life-care

or life care

[ lahyf-kair ]

adjective

1. designed to provide for the basic needs of elderly residents, usually in return for an initial fee and monthly service payments:

   a life-care facility; life-care communities.

Word History and Origins

Origin of life-care¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

Ceridwen Hughes, from Mold, whose mother chose to spend her last few weeks at home, said: "To navigate end-of life-care for a loved one can be a stressful and dehumanising experience, if co-ordinated care is not in place."

From BBC

Tony Trueman, 63, from Birmingham, was discussing end-of life-care when he was admitted to hospital on 1 April.

From BBC

Karen Hannigan, the division supervisor, said the county walks a fine line in deciding whether to merely counsel a caller on how an elderly person might live more safely at home, or recommend that they move somewhere they can get health- and life-care services.

From Washington Post

In cases in which people suffered life-altering injuries like brain damage or paralysis, the victims’ lawyer and she would each hire a “life-care planner” to compute the costs of a lifetime of home care, transportation, home renovations for access, and so on.

From New York Times

Dorothy Vickery, 92, who taught French from 1963 to 1983 at the private Madeira School in McLean, Va., died March 28 at a life-care facility in Mitchellville, Md., where she had lived since 1988.

From Washington Post