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• Care provided in a person’s home. Home care can be health services such as bathing, assisting someone to walk or more skilled services such as drawing blood for laboratory tests or giving medication.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Home care. (n.d.). HAI Glossary for Consumers. Retrieved March 20, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/home-care.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Home care. www.cdc.gov. HAI Glossary for Consumers. CDC. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/home-care (accessed: March 20, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Home care." HAI Glossary for Consumers. CDC. 20 March. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/home-care.

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