housecare

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

house +‎ care

Noun[edit]

housecare (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) Treatment of a patient at his or her own home.
    • 1987, Christina R. Victor, Old age in modern society: a textbook of social gerontology, page 254:
      Service responses to the problems of old age couched in terms of housecare are clearly irrelevant to the needs of many older people.
  2. Care and maintenance of one's home.
    • 1983, John M. Stopford, The world directory of multinational enterprises, 1982-83: Volume 3:
      Pharmaceuticals and consumer chemicals: Includes cosmetics, housecare products, toiletries, veterinary products.

Synonyms[edit]

  • (treatment of a patient at home): homecare
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