housecare en · NOUN
Etymology
From house + care.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Treatment of a patient at his or her own home.
Service responses to the problems of old age couched in terms of housecare are clearly irrelevant to the needs of many older people.
1987, Christina R. Victor, Old age in modern society: a textbook of social gerontology, page 254:
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(uncountable) Care and maintenance of one's home.
Pharmaceuticals and consumer chemicals: Includes cosmetics, housecare products, toiletries, veterinary products.
1983, John M. Stopford, The world directory of multinational enterprises, 1982-83: Volume 3:
Synonyms
homecare (treatment of a patient at home)