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home-care

American  
[hohm-kair] / ˈhoʊmˌkɛər /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or designating care, especially medical care, given or received at home.

    a member of the hospital's home-care staff.


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In the healthcare sector, nursing beds are being taken offline and some home-care agencies are halting admissions, said Katie Smith Sloan, chief executive of LeadingAge, which represents aging-services providers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Furthermore, check whether your LTC policy requires you to have an in-network facility or home-care provider.

From MarketWatch Jun. 1, 2026

A plant in Athens that produces home-care products was plagued by downtime, with production idled for days, when manufacturing equipment broke because manuals were in German, French and English.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 3, 2026

With councils - who pay for most social care - financially squeezed and overstretched, many care homes and home-care providers are only given short-term funding, she says.

From BBC Feb. 8, 2025

I found out that neither health insurance nor Medicare covers long-term care expenses like home-care aides, and that private for-profit long-term care insurance companies deny coverage for people with preexisting conditions.

From Seattle Times May 29, 2024

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