Home Health Aides
Healthcare Support Occupations- O*NET-SOC code
- 31-1121.00
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.
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.25
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
Published per ISCO-08 unit group. Linked to this occupation, wholly or in part, by applying U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC) as published
- Data source: OpenAIPublished: 2023
0.038
0.000Range of values carried here0.844Scale, basis and source
Task-level exposure
Show 14 hidden tasks15 rated tasks · 1 tasks with β ≥ 0.5 (6.7%)
β = direct exposure (E1) + 0.5 × exposure when tools are available (E2), per the source repository's definition.
- Source unit: O*NET 27.2 tasks → O*NET 31.0 occupation code
- All rated tasks are in the O*NET 31.0 task list.
- Source
- OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" exposure rubric
- Release
- gh-main-0471612
- License
- MIT License, Copyright (c) 2024 OpenAI
Tasks of O*NET-SOC 2010 occupation 31-1011.00 Home Health Aides, linked to this occupation by the O*NET-SOC 2010 to 2019 crosswalk
| Task (O*NET 20.1) | Claude.aiRaw / share % |
|---|---|
Change dressings.31-1011.00 | 0.0023100.0 |
Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.
| Task (O*NET 27.2) | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager.O*NET Task ID 4240 | 1.0 |
β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.
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All O*NET 31.0 task statements (15)
All O*NET 31.0 task statements for this occupation (English, as published; task type core or supplemental). Exposure values are not listed here; they are in the table above, next to each task statement as worded in the O*NET version each source used.
| Task (O*NET 31.0) | Type |
|---|---|
| Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems to report and discuss observations with supervisor or case manager. | Core |
| Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, or automobiles and with dressing and grooming. | Core |
| 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. | Core |
| Entertain, converse with, or read aloud to patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert. | Core |
| Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets. | Core |
| Direct patients in simple prescribed exercises or in the use of braces or artificial limbs. | Core |
| Check patients' pulse, temperature, and respiration. | Core |
| Perform a variety of duties as requested by client, such as obtaining household supplies or running errands. | Core |
| Accompany clients to doctors' offices or on other trips outside the home, providing transportation, assistance, and companionship. | Core |
| Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care. | Core |
| Administer prescribed oral medications, under the written direction of physician or as directed by home care nurse or aide, and ensure patients take their medicine. | Core |
| Bathe patients. | Core |
| Change dressings. | Supplemental |
| Care for children with disabilities or who have sick parents or parents with disabilities. | Supplemental |
| Massage patients or apply preparations or treatments, such as liniment, alcohol rubs, or heat-lamp stimulation. | Supplemental |
0.39/ 3· Robot exposure index
Scale, basis and source
Each physical task is graded 0–3 by the setting in which robots that have been deployed, sold or demonstrated could do it (0 none · 1 purpose-built robot settings such as a fenced machine cell or a bottling line · 2 structured facilities such as a hospital pharmacy or a container port · 3 unstructured settings such as a private home or a construction site), and the grades are averaged by share of working time
Physical tasks among this occupation's O*NET 29.3 tasks
Anthropic estimated the grades and time shares with Claude Opus 5 using web search, as of 2026.
The robot exposure index is a different measure from the AI exposure figures on this site and cannot be added to or compared with them. It does not measure actual adoption or cost, and 0 also covers occupations with no physical tasks.
Tier of each physical task
Robot environment tiers (E0–E3)
E0 noneDetails
Rated not doable by robots that have been deployed, sold or demonstrated, even in a purpose-built setting
E1 purpose-built robot settingsDetails
Rated doable in a setting built around the machine, such as a fenced machine cell or a bottling line
E2 structured facilitiesDetails
Rated doable in a human work facility that an institution keeps to a working standard, such as a hospital pharmacy or a container port
E3 unstructured settingsDetails
Rated doable in a setting that no institution keeps to a working standard, such as a private home or a construction site
Only tasks classified as physical are listed; other tasks have no tier in the source.
| Task (O*NET 29.3) | Robot environment tier |
|---|---|
| Provide patients with help moving in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, or automobiles and with dressing and grooming. | E0 none |
| Plan, purchase, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets. | E1 purpose-built robot settings |
| Direct patients in simple prescribed exercises or in the use of braces or artificial limbs. | E1 purpose-built robot settings |
| Check patients' pulse, temperature, and respiration. | E0 none |
| Perform a variety of duties as requested by client, such as obtaining household supplies or running errands. | E1 purpose-built robot settings |
| Massage patients or apply preparations or treatments, such as liniment, alcohol rubs, or heat-lamp stimulation. | E0 none |
| Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care. | E0 none |
| Bathe patients. | E1 purpose-built robot settings |
| Change dressings. | E0 none |
| Accompany clients to doctors' offices or on other trips outside the home, providing transportation, assistance, and companionship. | E0 none |
| Care for children with disabilities or who have sick parents or parents with disabilities. | E0 none |
| Administer prescribed oral medications, under the written direction of physician or as directed by home care nurse or aide, and ensure patients take their medicine. | E2 structured facilities |
Occupation information
Employment outlook (BLS)
The BLS Employment Projections table has no row for SOC 31-1121.
Korea classification links (KSCO)
Links from the current release of the Korea Occupation Direct Crosswalk v1.1, made by AI Changing Work. Relation values are read from the O*NET-SOC occupation side.
| KSCO code | KSCO title | Relation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42210 | 요양보호사 | This occupation is narrower | confirmed |
Relation and status definitions(kr-direct v1.1)
ILO occupational description
AI Changing Work links the ISCO-08 unit groups below to this occupation by applying the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (2018 SOC to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to ISCO-08) as published, without case-by-case selection; each link may be whole or partial.
