Topical Terminology > Home Care
Home Care
For Home Care we have terms and definitions in 2 topics. The topics are Health Care and Medical.
Home Care (Health Care) 
In contrast with inpatient and ambulatory care, home care is medical care ordinarily administered in the house setting when a patient is not sufficiently ambulatory to make frequent office or hospital visits. With these patients, intravenous therapy for example is administered at the patient's residence, usually by a health care professional. Home care reduces the need for hospitalization and it's associated costs.
See more Health Care Terms ...
Home Care (Medical)
Health care and personal assistance in the home for aged, disabled or sick people who do not need inpatient care. The most common types of home care are nursing services; physical and occupational therapy; speech pathology; home health aide and homemaker services; and social services.
See more Medical Terms ...
Similar
Browse words that start with:
Browse All Terms by First Letter
Term Search
Looking for more topical resources?
> Feeds
> General Reference
> News Video
> Recipes
> Podcasts
> Tags
We currently have 172,616 terms and definitions across 1,105 topics.
This work is licensed under Creative Commons.
Design by NOWdesign
