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2. Elderly care - Wikipedia

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   An old man at a nursing home in Norway. Elderly care, or simply eldercare (also known in parts of the English-speaking world as aged care), serves the needs of old adults.It encompasses assisted living, adult daycare, long-term care, nursing homes (often called residential care), hospice care, and home care.

3. Unlicensed assistive personnel - Wikipedia

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   In a given year, 34% of American UAPs in long-term care facilities experience physical injury, including human bites, after a resident assaults them. [31] The COVID-19 pandemic also contributed to UAPs leaving the job in droves. [32] For-profit long-term care facilities have higher rates of turnover than not-for-profit facilities.

4. Nursing home - Wikipedia

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   The 1980s and 1990s saw care homes becoming a large industry in the UK, with the Registered Homes Act 1984 regulating private care homes and the Care Standards Act of 2000 ensuring that patient needs are met. [6] Today, nursing homes are varied. Some nursing homes still resemble a hospital while others look more like a home.

5. Care work - Wikipedia

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   Care work also includes unpaid domestic work that is often disproportionately performed by women. [3] Although it is frequently focused on providing for dependents such as children, the sick, and the elderly, [3] care work also refers to work done in the immediate service of others (regardless of dependency) and can extend to "animals and ...

6. Care.com - Wikipedia

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   Care.com is an online marketplace for families to find childcare, senior care, care for those with special needs, care for home, tutoring support and pet care. It is also a two-sided marketplace allowing caregivers to find jobs. Through its enterprise arm, Care for Business, the company provides employers with caregiving benefits for their ...

7. Assisted living - Wikipedia

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   Assisted living evolved from small "board and care" or "personal care" homes and offers a "social model" of care (compared to the medical model of a skilled nursing facility). The assisted living industry is a segment of the senior housing industry.