eldercare
noun
el·der·care
ˈel-dər-ˌker 
variants
or elder care
: the care of older adults and especially the care of an older parent by a son or daughter
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There is a critical need for eldercare as well as support for caregivers.
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Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Beijing should halt its ideological pivot against women, and instead move to address the consequences of rapid aging by raising retirement ages, reforming pension systems, and rethinking immigration practices to allow foreign labor to assist with eldercare—particularly for China’s rural poor.
—Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 3 May 2022
This talk will discuss insights from a series of studies of the design and use of socially assistive robots (SARs) for eldercare aimed at expanding our awareness of the broader cultural, organizational, and societal dynamics that affect the use and consequences of robots outside the laboratory.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 5 May 2017
While Ashcroft points out that his film is not intended to demonize eldercare, the setting gnaws at a particularly grim fear about growing old.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Eldercare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eldercare. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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eldercare
noun
el·der·care
variants
or elder care
: the care of older adults (as by a son, daughter, or paid caregiver)
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