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WELL-BEING (SOCIETY) > SOCIAL CARE > INFORMAL CARE

Preferred term

INFORMAL CARE  

Definition

  • NON-PROFESSIONALS, OFTEN FAMILY MEMBERS, WHO ASSIST A PERSON WITH AN ILLNESS OR DISABILITY. ALSO, THOSE WHO ATTEND TO A CHILD OR DEPENDENT ADULT.

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • CARE GIVERS
  • CAREGIVERS
  • CARERS
  • FAMILY CAREGIVERS

Scope note

  • FOR CARE BY PROFESSIONAL CAREGIVERS, SUCH AS DOCTORS, THERAPISTS, NURSES, ETC., USE THE APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL TERMS.

History note

  • TERM CREATED MAY 2014. PREVIOUSLY THE TERM 'CARE OF DEPENDANTS' WOULD HAVE BEEN USED. TERM RELABELLED JUNE 2018. PREVIOUSLY THE TERM 'CAREGIVERS' WOULD HAVE BEEN USED.

Identifier

  • urn:ddi:int.cessda.elsst:0acda90f-fe8b-4d1b-88c3-efd3b3867591:3

Date issued

  • 2022-09-20

In other languages

  • RODINÍ OŠETŘOVATELÉ

    Czech

  • NEPROFESIONÁLNÍ OŠETŘOVATELÉ
  • UFORMEL PLEJE

    Danish

  • Dutch

  • OMAISHOITO JA LASTENHOITO

    Finnish

  • SOINS INFORMELS

    French

  • AIDANTS
  • AIDANTS INFORMELS
  • PROCHES AIDANTS
  • German

  • PFLEGENDE
  • PFLEGENDE ANGEHOERIGE
  • PFLEGENDE ANGEHÖRIGE
  • PFLEGEPERSONEN
  • ΑΤΥΠΗ ΦΡΟΝΤΙΔΑ

    Greek

  • ΟΙΚΟΓΕΝΕΙΑΚΟΙ ΠΑΡΟΧΟΙ ΦΡΟΝΤΙΔΑΣ
  • ΠΑΡΟΧΟΙ ΦΡΟΝΤΙΔΑΣ
  • OTTHONÁPOLÁS

    Hungarian

  • ÓFORMLEG UMÖNNUN

    Icelandic

  • NEFORMALI PRIEŽIŪRA

    Lithuanian

  • BESIRŪPINANTYS ASMENYS
  • PRIŽIŪRINTYS ASMENYS
  • ŽMONES PRIŽIŪRINTYS ASMENYS
  • UFORMELL OMSORG

    Norwegian

  • OMSORGSGIVERE
  • OMSORGSPERSONER
  • ÎNGRIJITORI FAMILIALI

    Romanian

  • APARȚINĂTORI
  • INGRIJITORI INFORMALI
  • NEFORMALNI SKRBNIK

    Slovenian

  • CUIDADO INFORMAL

    Spanish

  • ASISTENCIA INFORMAL
  • CUIDADORES
  • CUIDADORES INFORMALES
  • ANHÖRIGVÅRDARE

    Swedish

URI

https://elsst.cessda.eu/id/3/0acda90f-fe8b-4d1b-88c3-efd3b3867591

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