community care

noun

1. help available to persons living in their own homes, rather than services provided in residential institutions
2. the policy of transferring responsibility for people in need from large, often isolated, state institutions to their relatives and local welfare agencies

Example Sentences

Pressed over whether the government was taking the problem seriously, she told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme that the health secretary had already set out a 10-year plan for the NHS which included focusing on prevention and community care, which she said would "ease pressures on social care".

From BBC

They have asked Reeves to look again at the changes or face “a systematic collapse of community care services across Britain”.

From BBC

“All of that is community care, and that’s what I am for,” the North Hollywood resident said.

From Los Angeles Times

The audience will include health professionals from hospitals to community care.

From BBC

“All of that is community care, and that’s what I am for.”

From Los Angeles Times