home-care

American

[hohm-kair] / ˈhoʊmˌkɛər /

adjective

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

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

Example Sentences

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The company last week said it would raise prices by up to nearly a third, or in some cases more, for products in its home-care, industrial & institutional cleaning and industrial formulators segments in Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 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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