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JOB REPORT / 31-1121 · 15 TASKS

Home Health Aides.

Can AI do the work of Home Health Aides?

Mostly it works alongside you. Here is what shifts, task by task.

YOUR EXPERIENCE MATTERS

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How many tasks do you use AI to assist with at work?

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The parts of your job AI can already do most of:

  • Maintain records of patient care, condition, progress, or problems…
  • Perform a variety of duties as requested by client
  • Provide patients and families with emotional support and instruction…

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WHAT WE LOOKED AT

Your job, task by task.

4 of 15 tasks reviewed

This job has 15 core tasks. We went through 4 of them, one at a time.

Task by task, from the work Home Health Aides actually do. How we describe AI use in each task is our own read of it, not a measurement of whether AI can replace the job.

  1. TASK 01

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

    AI DOES

    Drafts care notes, flags unusual patterns, and suggests report language from your input

    YOU DO

    Trust your eyes and instincts about what the patient's real condition looks like

  2. TASK 02SOURCE-BACKED TASK

    Perform a variety of duties as requested by client, such as obtaining household supplies or running errands.

    AI DOES

    Orders supplies and schedules deliveries automatically

    YOU DO

    Judge what clients actually need

    About this analysis

    56% · Methodology: exposure-v1 · Analysis date: unavailable · Confidence: medium

  3. TASK 03

    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.

    AI DOES

    Suggests meal ideas, care tips, and plain-language teaching materials

    YOU DO

    Show up in person and build real trust with patients and families

  4. TASK 04

    Entertain, converse with, or read aloud to patients to keep them mentally healthy and alert.

    AI DOES

    Suggests conversation topics, reads aloud via text-to-speech, or recommends activities matched to a patient's interests

    YOU DO

    Be physically present and bring real human warmth and connection

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Data sources and attribution

This page includes information from the O*NET 30.3 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. rtwoai has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

Task collaboration data is from the Anthropic Economic Index, release 2025-03-27, used under the CC BY 4.0 license. Anthropic has not reviewed or endorsed this page.

How we describe AI use in each task is our own characterization, not a measurement of whether AI can replace this job. Microsoft note that their metrics "should not be misconstrued or misrepresented as measuring the ability of AI to replace jobs," and that there is more to an occupation than the sum of its tasks.