Translation guide
Care provided to a patient in their own home, often by a family member or a visiting professional. Japanese distinguishes between family caregiving and professional home-visit nursing services.
The act of a family member looking after a sick or elderly relative at home, including daily care and medical tasks.
General term for nursing care or looking after someone, especially the elderly or disabled. Often implies long-term care by family or professional caregivers.
I quit my job to care for my mother.
Home caregiving is tough, but we support each other as a family.
Specifically 'home-based caregiving', emphasizing that the care happens at the patient's home rather than a facility.
I'm looking for services for home caregiving.
Nursing a sick person, often temporarily during an illness. Focuses on medical care and recovery rather than long-term elderly care.
My child had a fever, so I nursed them all night.
Medical care provided by a licensed nurse who visits the patient's home, often under a doctor's instructions.
Standard term for visiting nursing services. Nurses provide medical treatment, health monitoring, and end-of-life care at home.
A visiting nurse comes twice a week.
Literally 'home nursing', often used interchangeably with 訪問看護 but can also encompass broader home-based nursing care.
Help with daily activities like bathing, eating, and housework, provided by a home helper rather than a nurse.
Home-visit caregiving service where a helper assists with daily living tasks. Not medical nursing, but often part of long-term care insurance.
I've arranged home help for my mother.
Loanword from English 'home help', commonly used in the context of long-term care insurance services.
We use home help services once a week.
介護 (kaigo) is long-term care for the elderly or disabled, often involving assistance with daily living. 看病 (kanbyō) is temporary nursing for a sick person, like a child with a cold. 看護 (kango) is professional nursing, usually by a licensed nurse, and can be in a hospital or at home (訪問看護).
I'm caring for my grandmother (long-term).
I nursed my husband who had a cold.
A nurse came for a home visit.
In English, 'nursing home' refers to a residential facility. In Japanese, that is 老人ホーム (rōjin hōmu) or 介護施設 (kaigo shisetsu). 'Home nursing' is care provided in the patient's own home, which is 訪問看護 or 在宅介護.
She provides home nursing for her elderly father.
Home nursing services are covered by insurance.
After discharge, we decided to use home-visit nursing.
The demand for home nursing is increasing.