home-care

[ hohm-kair ]

adjective

1. 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

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

The National Domestic Workers Alliance, which advocates for millions of nannies, housecleaners, home-care workers and others in the US, also received a grant.

From BBC

But demand for the company's daily-use products, mainly in the grooming and home-care segments, remained strong despite high prices.

From BBC

And after a 10-year campaign, 74,000 Los Angeles home-care workers successfully unionized in 1999.

From Los Angeles Times

Mary Anson, who runs five care homes in Cornwall, says she was approached by two overseas care workers who were brought to the UK by a home-care company but given no work.

From BBC