home care
home care — 名詞
1. medical or personal assistance that is given to people in their own homes, espec
居家照護
在家中提供的醫療及生活照護服務
medical or personal assistance that is given to people in their own homes, especially to those who are elderly, chronically ill, recovering from surgery, or unable to leave home easily
Mrs. Chen receives home care visits from a nurse every morning after her hip operation.
陳太太髖關節手術後，每天早上都有護理師到家裡提供居家照護訪視。
collocation: receive + home care visits
More government funding for home care helps elderly people stay in their own homes.
更多居家照護的政府經費，幫助長者留在自己家中生活。
collocation: funding for home care
Mr. Okafor needs round-the-clock home care because of his advanced Parkinson's disease.
Okafor 先生因為帕金森氏症後期，需要全天候的居家照護。
Dr. Adebayo visits four home care patients each day and adjusts their medication.
Adebayo 醫師每天探視四位居家照護病患，並調整他們的用藥。
collocation: home care patients (compound modifier)
The social worker arranged a home care package that includes nursing and meal delivery.
社工為他們安排了一份包含護理和送餐服務的居家照護方案。
collocation: home care package
- receive home care
- need home care
- provide home care
- home care services
- home care worker
- home care package
- round-the-clock home care
- long-term home care
- home care agency
- home care funding
- domiciliary care
formal UK term, used in official healthcare documents and policies
- in-home care
nearly identical meaning, often used interchangeably in North America
- home health care
more narrowly focused on medical/nursing services rather than general personal care
- institutional care
care provided in a hospital, nursing home, or residential facility rather than at home
文法句型
receive/provide/need + home care
home care + noun (home care worker / home care service)
用法筆記
Home care is uncountable, so it never takes 'a' or 'an'. It is commonly used as a compound modifier before nouns that describe roles or services (home care worker, home care package, home care agency).
常見錯誤
同根字
- care home名詞B2
- caregiver名詞B2
- home health aide名詞B2
常見搭配
副詞搭配
- round-the-clock
- long-term
- short-term
- temporary
- ongoing
常用片語
- home care services
- home care worker
- home care agency
- home care package
- home care funding
- home care needs
介系詞搭配
- home care for [someone]
- home care from [provider]