companion care
Helping elderly daily
Companion care is non-medical support for people who need assistance with daily life, typically elderly or disabled individuals.
Unlike nursing care, it focuses on social and practical needs: conversation, meal preparation, light housekeeping, transportation to appointments, and simply being present.
Her mother receives companion care three days a week.
The term distinguishes this service from skilled medical care in home health contexts.
- home healthCare delivered at residence
- live-in aideHelper residing with client
- elderlyAdvanced in age
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- aideSupporting staff member
daily living · comfort · assistance · home · nurturing · gentle · presence · daily · visits · warmth · trust · kindness · helping · senior · aging in place · friendship · quality time · loved one
- assistancehelp, help desk, aid, helpdesk, assistance
- caregivingnurture, look after, watch over, tend to, mothering
- Assisted Living Servicesassisted living, medication management, mobility aids, wheelchair assistance
- elder caregerontologist, geriatrician, geriatric nurse, geriatric medicine, assisted living
- eldercareaging in place, assisted living, home health aides, nursing homes, senior housing
- accessibilitywheelchair access, wheelchair sports, wheelchair ramp, adaptive skiing, accessibility features
companion caremedical care
Professional treatment of illness
intensive care · acute care · hospital care · hospice care · inpatient care
companion careneglect
Failure to provide care
abandonment · isolation · social isolation · loneliness · solitary confinement
companion, care, companions, companionship, companionable, companionably, cared, caring, cares