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shared care

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noun

  1. social welfare an arrangement between a welfare agency and a family with a dependent handicapped member, whereby the agency takes the handicapped person into a home for respite care or in emergencies

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Trusting each other again on some level could be what saves our country—and the essential social programs that reflect our shared care for one another.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2025

"It would not be usual or expected for a GP to prescribe a specialist amber drug at the request of a private provider in the absence of an agreed shared care arrangement," the department said.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2023

A Scottish government spokesman added that although some health boards have shared care policies it was "at individual GPs' clinical discretion to decide what is in the best interest of their patients".

From BBC • May 23, 2022

Have we reorganised our cities in ways that would make shared care work visible and convenient?

From The Guardian • Jul. 6, 2020

It wasn't as difficult as many men might imagine, he adds, to negotiate with his employer working hours that allowed shared care.

From Time Magazine Archive

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