Plan, shop for, or prepare nutritious meals or assist families in planning, shopping for, or preparing nutritious meals.

“Plan, shop for, or prepare nutritious meals or assist families in planning, shopping for, or preparing nutritious meals.” is a supplemental task performed by Personal Care Aides. Among the occupation's 11 rated tasks, workers place it 2nd by importance (#10 most important). About 66% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Prepare foods or beverages. in Handling and Moving Objects

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T1.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.007% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• Most common interaction: directive
• Average autonomy of the AI: 3.3 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 98% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Working with AI vs. handing it off

Of the AI conversations mapped to this task, the split between people working alongside AI and people delegating the task to it.

How people interact with AI on this task

Other tasks in this occupation

• Administer bedside or personal care, such as ambulation or personal hygiene assistance. · importance 4.7
• Prepare and maintain records of client progress and services performed, reporting changes in client condition to manager or supervisor. · importance 4.7
• Train family members to provide bedside care. · importance 4.6
• Perform healthcare-related tasks, such as monitoring vital signs and medication, under the direction of registered nurses or physiotherapists. · importance 4.5
• Participate in case reviews, consulting with the team caring for the client, to evaluate the client's needs and plan for continuing services. · importance 4.5
• Instruct or advise clients on issues, such as household cleanliness, utilities, hygiene, nutrition, or infant care. · importance 4.4
• Care for individuals or families during periods of incapacitation, family disruption, or convalescence, providing companionship, personal care, or help in adjusting to new lifestyles. · importance 4.4
• Perform housekeeping duties, such as cooking, cleaning, washing clothes or dishes, or running errands. · importance 4.2
• Provide clients with communication assistance, typing their correspondence or obtaining information for them. · importance 4.2
• Transport clients to locations outside the home, such as to physicians' offices or on outings, using a motor vehicle. · importance 3.7

See all tasks on the Personal Care Aides page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-2375,
  title  = {Plan, shop for, or prepare nutritious meals or assist families in planning, shopping for, or preparing nutritious meals.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-2375}
}