life-care


life care

also life·care (līf′kâr′)n. The provision of services for elderly people, including housing, health care, and social activities.adj. also life-care (līf′kâr′) Of or relating to life care: life care programs; life-care communities.

life′-care`

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adj. designed to provide for the basic needs of elderly residents, usu. in return for an initial fee and monthly service payments: a life-care facility; life-care communities. [1980–85]