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care attendant

British  

noun

  1. social welfare (in Britain) a person who is paid to look after one or more severely handicapped people by visiting them frequently and staying when needed, but who does not live in

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PCA is a well-worn acronym, standing for everything from the People’s Choice Awards to a personal care attendant to the Positive Coaching Alliance to the Poodle Club of America.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2023

Teresa Richardson, who works as a personal care attendant in Erie, Pa., said in a Times survey in September that she felt the country was on the wrong path.

From New York Times Oct. 25, 2022

But her grandmother wound up catching the virus from her home health care attendant, a woman in her 40s.

From New York Times Jun. 28, 2020

Lisa Tropp, 70, a Ukrainian-born home care attendant who has lived in Trump Village for 15 years, said she did not approve of tenants' having pets.

From New York Times May 28, 2012

To see sulphur burning, is ominous of great care attendant upon your wealth.

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