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.
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