home care
Aid at residence
Home care is medical or personal assistance provided in someone's residence rather than in a hospital or facility.
It ranges from skilled nursing and physical therapy to help with daily tasks like bathing and meal preparation.
After her hip surgery, she received home care for six weeks.
The term often implies professional services, distinguishing it from informal family caregiving.
Caregiver who travels to patients
- hospiceTerminal illness comfort program
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- physiotherapyTreatment restoring bodily function
- occupational therapyRestoring practical life abilities
speech therapy · medication management · companionship · medical equipment · patient monitoring
visiting nurse
Caregiver who travels to patients
- hospiceTerminal illness comfort program
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- physiotherapyTreatment restoring bodily function
occupational therapy · speech therapy · medication management · companionship · medical equipment · patient monitoring
housekeeping
Domestic cleaning and upkeep
tidying · dusting · mopping · sweeping · vacuuming · meal preparation · cooking · dishwashing · ironing · organizing
- health servicespediatrics, geriatrics, medical aid, hospice, rehabilitation services
- social servicessocial workers, social work, social services, welfare office, case workers
- nursingnurse, nursing, nurses, RN, LPN
- Assisted Living Servicesassisted living, medication management, mobility aids, wheelchair assistance
- patient carepatient safety, disease management, patient advocacy, patient education, patient satisfaction
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
home carehospitalization
Formal entry into medical care
hospital care · institutional care · inpatient care · nursing home care · residential care