domiciliary care

British

noun

social welfare services, such as meals-on-wheels, health visiting, and home help, provided by a welfare agency for people in their own homes

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Michelle Wilson, care manager at Home Instead, a domiciliary care company based in Epsom and Dorking, said the rise in minimum wage could cause problems.

From BBC

In the year to March 2020, there were 1,408 inspections of nursing and residential care homes and domiciliary care agencies.

From BBC

The BBC has seen evidence of the payment to Alchita Care, the private domiciliary care home in Bradford that sponsored his family's visa.

From BBC

Owning a car is essential for NHS domiciliary care worker Niall, from Londonderry, but he is unhappy that he is paying more for insurance now than he was 20 years ago.

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He had requested a budget of £1bn and warned that the shortfall would negatively affect hospital waiting lists, pay settlements, GP services and domiciliary care packages.

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