housecare

English

Etymology

From house +‎ care.

Noun

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

• (treatment of a patient at home): homecare