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2. Companion (caregiving) - Wikipedia

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   In health care and caregiving, a companion, sitter, or private duty is a job title for someone hired to work with one patient (or occasionally two). Companions work in a variety of settings, including nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospitals, and private homes, and their duties range from advanced medical care to simple companionship and observation.

3. Home care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Non-medical home care is paid for by the individual or family. The term "private-duty" refers to the private pay nature of these relationships. Home care (non-medical) has traditionally been privately funded as opposed to home health care which is task-based and government or insurance funded.

4. Unlicensed assistive personnel - Wikipedia

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   UAPs care for patients in hospitals, residents of nursing facilities, clients in private homes, and others in need of their services due to old age or disability. By definition, UAPs do not hold a license or other mandatory professional requirements for practice, though many hold various certifications.

5. Live-in caregiver - Wikipedia

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   The Live-In Caregiver Program (LCP, French: Programme des aides familiaux résidants) was an immigration program offered and administered by the government of Canada and was the primary means by which foreign caregivers could come to Canada as eldercare, special needs, and childcare providers. The program ended on November 30, 2014, and a ...

6. Private duty nursing - Wikipedia

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   Many private duty nurses are self-employed or work as contractors. Others work in the ever-growing field of home care. The practice of private duty nursing was in many senses a precursor to a rise (in the 1980s) of wider-scale nurses entrepreneurs. Non-medical care can be provided by the nurse but is most often provided by unlicensed assistive ...

7. Nursing home care in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Young adults and many elders would prefer to obtain services at home. Those providing services are nurse's aides, personal assistance services, home health caregivers or home caregivers, "support aides", peer companions, and social day care in senior centers. They are somewhat reimbursed in insurance policies.