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HOME SUPPORT SERVICES [3 records]

Record 1 2016-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Sociology of Medicine
DEF

A service offered to people with impairments to allow them to continue living at home.

OBS

These services can include nursing, psychosocial, medical, rehabilitation and nutrition, and home support services for activities of daily living, as well as palliative care, bereavement support and caregiver services.

OBS

home support service: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • home support services

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Sociologie de la médecine
DEF

Service offert aux personnes atteintes d'incapacités afin de leur permettre de continuer à vivre dans leur domicile.

OBS

Les services offerts peuvent comprendre des services infirmiers, psychosociaux, médicaux, de réadaptation et de nutrition, des services d'aide à domicile pour les activités de la vie quotidienne, des soins palliatifs et du soutien au deuil, des services aux proches aidants.

OBS

Le vocable «soutien à domicile» est préféré à «maintien à domicile», employé auparavant, pour la raison suivante : le terme «soutien» place l’accent sur la personne, en mesure d’exercer ses choix, alors que le terme «maintien» renvoie à un objectif extérieur à la personne.

OBS

service de soutien à domicile; service de maintien à domicile : termes habituellement utilisés au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • services de soutien à domicile
  • services de maintien à domicile

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organización médica y hospitalaria
  • Sociología de la medicina
DEF

Conjunto de servicios sanitarios, personales y domésticos prestados en el domicilio de la persona para facilitar su vida en el mismo y evitar internamientos.

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Record 2 1995-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Ministry of Community and Social Services

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 3 1995-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Old Age
  • Social Services and Social Work
CONT

... the American health care system does not provide the same kind of support to caregivers as the Canadian system ... [where] some level of home support services is usually available ....

CONT

... it can be expected that a majority of the passive neglect cases ... might have been prevented with an assortment of family support services.

OBS

Theoretically, the term "family support services" may encompass community services outside the home.

Key term(s)
  • in-home services
  • home support services
  • family support services

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie de la vieillesse
  • Services sociaux et travail social
OBS

Un service d'appui communautaire peut être un service à domicile, mais ne l'est pas obligatoirement.

CONT

Que peut-on faire? [...] réduire la dépendance des personnes âgées en leur offrant un réseau de services d'appui communautaire.

Spanish

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