
Also called: hha, caregiver, chha, cma, cna
Do you do this at work?
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Do you do this at work?
Perform a variety of duties as requested by client
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How AI is changing home health aides work
2 of 12 measurable main tasks for this job show up in real AI-use data, so we rate it Green (little AI use yet) — 17%.
This shows where people already use AI, not whether the job will disappear. How we measure this.
Tasks in this job and recorded AI use
- Perform a variety of duties as requested by client (main task) — some recorded AI use
- Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets (main task) — some recorded AI use
- Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Bathe patients (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, or automobiles and with dressing and grooming (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Check patients' pulse, temperature, and respiration (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Entertain, converse with, or read aloud to patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Provide patients and families with emotional support and instruction in areas such as caring for infants, preparing healthy meals, living independently, or adapting to disability or illness (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Direct patients in simple prescribed exercises or in the use of braces or artificial limbs (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Accompany clients to doctors' offices or on other trips outside the home, providing transportation, assistance, and companionship (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Administer prescribed oral medications, under the written direction of physician or as directed by home care nurse or aide, and make sure patients take their medicine (main task) — no recorded AI use
- Change dressings — some recorded AI use
- Care for children with disabilities or who have sick parents or parents with disabilities — too new for the AI data
- Massage patients or apply preparations or treatments — no recorded AI use
Tasks: O*NET 31.0. AI use: Anthropic Economic Index (exact or close text match).
Your first steps (guidance)
- Week 1: Open a free AI assistant and say hello. Follow our “Getting started with AI” guide. Ask it one simple question about your work.
- Week 2: Use AI on one task you do often. Try the prompt for: “Perform a variety of duties as requested by client”. Try the prompt for: “Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets”.
Tick your own tasks above to get a plan based on what you really do. The first 2 weeks are free; Premium (coming soon) adds weeks 3–12. New to AI? Read our beginner’s guide.
Questions about AI and home health aides
Will AI replace home health aides?
Our data can’t predict job losses, and we don’t try to. What it does show: 2 of the 12 main tasks for this job match tasks people already use AI for (Anthropic Economic Index), giving a Green rating (little AI use yet). Using AI on a task is not the same as AI doing the whole job, and 11 of the 15 listed tasks show no recorded AI use yet.
Which home health aide tasks is AI used for most?
In the data, the most AI use among this job’s tasks is for: perform a variety of duties as requested by client; plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets; change dressings.
Which home health aide tasks show little or no AI use?
For example: care for patients by changing bed linens, washing and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care; bathe patients; maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager. These are good places to keep building your own skills.
How does this job compare to others?
In Microsoft Research’s “Working with AI” study, this job’s AI applicability score is equal to or higher than 12% of the occupations they scored. That measures overlap with AI chat use, not risk of job loss.
How can a home health aide start learning AI?
Start small: open a free AI assistant, try it on one task you do often, and always check facts and numbers yourself. The plan on this page is guidance, not professional advice.
See how this job ranks
Home Health Aides ranks #396 of 572 jobs for the share of main tasks with AI use (#1 = most), and #47 of 80 in Healthcare.
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