- ISCO-08 5322Home-based Personal Care Workers
The definition, tasks and examples below are the ILO's description of that unit group, not of this occupation.
Home-based personal care workers provide routine personal care and assistance with activities of daily living to persons who are in need of such care due to effects of ageing, illness, injury, or other physical or mental condition in private homes and other independent residential settings.
Tasks
- (a) assisting clients with personal and therapeutic care needs such as personal hygiene, feeding, dressing, physical mobility and exercise, communication, taking oral medications and changing dressings, usually as per care plans established by a health professional
- (b) maintaining records of client care, changes in condition and responses to care and treatment, and reporting concerns or providing referrals to a health or social services professional;
- (c) positioning and lifting clients with physical mobility challenges, and helping transport them in wheelchairs and motor vehicles;
- (d) providing clients and families with emotional support and information and advice on topics such as nutrition, hygiene, exercise, caring for infants or adapting to disability or illness;
- (e) maintaining clients' environmental hygiene standards, such as changing bed linen, washing clothes and dishes, and cleaning living quarters;
- (f) providing psychological support to clients such as through conversation or reading aloud;
- (g) planning, purchasing, preparing, or serving meals to meet nutritional requirements and prescribed diets;
- (h) providing support to parents and care for newborns during the postpartum period
- (i) scheduling and accompanying clients for appointments with medical doctors and other health professionals or performing other errands.
Example occupations
Home birth assistant · Home care aide · Nursing aide (home) · Personal care provider
Sources: ILO ISCO-08 — details: Credits
ESCO occupational vocabulary
Each entry below is matched to this occupation in the published ESCO-O*NET Crosswalk (version 1, 2022). The match types are that crosswalk's; the wording is AI Changing Work's.
- home care aideESCO 5322.1Same scope
Home care aides provide personal assistance and promote autonomy, on a daily basis to individuals who are unable to take care of themselves due to illness, ageing or disability. They assist them with personal hygiene, feeding, communication or medication according to the health care professional's instructions.
- adult community care workerESCO 3412.4.1This occupation is broader
Adult community care workers perform assessment and care management of communities of adults who live with physical impairments or convalescing states. They aim to improve their life in the community and enable them to live safely and independently at their own home.
- disability support workerESCO 3412.4.4This occupation is broader
Disability support workers provide personal assistance and support to individuals of all ages with disability conditions, either intellectual or physical disabilities. They work with other health professionals to maximise individuals physical and mental well being. Their duties include bathing, lifting, moving, dressing or feeding people with disability.
- care at home workerESCO 3412.4.2Overlapping, not the same
Care at home workers provide domiciliary services to vulnerable adults including frail elderly or disabled people who are living with physical impairment or convalescing. They aim to improve their lives in the community and assure patients can live safely and independently in their own home.
Source: European Commission, DG EMPL — ESCO API 2026-08-08 (bridge v1.2.1)
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France classification links (ROME)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and ROME 4.0 job profiles, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side. Links marked “provisional” were adopted on the judgments of two judges from the same model family (Claude) alone, or by an operator rule applied to their judgments, so they rest on weaker evidence than confirmed links.
| ROME code | ROME title (French) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| K1302 | Assistant / Assistante de vie dépendance | Overlapping, not the sameprovisional |
| J1501 | Aide-soignant / Aide-soignante | Related, not a matchprovisional |
| K1311 | Assistant / Assistante de vie aux familles | Related, not a matchprovisional |
Source: France Travail — Répertoire Opérationnel des Métiers et des Emplois (ROME 4.0), version 61, last updated 15 June 2026 (https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/repertoire-operationnel-des-metiers-et-des-emplois-rome). Licence Ouverte 2.0.
ROME codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET-SOC occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a France Travail correspondence.
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Spain classification links (CNO-11)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and CNO-11 occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| CNO-11 code | CNO-11 title (Spanish) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 5710 | Trabajadores de los cuidados personales a domicilio | This occupation is narrowerprovisional |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), National Classification of Occupations 2011 (CNO-11, Royal Decree 1591/2010) — www.ine.es · Licensed CC BY 4.0. CNO-11 codes and Spanish titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not an INE correspondence.
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Germany classification links (KldB)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and KldB occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| KldB code | KldB title (German) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 82101 | Berufe in der Altenpflege (ohne Spezialisierung) - Helfer-/Anlerntätigkeiten | Overlapping, not the same |
| 83141 | Berufe in der Haus- und Familienpflege - Helfer- und Anlerntätigkeiten | Overlapping, not the same |
| 81301 | Berufe in der Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege (ohne Spezialisierung) - Helfer-/Anlerntätigkeiten | Related, not a match |
| 82182 | Berufe in der Altenpflege (sonstige spezifische Tätigkeitsangabe) - fachlich ausgerichtete Tätigkeiten | Related, not a matchprovisional |
| 83143 | Berufe in der Haus- und Familienpflege - komplexe Spezialistentätigkeiten | Related, not a matchprovisional |
Source: © Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Klassifikation der Berufe 2010 – überarbeitete Fassung 2020, https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de. KldB codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own mapping (eigene Zuordnung) and are not a Bundesagentur für Arbeit correspondence.
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Japan classification links (JSCO)
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| JSCO code | JSCO title (Japanese) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 362 | 訪問介護従事者 | This occupation is narrowerprovisional |
| 361 | 介護職員（医療・福祉施設等） | Related, not a matchprovisional |
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan Standard Occupational Classification (Dec. 2009, MIC Notification No. 555). JSCO codes and Japanese titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a MIC correspondence.
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