domiciliary
- adjective
- /ˌdɒmɪˈsɪlɪəri/
- Specialized
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domiciliario
- The research team carried out an electronic search to find qualitative studies that explored older people's perceptions of dignity in care in hospitals, care homes, and domiciliary care.
- domiciliary care
- domiciliary visits
Examples
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Michelle Gilbert, a domiciliary support manager at the company, says staff were reassured by the fact they would retain their terms and, perhaps more importantly, their pensions.
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The Lansley money has been used to pull together a second team and to put 16 extra beds into nursing and residential homes and more investment in domiciliary care.
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The social workers who conducted these interviews had at least five years of experience working in this domiciliary program.
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Essex Cares was set up last year to run the council's domiciliary care, equipment, and employment support service for people with mental health problems.
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In February, Community Care reported that a fifth of providers of residential or domiciliary care predicted they would go out of business next year because of cuts to their fees.
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It is suggested that up to 16% of patients would benefit from hospice or specialist domiciliary end-of-life care.
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So the reablement and intermediate care services clearly now show that for older people, you can reduce the number needing domiciliary care as well as residential care.
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Sue Jerrard is a community care assistant for Sage Care in rural east Hertfordshire, providing domiciliary care for about 12 calls each shift.
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Bolton cites schemes such as home-based enablement programs that can reduce both admissions to care homes and the demand for domiciliary care.
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The agency provides domiciliary care services to support elderly individuals in their own homes.
Synonyms
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2.8
About the home, household tasks, or family life
Antonyms
How Home-Based
- Specialized
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4.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word domiciliary comes from the Latin domus meaning 'house' and is related to domicile and domestic. So domiciliary describes care or services that happen 'at home', which is why we use it for home visits and support.