care attendant

collocation in English

meaningsofcareandattendant

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care
noun
uk
/keər/us
/ker/
the process of protecting someone or something and providing what that person or ...
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attendant
noun[C]
uk
/əˈten.dənt/us
/əˈten.dənt/
someone whose job is to be in a place and help visitors ...
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(Definition ofcareandattendantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They immediately send in acareattendantto relieve the carer for that afternoon.
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The scheme involves a person called acareattendantgoing into the home to help parents with tasks such as bathing, feeding, dressing and changing.
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We need an extension of the care assistant orcareattendant.
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It is for these authorities to decide whether to fund crossroads schemes or make other provision forcareattendantschemes.
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Similarly, the personal assistant scheme could have bought twice the number ofcareattendanthours.
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Obviously, we would like to seecareattendantschemes in all parts of the country.
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During the two and a half years of existence of the crossroadscareattendantscheme trust there has been a steady growth in the number of crossroads schemes.
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Comprehensive information on payments to crossroadscareattendantschemes is not available.
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One of our many activities is to run an emergency care service so that a member may employ a trainedcareattendantfor a period of up to two weeks.
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In the field of community care, they have funded a highly relevant care attendants' scheme on the subsequent progress and re-admission rates, etc.
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Teaching such children is a long process and some care attendants are very good at it.
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The care attendants are often married women who have some time on their hands and are able to give a few hours to the scheme.
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Similar comparisons can be made for the employment of care attendants.
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In the past year 70 care attendants have helped about 400 physically disabled people to live at home with their families.
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I asked each of the 10 care attendants to give instances of people whom they were currently looking after.
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The care attendants relieve carers, sometimes for only a few hours a week, sometimes for a day a week.
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Care attendants undertake specialised training to meet the special needs of individuals in their care.
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We shall provide care attendants to supply vital daytime and evening care, genuine and sufficient respite care to allow for breaks for carers, and a proper carers' benefit.
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