community care
Britishnoun
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help available to persons living in their own homes, rather than services provided in residential institutions
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the policy of transferring responsibility for people in need from large, often isolated, state institutions to their relatives and local welfare agencies
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In your book, at the end, you talk about how through ending emotional outsourcing, you’ve cultivated a fulfilling chosen family, and that you make a practice of showing up for community care.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
The Greens say that investment would shift into prevention and primary and community care to ease the pressure on hospitals in the longer term.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
NHS England monthly data shows that around only a third of delays are down to lack of community care or a care home place.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2026
Thai advocates push for mental health programs centered on community care.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
In short, the problem is this: Shall the children suffer in childhood and become a burden on society in adult years, or shall society protect itself from future expense by community care now?
From Euthenics, the science of controllable environment a plea for better living conditions as a first step toward higher human efficiency by Ellen H. Richards
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