| 单词 | care in the community |
| 释义 | > as lemmascare in the community care in the community n. and adj. (a) n. medical or social care, esp. of the mentally ill, disabled, or elderly, which is provided within the community (esp. by relatives) rather than in hospitals or other institutions; (spec. in Britain) a Government policy and programme (originally introduced under the terms of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990) with the aim of reducing the institutional provision of long-term care for such patients; (b) adj. (usually with hyphen), designating a person on this programme; (also colloquial and derogatory) regarded as being or resembling such a person. ΚΠ 1968 Jrnl. Royal Coll. General Practitioners 15 175 (heading) Medical care in the community. The future role of the medical officer of health.] 1977 P. Mittler Day Services for Mentally Handicapped Adults (Nat. Devel. Group for Mentally Handicapped) ii. 11 There should be a reorientation in the mental health services away from institutional care towards care in the community. 1988 Social Work Today 17 Mar. 3/1 The minister, supported by an implementation team, would regulate the process of care in the community. 1995 Daily Tel. 9 Feb. 17/2 I have already heard my daughter and her friends refer to a scruffy-looking boy as ‘he looks a bit care-in-the-community’. 1996 Independent 21 Feb. 17/1 Thus came the first political recognition of one of the main failings afflicting the care in the community programme: the way it fails to cope with schizophrenics and other seriously mentally-ill patients who need long-term, round-the-clock support. 1996 Independent 21 Feb. 17/2 Care in the community began its life as an idea almost 40 years ago. 1999 Evening Standard (Electronic ed.) 18 Sept. It took seven officers using CS spray to restrain the 6ft 7in care-in-the community patient. < as lemmas |
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