0 relating to the home, especially to care that takes place in someone's home because they are ill or old: --
domiciliary nursing
One consequence of these broad changes has been significant growth in independent sector domiciliary care services, particularly for older people.
Where a fixed price for care-home admission operated, there appeared to be greater sensitivity to additional funding incentives for domiciliary care.
Broadly speaking, residual care is a substitute for the lack of informal care and domiciliary care is a service for supporting carers.
The local authority took the same view initially, unilaterally designing a means-tested charging system which was 'a hybrid between residential care and domiciliary care'.
This was intended to promote independence by making available funds with which social services departments could support domiciliary care.
During the latter half of the century, however, positive features of domiciliary care have been recognised even if they have remained on the margins.
Moreover, without a large increase in domiciliary care services, families cannot live separately from their frail older parents.
A number of purchasers in 1996 were looking to increase their use of block contracts, especially for domiciliary care.
