aftercare

Meanings

nounaftercare (uncountable)

uncountablemedicineThe care given to a patient during recovery from an operation or after hospitalization.
Near-synonym: rehab
1 more example
A nurse came in behind him with some aftercare instructions, and the three of us made our way to the car.
2020, Yaa Gyasi, chapter 27, in Transcendent Kingdom, New York: Knopf
uncountablefrequently attributivebusinessServices and support offered to a customer for the goods or service they have purchased.
uncountableChildcare services tending to children after the school day.
uncountablebroadcastingEmotional support offered by creators of a television program to a person who has appeared on a stressful television show.
[…] bring the aftercare we do in the UK to the US and see if our approach can get the same great results on both sides of the Atlantic.
2010, Jeremy Kyle, You Couldn't Make It Up
uncountableBDSMTender affection and physical care given to a partner after an activity, usually to serve as a transition between the activity and whatever follows it.

From after- + care.

Chinese Mandarin 事後照顧 /事后照顾

Dutch nazorg

Finnish jälkihoito

French postcure, suivi

Japanese アフターケア, アフターケア

Portuguese aftercare

Scottish Gaelic ath-fhrithealadh

Spanish cariño postsexual, afección posterótica

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