long-term care
- Subj. Area:
- V Medicine and Care
- Ger:
- Langzeit- und Versorgungspflege
- Fr:
- soins longue durée
- SN:
- Care usually over an extended period, for a chronic condition or disability, requiring periodic, intermittent, or continuous care; unlike 'nursing care', 'long-term care' does not primarily aim at promoting a healing process, but takes care of permanent needs of the patient (based on Bioethics/MeSH-2005)
- UF:
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personal care
- RT:
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aged
chronically ill persons
critically ill persons
disabled persons
- Conc:
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B: Long-term care
E: long-term care
I: -
M: Long-Term Care (D008134)
