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facilities. Rooming houses are often used as housing for low-income people, as rooming houses (along with single room occupancy units in hotels) are the...

Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home (residential child care community or treatment centre), or private home...

professions all constitute health care. The term includes work done in providing primary care, secondary care, tertiary care, and public health. Access to...

(AHA) for health care providers who take care of children and infants in the emergency room, critical care and intensive care units in the hospital, and...

A cry room, crying room, or infant care room is a space designed for people to take babies or small children for privacy or to reduce disturbance of others...

The Affordable Care Act (ACA), formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and colloquially as Obamacare, is a landmark U...

Childcare, also known as day care, is the care and supervision of one or more children, typically ranging from two weeks to 18 years old. When describing...

post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) and sometimes referred to as post-anesthesia recovery or PAR, or simply recovery, is a part of hospitals, ambulatory care centers...

An intensive care unit (ICU), also known as an intensive therapy unit or intensive treatment unit (ITU) or critical care unit (CCU), is a special department...

a child psychiatrist who developed the rooming-in model of maternal and infant care. Jackson was professor in pediatrics and psychology at the Yale School...

recovery from surgery. In medical terms, care for acute health conditions is the opposite from chronic care, or longer-term care. Acute care services are generally...

patients. Bronchoscopy can be performed in a special room designated for such procedures, operating room, intensive care unit, or other location with resources...

Elderly care, or simply eldercare (also known in parts of the English-speaking world as aged care), serves the needs of old adults. It encompasses assisted...

European association for textile care labelling, was formed in 1963 in part to define international standards for the care and labelling of textiles. By...

Care Bears: Adventures to Care-a-Lot is an American animated television series based on the Care Bears franchise produced by American Greetings with animation...

efforts, particularly in the areas of healthcare costs, insurance coverage, and the quality of care. Legislation such as the Affordable Care Act of 2010 has...

neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), also known as an intensive care nursery (ICN), is an intensive care unit (ICU) specializing in the care of ill or premature...

nursing care and emergency medical care. Nursing homes are used by people who do not need to be in a hospital, but require care that is hard to provide in a...

Millennial Laws, which included specific details on the furnishing of room and care of furniture. Yet, these influences did not exact uniformity and subtle...

Healthcare in Canada is delivered through the provincial and territorial systems of publicly funded health care, informally called Medicare. It is guided...