elder care
Helping aging relatives
Elder care is the provision of assistance and support to aging individuals who need help with daily activities, medical needs, or supervision.
It encompasses professional services like nursing homes and home health aides, as well as informal caregiving by family members: She reduced her work hours to provide elder care for her mother.
Also called eldercare.
- geriatric medicineMedical care for seniors
- meal preparationReadying food for eating
- walkerAmbulatory person or aid
- mobility aidsEquipment supporting independent movement
- transportation servicesSystems that move travelers
senior center · wheelchair · nurse · family caregiver · around the clock · assisted living · mental health services · cane · respite · daily living · nursing homes · medication management · fall prevention · aging in place · social work · housing assistance · estate planning · bathing
- Social Programswelfare office, unemployment benefits, disability benefits, TANF, family allowances
- nursingnurse, nursing, nurses, RN, LPN
- Assisted Living Servicesassisted living, medication management, mobility aids, wheelchair assistance
- lifespan medicinepediatrics, geriatrics, neonatology, gerontology, newborn screening
- expensesexpenses, expense, expenditure, cost, costs
- family lifebirth, kinship, childbirth, pregnancy, new baby
elder carepediatrics
Medicine for minors
childcare · child care · pediatric care · infant care · neonatal care
elder carepediatric medicine
Healthcare for children
youth welfare · child protective services · foster care · family planning
elder careself-care
Maintaining personal wellbeing
independent living · wellness programs · preventive health · fitness training · health maintenance