Medical, nursing, and social care of dependent persons over a prolonged period that may be provided by a multidisciplinary team or an individual caregiver, either in the dependent person's home or, more often, in an institution. It can include bedside nursing care, physiotherapy, provision of hot meals, rehabilitation, palliative care, or any combination of these, hooldus inimestele, kes vajavad igapäevaelu korraldamisel abi pikema aja jooksul, kuna nende füüsilised või vaimsed võimed on vähenenud