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home help

noun

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  1. A person employed, especially by a social services department, to perform household…

    A person employed, especially by a social services department, to perform household chores and provide aid to a patient or infirm person in the latter's own home; a carer.

    • The work of the assistant home helps was particularly focused on older people (Simonen, 1990).
    • Home helps performed domestic and social care tasks (cleaning, for example, or helping clients shop or collect pensions).

  2. The aid provided by such people.

    • The origins of the home help service can be traced back to the Sick Room Help Society based in the East End of London.

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