According to the U.S. Department
of Labor:
Numerous job openings for nursing, medical assistants, and home
health aides will arise from a combination of fast employment growth
and high replacement needs. High replacement needs in this large
occupation reflect modest entry requirements, low pay, high physical
and emotional demands, and lack of opportunities for advancement.
For these same reasons, many people are unwilling to perform the
kind of work required by the occupation.
Therefore, persons who are interested in, and suited for, this work
should have excellent job opportunities. Overall employment of nursing,
psychiatric, and home health aides is projected to grow faster than
the average for all occupations through the year 2012, although
individual occupational growth rates will vary. Employment of home
health aides is expected to grow the fastest, as a result of both
growing demand for home healthcare services from an aging population
and efforts to contain healthcare costs by moving patients out of
hospitals and nursing care facilities as quickly as possible. Consumer
preference for care in the home and improvements in medical technologies
for in-home treatment also will contribute to faster-than-average
employment growth for home health aides. |
