Usually means: Temporary relief for primary caregivers.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. respite care: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. respite care: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. respite care: Collins English Dictionary
  4. respite care: Wiktionary
  5. respite care: Dictionary.com
  6. Respite care: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. respite care: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Respite Care: Investopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Underwriter's Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Alzheimer's Association Medical Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Respite care: Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. respite care: Medical dictionary
  7. Respite Care: Brain Injury

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  1. Sociology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (respite care)

▸ noun:  The provision of short-term, temporary relief to a person who provides regular care to someone else.

Similar:
respite, out-relief, reservism, tax relief, rental car, rescussee, frist, ancillary relief, parental leave, direct provision, more...

Opposite:
continuous care, ongoing care, long-term care

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Similar:
respite, out-relief, reservism, tax relief, rental car, rescussee, frist, ancillary relief, parental leave, direct provision, more...

Opposite:
continuous care, ongoing care, long-term care



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