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Home Care

What it is

Home care health jobs can be a good starting ground for working in healthcare since they require little training, although pay can be low. Demand, however, in home care is expected to increase as the population ages and grows.

Home healthcare jobs, such as home health aides and personal and home care aides, help people who are elderly, disabled, ill and/or mentally disabled so that they can live in their own homes or in residential care facilities, instead of moving to a health facility. Most home healthcare jobs are with elderly or physically or mentally disabled clients who need more home care than family members or friends are able to provide.

What it's like

These jobs require you to travel to a patient’s home or to different care facilities, similar to other travel jobs in healthcare. Some home care is provided to assist patients who have recently left the hospital and are getting back on their feet, and other home care is required for longer periods of time.

Leland, 25

Emergency Medical Technician, training to be a Registered Nurse

This travel job in healthcare often does require going to a patient’s home. Aides many go to the same home every day for weeks, months or years, or they might give short-term home care. Some aides work with just one client, or patient, for a long period of time, while others may care for four or five clients on the same day. This can result in organizing shifts with other health aides if a patient needs home care throughout the day and night. Since home healthcare jobs vary, work environments do, too. Some can be neat and tidy, but others can be messy. Likewise, clients can be appreciative and pleasant, or they could be angry or depressed. Some home care aides work part time and many work evenings or weekends. To learn more about what working in home care is like, see what Leland has to say about his work as a personal care aide and nursing assistant.

What it takes

Pay is low, but initial training requirements are minimal. In some cases a high school diploma and state-issued license are required, and in others on-the-job training is provided.

To learn more about home care jobs, check out the job options to the right.

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  • Home Health Aide

    Salary range: $17,502 – $23,975 Minimum training:160-hour training; state-issued license required Job description:A home health aide is employed by private or public health care agencies to provide home care for the elderly or disabled. Choose

  • Personal and Home Care Aide

    Salary range: $17,895 – $23,481 Minimum training:On-the-job training Job description:Personal and home care aides assist elderly or disabled adults with daily living activities at home or daytime care facilities. Choose

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  • Home Health Aide
    Concord, CA
  • HOME HEALTH AIDE
    Grass Valley, CA
  • Home Health Aide - (On Call)
    Sacramento, CA
  • HOME HEALTH AIDE
    Martinez, CA
  • Home Health Aide
    Redwood City, CA
  • Home Health Aide
    Stockton, CA
  • Home Health Aide - (On Call)
    Sacramento, CA
  • Certified Home Health Aide
    California
  • Certified Home Health Aide
    Oceanside, CA
  • HOME HEALTH AIDE Temporary FT
    Lompoc, CA
  • Home Health Aide
    Union City, CA
  • HOME HEALTH AIDE - Grade 165 (11252009HHA)
    Sacramento, CA
  • Home Health Aide (HHA) - Continuous Care
    Newark, CA
  • Certified Home Health Aide, Per Diem Days
    Burbank, CA
  • Home Health Aide (HHA)
    Huntington Beach, CA
  • Home Health Aide, Certified Nursing Assistant, HHA, CNA, CC
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) - Hospice Care
    Burbank, CA
  • Certified Home Health Aide, Hospice, Homecare
    San Diego, CA
  • Certified Home Health Aide: Part-time (Pay per Visit) --Santa Cl
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Home Health Aide - Home Care (Per Diem)
    Sacramento, CA
  • Certified Home Health Aide: Part-time (Pay per Vis
    California
  • Home Health Aide/C.N.A. - Part Time/PRN - Home Health
    Hayward, CA
  • Certified Home Health Aide
    Bakersfield, CA
  • 10-036 Certified Home Health Aide: Part-time (Pay per visit)
    Campbell, CA
  • Home Health Aide
    Santa Rosa, CA
  • Certified Home Health Aide, Hospice, Homecare
    San Diego, CA
  • Certified Home Health Aide: Part-time (Pay per Visit) --Santa Clarita
    Lancaster, CA
  • Certified Home Health Aide
    San Diego, CA
  • Home Health Aide
    San Francisco, CA
  • Home Health Aide - Hospice
    Corona, CA
  • Home Health Aide/C.N.A. - Part Time
    Hayward, CA
  • Home Health Aide
    Santa Rosa, CA
  • Home Health Aide Job
    Santa Rosa, CA
  • Home Health Aide - C.N.A.
    Davenport, CA
  • HOME HEALTH AIDE, Grade 165
    California
  • Patient Care Coordinator
    California
  • Physical Therapist - Home Health
    Torrance, CA
  • Caregiver- Home Healthcare Aides Needed!
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ED Care Coordinator, LVN, FullTime, 10a to 10p
    Santa Ana, CA
  • Patient Care Coordinator
    San Jose, CA
  • Patient Care Coordinator/Utilization Management
    Santa Rosa, CA
  • Personal Care Assistant (HHA/CNA)
    Pleasant Hill, CA
  • Care Provider / Care Giver
    Yorba Linda, CA
  • Reminiscence Care Manager
    Rancho Mirage, CA
  • Patient Care Coordinator - On Call(EU224)
    San Francisco, CA
  • Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) - Home Health
    San Bernardino, CA
  • Physical Therapist (PT) - Home Health
    San Bernardino, CA
  • CHHA/HHA - Certified Home Health Aides
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Home Health Physical Therapist
    San Diego, CA
  • Elder Care / Senior Care / Home care & Home Health Aides Needed
    San Diego, CA
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