convalescents
Those regaining health
Convalescents are people recovering from illness, injury, or surgery.
The term suggests a gradual return to health rather than immediate cure: The ward was filled with convalescents from the flu outbreak.
A convalescent home or facility provides care during this recovery period.
Medical caretaking profession
- caregiverOne providing daily assistance
- bedsideNear the mattress
- patientAble to wait calmly
- bedrestPrescribed horizontal recovery
rest · comfort · supervision · monitoring · checkups · medication · treatment · attention
Gradual return to health
- healingRestoration of health
- improvementPositive change in quality
- mendingRestoring damaged items
- progressMovement toward improvement
regaining · rehabilitation · restoration · renewal · resilience · bounceback · comeback · survival
Curative mental treatment
- physiotherapyTreatment restoring bodily function
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- exercisesActivities for fitness
- outpatientTreated without admission
inpatient · clinic · regimen · bandages · ointment · antiseptic · wounds · scars
nursing
Medical caretaking profession
bedrest · rest · comfort · supervision · monitoring · checkups · medication · treatment · attention · support
recuperation
Gradual return to health
- healingRestoration of health
- improvementPositive change in quality
- mendingRestoring damaged items
progress · regaining · rehabilitation · restoration · renewal · resilience · bounceback · comeback · survival · overcoming
therapy
Curative mental treatment
- physiotherapyTreatment restoring bodily function
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- exercisesActivities for fitness
outpatient · inpatient · clinic · regimen · bandages · ointment · antiseptic · wounds · scars · medication
nutrition
Bodily use of food
- hydrationBodily fluid replenishment
- vitaminsEssential organic nutrients
- mineralsInorganic natural solids
rest · sleep · immunity · strength · mobility · exercise · diet · appetite · energy · fatigue
- populationspatients, inpatients, outpatients, elderly patients, stroke patients
- sanatoriumssanatorium, patients, tuberculosis, TB, rest cure
- invalidsinvalid, invalids, infirm, bedridden, incapacitated
convalescentscaregivers
Those who tend others
healthcare providers · nurses · physicians · medical staff · attendants
- convalescent careTreatment while recovering from illness
- convalescent homeResidence for recuperating patients