round-the-clock care
Nonstop medical attention
Round-the-clock care is continuous supervision or assistance provided throughout all 24 hours of a day, typically for someone who cannot safely be left alone due to illness, disability, or age.
The phrase emphasizes that coverage never lapses: After the stroke, she required round-the-clock care.
Also called 24-hour care.
- constantFixed, unvarying quantity
- vigilantKeenly aware of danger
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- bedsideNear the mattress
- bedside mannerPhysician's interpersonal approach
overnight · home health aide · live-in help · exhausting · devoted · sleepless · sleep deprivation · hospice · end of life · monitor · shifts · tireless · watchful · ICU · nightshift · attentive · relentless · dedicated
- caregivingtake care, nurture, look after, compassionate care, watch over
- intensive careventilator, ICU, life support, central line, cardiac monitor
round-the-clock careindependent living
Managing without assistance
self-care · living alone · neglect · remote monitoring · wellness checks
round, clock, rounds, rounded, rounding, rounder, roundest, roundly, roundness