Advancement Prospects
With considerable experience, personal care aides can advance to become supervisors or managers. Those with an entrepreneurial mindset can start their own businesses. Some aides may return to school to earn a degree in nursing or social work. Those who earn a minimum of a bachelor's degree in a field such as nursing, psychology, gerontology, or social work might consider becoming geriatric care managers, who work closely with the families of clients to coordinate and manage care.
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- Adult Day Care Coordinators
- Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors
- Animal Caretakers
- Animal Trainers
- App Services Workers
- Arborists
- Behavioral Health Technicians
- Career and Employment Counselors
- Career and Employment Technicians
- Child Life Specialists
- Cleaning Service Owners
- Clinic Managers
- Community Health Nurses
- Community Health Program Coordinators
- Community Health Workers
- Community Nutrition Educators
- Conflict Resolution Specialists
- Contact Tracers
- Creative Arts Therapists
- Dietetic Technicians
- Directors of Volunteers
- Dry Cleaning and Laundry Workers
- Elder Law Attorneys
- Funeral Home Workers
- Genealogical Researchers
- Geriatric Care Managers
- Geriatric Nurses
- Geriatric Psychiatrists
- Geriatric Social Workers
- Geriatricians
- Grant Coordinators and Writers
- Grief Therapists
- Grounds Managers
- Health Advocates
- HIV/AIDS Counselors and Case Managers
- Home Health Care Aides
- Home Health Care and Hospice Nurses
- Hospice Workers
- Household Workers
- Housekeepers and Maids
- Human Services Workers
- Landscapers
- Lawn and Gardening Service Owners
- Life Coaches
- Medical Ethicists
- Mortuary Cosmetologists
- Music Therapists
- Neuropsychologists and Clinical Neuropsychologists
- Nursing Home Administrators
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants and Aides
- Orientation and Mobility Specialists
- Painters and Paperhangers
- Pest Control Workers
- Pet Sitters
- Professional Organizers
- Psychologists
- Public Interest Lawyers
- Recreational Therapists
- Rehabilitation Counselors
- Senior Care Pharmacists
- Sign Language and Oral Interpreters
- Social Workers
- Spa Managers
- Swimming Pool Servicers
- Tattoo Artists
- Taxidermists
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