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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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Prices of products in home-care, industrial and institutional cleaning and industrial formulators segments in Europe will rise immediately or as allowed by existing contracts.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 19, 2026

Demand is surging for chronic-disease management, home-care robots, smart home systems and mobility aids.

From MarketWatch Oct. 27, 2025

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

And after a 10-year campaign, 74,000 Los Angeles home-care workers successfully unionized in 1999.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 22, 2023

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