noun
Meaning 1
Care for elderly people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
eldercare
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History
Etymology
From elder + care.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 養老護理 /养老护理 (yǎnglǎo hùlǐ) — care for the elderly
- Chinese Mandarin: 老年保健 (lǎonián bǎojiàn) — care for the elderly
- Chinese Mandarin: 老人贍養 /老人赡养 (lǎorén shànyǎng) — care for the elderly
- Chinese Mandarin: 老年護理 /老年护理 (lǎonián hùlǐ) — care for the elderly
- Danish: ældreomsorg — care for the elderly
- Danish: ældrepleje — care for the elderly
- Dutch: ouderenzorg — care for the elderly
- Finnish: vanhustenhuolto — care for the elderly
- Finnish: vanhustenhoito — care for the elderly
- French: soins aux personnes âgées — care for the elderly
- German: Altenpflege — care for the elderly
- Japanese: 介護 (kaigo) — care for the elderly
- Japanese: 高齢者介護 (kōreisha kaigo) — care for the elderly
- Polish: opieka nad osobami starszymi — care for the elderly
- Russian: ухо́д за престаре́лыми (uxód za prestarélymi) — care for the elderly
- Russian: ухо́д за старика́ми (uxód za starikámi) — care for the elderly
- Russian: гериатри́я (geriatríja) — care for the elderly
- Spanish: cuidado de ancianos — care for the elderly
- Swedish: äldreomsorg — care for the elderly