why are nurses aides looked down on and underpaid

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I have been working as a nurses aide now for about 8 years now and at first I loved my job, but as the years went by I realized we have the hardest job in the facility(nursing home) the nurses push med carts say open up then leave the room the administrator manages the budget and I have no idea what the director of nursing does cus I never see anything worth doing . As a nurses aide we are with the patients day in and day out we have to deal with the patients mood swings and be there when they just need a shoulder to lean on. We are who the patients see everyday we are there to take care of them when they are sick we are there during their passing (for those who don't have family around)sitting beside them holding their hand but yet all that is unseen when family members come in they bark orders out yell or belittle the aides like were not here to take care of their loved ones. And when administration come around they do they same thing our job isn't easy bad enough we have to deal with verbal and sometimes physical abuse from our patients we don't need it from anyone else. I understand family members are under stress because of the change in the health status of their loved ones and I understand that every facility wants a good all around business but why is it that every thing falls back to the nurses aides in bad times do any anyone realize we have the toughest yet lowest paid job in our field, we deserve more credit for our hard work and dedication espescially when we are there 24/7 but the big bosses get credit for everything when they are there mon through fri 8 am to 4pm. I just wish we were treated like humans when greeted by family member,doctors, nurses and etc.....am I blowing things out of proportion or are there people in the health care field that feel the same way....