• Home care in the United Kingdom (also referred to as domiciliary care, social care, or in-home care) is supportive care provided in the home. Care may...
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  • In 2002, nursing homes in the United Kingdom were officially designated as care homes with nursing, and residential homes became known as care homes. In...
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  • Homecare (home care, in-home care), also known as domiciliary care, personal care or social care, is health care or supportive care provided in the individual...
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    Home care (also referred to as domiciliary care, social care, or in-home care) is supportive care provided in the home. Care may be provided by licensed...
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  • Social care in the United Kingdom is a devolved matter, so England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales each have their own separate systems of private...
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  • home is a facility for the residential care of older people, senior citizens, or disabled people. Nursing homes may also be referred to as care homes...
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  • Residential care refers to long-term care given to adults or children who stay in a residential setting rather than in their own home or family home. There...
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  • approximately 1.4 million Americans live in a nursing home, two-thirds of whom rely on Medicaid to pay for their care. Residential nursing facilities receive...
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    daycare, long-term care, nursing homes (often called residential care), hospice care, and home care. Elderly care emphasizes the social and personal...
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    Healthcare in the United Kingdom is a devolved matter, with England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales each having their own systems of publicly funded...
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    Foster care in the modern sense was first introduced in the United Kingdom in 1853 when Reverend John Armistead removed children from a workhouse in Cheshire...
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    Caregiver (redirect from Care for others)
    of non-caregivers. In the United States today there are approximately 61.6 million people (referenced above) who are caring at home for family members...
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  • Long-term care insurance (LTC or LTCI) is an insurance product, sold in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada that helps pay for the costs associated...
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    not to live independently. The term is popular in the United States. Still, the setting is similar to a retirement home, in the sense that facilities provide...
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    Hospice (redirect from Hospice care)
    accessed in the home, long-term care facility or the hospital. Outside the United States, the term tends to be primarily associated with the particular...
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  • care in the United Kingdom is available through the National Health Service. Eye care in the community is almost entirely provided by optometrists in...
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  • Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home (residential child care community or treatment centre), or private home of...
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    usually work in hospitals or community settings under the guidance of a qualified healthcare professional. In the United Kingdom, the Care Certificate...
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    Child care in the United Kingdom is supported by a combination of rights at work, public sector provision and private companies. Child care is usually...
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    United Kingdom, responsible for the work of the Department of Health and Social Care. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. The position...
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    The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for government...
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  • Radfield Home Care is a provider of home care in the United Kingdom based in Shrewsbury and founded by Dr Hannah MacKechnie and Alex Green in 2008. It...
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  • Events from the year 2024 in the United Kingdom. This year is noted for a landslide general election victory for the Labour Party under Keir Starmer. Monarch...
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    introduced to the United States in the 1970s in response to the work of Cicely Saunders in the United Kingdom. This part of health care has expanded as...
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    The 2024 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 4 July 2024, to elect 650 members of Parliament to the House of Commons, the lower house...
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    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off...
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    Government of the United Kingdom and the head of the Home Office. The position is a Great Office of State, making the home secretary one of the most senior...
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    Cannabis in the United Kingdom is illegal for recreational use and is classified as a Class B drug. In 2004, the United Kingdom made cannabis a Class C...
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    Abortion in the United Kingdom is de facto available under the terms of the Abortion Act 1967 in Great Britain and the Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No...
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    of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for immigration, security, and law and order. As such, it is responsible for policing in England...
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