aftercaren.
/ˈɑːftəkɛː/, /ˈaftəkɛː/, U.S. /ˈæftərˌkɛ(ə)r/ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > care or kindly interest > later or subsequent concern
aftercare1595
1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iv. lxiii. sig. X2v His after care shewd craft had gone before.
1673 F. Roberts True Way to Tree of Life xvii. 121 Metamelesthai, to have an after-care, to be heedful afterwards.
1683 J. Kettlewell Help & Exhort. to Worthy Communicating iii. ii. 259 If we will be wanting to our selves in these Self-Examinations, and particular Resolutions, and after-care and good indeavours; then can it do us no good.
1751 R. Bolton Deity's Delay in punishing Guilty iv. 39 Let our own after-care herein correspond to that which was taken by our wise instructors.
1762 Fielding's Jonathan Wild i. iv, in Wks. II. 242 An accident..provided Mr. Wilde a better tutor than any after care or expence could have furnished him with.
1855 R. Browning Bishop Blougram in Men & Women I. 229 Nor bring a moment's trouble on success With after-care to justify the same?
2. Further or subsequent treatment, care, or support, esp. after a period in an institution (as a hospital or a prison). Also: †treatment or care administered belatedly, or after the onset of a disease (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > types of treatment generally > [noun] > after-treatment
aftercare1629
after-cure1741
after-treatment1779
mobilization1901
1629 T. Jackson Treat. Divine Essence ii. 187 Many diseases, in their nature curable,..do, by some few daies ill diet, by carelesse attendance, or casuall relapse, become altogether incurable, by any after-care or helpe of physick.
1743 Scots Mag. Aug. 367/1 By bending and narrowing the chest, which ought to be left large and open for the victuals to play in, doth so destroy the health that no after care is able to restore it.
1753 J. Nelson Ess. Govt. Children 220 Now which is more eligible, to keep the Passions regulated,..or to suffer them to rise to such a Height, that all our After-care will not be sufficient to check them?
1773 W. Hanbury Compl. Body Planting & Gardening II. 252/1 Their after-care will only be keeping them clean from weeds, and watering them in dry weather.
1854 Poultry Chron. 1 285/2 No after-care can then counterbalance the effects of former negligence.
1894 Daily News 12 Jan. 5/5 The After-Care Association facilitates the readmission of poor female convalescents from lunatic asylums into social life.
1927 Daily Tel. 8 Feb. 13/7 Changes which are contemplated in connection with St. Dunstan's Institute..will not affect the work of after-care.
1952 Times 21 Nov. 3/5 Problems of supervision and after-care of offenders released from prison and other institutions were being discussed.
1962 Lancet 27 Jan. 219/2 The delivery and aftercare should be the responsibility of the same general-practitioner/midwife team which supervised the antenatal care.
2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) xiv. 295 Home probation officers have so little time or resources to spare that they cannot see women in prison or offer voluntary aftercare.
3. Support or advice offered to a customer following the purchase of a product or service. Frequently attributive.
ΚΠ
1973 Economist 8 Sept. 41 (advt.) Full aftercare servicing, anywhere in the country.
1983 Which? Sept. 392/3 Make sure that the company you buy from can offer a comprehensive and convenient after-care service.
1989 Franchise Mag. Summer 35/3 He has found a niche in the car after-care market.
2001 Times 21 Mar. ii. 24/1 Home-owners who have suffered from bad aftercare and shoddy workmanship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
n.1595