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aftercare Definition

after·care (--ker′)

noun

care or treatment of a patient recovering from an illness, operation, etc.

aftercare Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • provide: Provides aftercare for children who have been fostered or lived in a residential home.
  • include: To ensure peace of mind, D&A includes aftercare in the fee for their Contact Lenses By Post package.
  • see: Normal weed control measures ( see aftercare ) must also be used, or the benefit of the granules will be lost.
  • have: Victims and complainants we treat very well but ( and particularly with ETs ) we never had any aftercare.
  • require: Landfills are expensive to operate and require aftercare for many years following closure, in order to monitor leachate and gases such as methane.

Adjective modifier

  • good: Do we have our operation in the best hospital environment and get the best aftercare?
  • immediate: Immediate Aftercare The plants will have only been trimmed and will therefore need pruning.
  • initial: It also looks at the initial aftercare of the plant.

Modifies a noun

  • arrangement: Mrs N complained about inadequacies in Mr C's discharge and aftercare arrangements, and the lack of consultation with her.
  • provision: If a person is detained under Section 2 of the Act they do not get the benefit of the Section 117 aftercare provisions.
  • advice: When the piercing has been done there should be detailed written aftercare advice to give you to take away.
  • service: An aftercare service is offered to service users residing within or near Glasgow.
  • program: The aftercare support program offers support to businesses once they start trading.
  • package: Services include nationwide delivery, usually within 2 working days, collection of old appliances and aftercare package " .

Noun used with modifier

  • hospital: Hospital Aftercare - giving support to older people recently discharged from hospital.
  • community: Onward referral for community care assesments ( for funding of residential rehabilitation or community aftercare services.

Preposition: of

plant: It also looks at the initial aftercare of the plant.

Preposition: for

  • prisoner: Crucially, it will improve the co-ordination of aftercare for prisoners following their release.
  • people: Drug throughcare - Report examines aftercare for people with drug problems returning from prison or rehabilitation.
  • patient: It identifies strategies that should be considered in improving arrangements and aftercare for patients being discharged.