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1
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companies that provide health care equipment for the client at home

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Durable medical equipment (DME) companies

2
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providing care in the client’s home

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Home care

3
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services and products provided to clients in their homes that are needed to maintain, restore, or promote their physical, psychologic, and social well-being

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Home health care nursing

4
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care frequently given to terminally ill clients in their home; often considered a subspecialty of public health nursing

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Hospice Nursing

5
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private duty agency which contracts with individual practitioners

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Registry

6
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delivery of services in the client’s home

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Visiting Nursing

7
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physical, emotional, social, and financial burdens that can seriously jeopardize the caregiver’s own health and well-being

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Caregiver role strain