Home care
Home Care
Home care (pronunciation: /hoʊm kɛər/), also known as in-home care, is a type of health care service provided in the patient's home to maintain or restore health and reduce the effects of disease and disability.
Etymology
The term "home care" is derived from the English words "home" and "care". "Home" comes from the Old English hām, meaning a dwelling, house, estate or village, while "care" comes from the Old English caru or cær, meaning sorrow, anxiety, or grief, which later evolved to mean charge or oversight, thus giving rise to the sense of "responsibility, attention or caution".
Related Terms
- Health care: The organized provision of medical care to individuals or a community.
- Primary care: Health care provided by a medical professional with whom a patient has initial contact.
- Palliative care: Specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses, focusing on providing relief from symptoms, pain, and stress.
- Hospice care: A type of care and philosophy of care that focuses on the palliation of a chronically ill, terminally ill, or seriously ill patient's pain and symptoms.
- Nursing home care: A type of residential care that provides non-stop nursing care for elderly people or people who have difficulty in daily living.
- Respite care: Short-term care provided to people with disabilities or illnesses, or their caregivers, to provide temporary relief.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Home care
- Wikipedia's article - Home care
This WikiMD dictionary article is a stub. You can help make it a full article.
Languages: - East Asian
中文,
日本,
한국어,
South Asian
हिन्दी,
Urdu,
বাংলা,
తెలుగు,
தமிழ்,
ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian
Indonesian,
Vietnamese,
Thai,
မြန်မာဘာသာ,
European
español,
Deutsch,
français,
русский,
português do Brasil,
Italian,
polski