# Personal Care Aides

> Provide personalized assistance to individuals with disabilities or illness who require help with personal care and activities of daily living support (e.g., feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, and ambulation). May also provide help with tasks such as preparing meals, doing light housekeeping, and doing laundry. Work is performed in various settings depending on the needs of the care recipient and may include locations such as their home, place of work, out in the community, or at a daytime nonresidential facility.

- **SOC code:** 31-1122.00
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/roles/role-31-1122-00
- **Also known as:** Caregiver, Home Care Aide, Personal Care Aide, Personal Care Attendant (PCA), Care Provider, Direct Care Worker, Medication Aide, Personal Care Assistant (PCA)
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap (how codifiable the work is), not jobs lost or a forecast. Every figure below is traced to a named public dataset.

## What this work is

**Core tasks** (O*NET):
- Administer bedside or personal care, such as ambulation or personal hygiene assistance.
- Prepare and maintain records of client progress and services performed, reporting changes in client condition to manager or supervisor.
- Train family members to provide bedside care.
- Perform healthcare-related tasks, such as monitoring vital signs and medication, under the direction of registered nurses or physiotherapists.
- Participate in case reviews, consulting with the team caring for the client, to evaluate the client's needs and plan for continuing services.
- Instruct or advise clients on issues, such as household cleanliness, utilities, hygiene, nutrition, or infant care.
- Care for individuals or families during periods of incapacitation, family disruption, or convalescence, providing companionship, personal care, or help in adjusting to new lifestyles.
- Perform housekeeping duties, such as cooking, cleaning, washing clothes or dishes, or running errands.
- Provide clients with communication assistance, typing their correspondence or obtaining information for them.
- Plan, shop for, or prepare nutritious meals or assist families in planning, shopping for, or preparing nutritious meals.
- Transport clients to locations outside the home, such as to physicians' offices or on outings, using a motor vehicle.

**Emerging tasks** (O*NET):
- Administer bedside or personal care, such as assistance with ambulation, dressing, feeding, or personal hygiene.

## Skills, tools, capabilities

**Knowledge, skills & abilities** (O*NET, highest importance first):
- Service Orientation _(transferable_skill)_
- Social Perceptiveness _(transferable_skill)_
- Oral Comprehension _(ability)_
- Oral Expression _(ability)_
- Problem Sensitivity _(ability)_
- English Language _(knowledge)_
- Transportation _(knowledge)_
- Customer and Personal Service _(knowledge)_
- Psychology _(knowledge)_
- Education and Training _(knowledge)_
- Active Listening _(essential_skill)_
- Critical Thinking _(essential_skill)_

**Skills in demand:**
- Social Perceptiveness _(Common Skill)_
- English Language _(Common Skill)_
- Psychology _(Specialized Skill)_
- Active Listening _(Common Skill)_
- Deductive Reasoning _(Common Skill)_
- Critical Thinking _(Common Skill)_
- Speech Recognition _(Specialized Skill)_
- Time Management _(Common Skill)_
- Instructing _(Specialized Skill)_
- Information Ordering _(Specialized Skill)_
- Inductive Reasoning _(Common Skill)_
- Writing _(Common Skill)_

**Tools & technology:**
- MEDITECH software _(hot technology)_
- Appletree
- August Systems Visit Wizard
- Computer reading software
- Email software
- FaceTime
- Mi-Co Mi-Forms
- Voltage SecureMail

## AI exposure & outlook

- **AI task-overlap index:** 29th percentile (Low) across all occupations — composite of current-era exposure studies (ai-exposure-index-v1).
- **LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou):** 30th percentile (Low) — source: eloundou_gamma.

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **Anthropic Economic Index** (v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27)) — Anthropic. https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-31-1122-00_