home help
In-house care worker
Home help is a person employed to assist with household tasks, typically for elderly, disabled, or ill individuals who need support to live independently.
The term is more common in British English; Americans more often say home aide or home care worker.
Home help may include cleaning, cooking, shopping, or personal care: The council arranged home help for her after the surgery.
Supporting staff member
- carerOne who tends others
- attendantOne who assists others
- companionOne who keeps company
- support workerStaff assisting vulnerable individuals
nursing assistant · personal care assistant · live-in carer · visiting nurse · healthcare assistant · orderly · helper · provider
Living where you've always lived
- senior careAssistance for older adults
- Alzheimer's careSupport for progressive memory loss
- fall preventionSafeguards against losing balance
- independenceFreedom from external control
daily living · dignity · visiting hours · wellness checks · frailty · assisted living · geriatric
Immersion for cleanliness
- dressingSauce for salads
- meal preparationReadying food for eating
- medication remindersAlerts for scheduled doses
- companionshipState of having company
mobility assistance · shopping · laundry · toileting · grooming · transportation · errands · feeding
Devices modified for disabilities
- wheelchair assistanceAid for those who cannot walk
- accessibilityEase of approach
- special needsAtypical developmental or learning conditions
- physical therapyRehabilitative movement-based medical care
occupational therapy · rehabilitation · chronic illness · palliative · homebound · mobility aids
aide
Supporting staff member
support worker · nursing assistant · personal care assistant · live-in carer · visiting nurse · healthcare assistant · orderly · helper · provider · nurturer
aging in place
Living where you've always lived
- senior careAssistance for older adults
- Alzheimer's careSupport for progressive memory loss
- fall preventionSafeguards against losing balance
daily living · independence · dignity · visiting hours · wellness checks · frailty · assisted living · geriatric
bathing
Immersion for cleanliness
- dressingSauce for salads
- meal preparationReadying food for eating
- medication remindersAlerts for scheduled doses
companionship · mobility assistance · shopping · laundry · toileting · grooming · transportation · errands · feeding · bed-making
adaptive equipment
Devices modified for disabilities
- wheelchair assistanceAid for those who cannot walk
- accessibilityEase of approach
- special needsAtypical developmental or learning conditions
physical therapy · occupational therapy · rehabilitation · chronic illness · palliative · homebound · mobility aids
- social servicessocial workers, social work, social services, welfare office, case workers
- social welfaresocial welfare, welfare state, welfare checks, social insurance, welfare benefits
home helpinstitutional care
Professional supervision in facilities
nursing home care · residential care · hospital care · inpatient care · assisted living facility
help, home, housekeeper, housekeeping, homemaker, homecare, hometeam