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ホームヘルパー (hoomuherupaa) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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に
二に
回かい
ホームヘルパー
に
来き
て
もらっ
て
いる
。
My mother has a home helper come twice a week.
I'm studying to get a home helper certification.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 にホームヘルパーを 頼たの む to hire/request a home helper for someone
I hired a home helper for my mother.
ホームヘルパーとして 働はたら く to work as a home helper
She has been working as a home helper for ten years.
ホームヘルパーの 資し 格かく を 取と る to obtain a home helper qualification/certification
He is studying to obtain a home helper certification.
Related words 介護士 is a broader, formal term for a certified care worker in any setting, while ホームヘルパー specifically refers to someone who visits and cares for people in their own homes.
家政婦 mainly does housework like cleaning and cooking, whereas ホームヘルパー also provides personal care such as bathing and helping the elderly or disabled.
ホームヘルパー is a broader term for home-visit care workers that does not require the 介護福祉士 national certification.
Counted with ホームヘルパー is counted with 人, the ordinary counter for people, as in ホームヘルパーが二人来る.
In caregiving contexts, people are often counted with 名 or 人.
Etymology Wasei-eigo from English 'home helper'. The term was coined in Japan and is not used in the same way in English-speaking countries.
