care with the old people in loss self-control

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Note added at 2002-02-19 15:49:39 (GMT)
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Care for old people lacking self control ..

one of those cases where the English is longer than the French

You could also say: Care for seniors unable to care for themselves

Like these examples...

elderly loss autonomy gets 16,700 hits on Google



ong Term Care Facilities - [ Traduire cette page ]
... Residential and long-term care centres are not alone in providing services to adults
and elderly experiencing loss of autonomy. They work in partnership with ...
www.stridemagazine.com/2000_Jun_Sept/ltc_fac/p7.htm

CHAPTER 5: Restraints, NINR - [ Traduire cette page ]
... accidents among the hospitalized elderly. The Gerontologist, 23, 173 ... Prevention of
age-associated loss of autonomy: Epidemiological approaches. Journal of ...
www.nih.gov/ninr/research/vol3/Restraints.html

Exploring Common ground - [ Traduire cette page ]
... a degree the effects of segregation, loss of autonomy and isolation. In order to
convey ... In order to establish common ground elderly people have to be given ...
www.elec.gla.ac.uk/~mal/exploringcommonground.htm

What the French term describes is called "assisted living for the elderly" in English, but I'm giving you a direct translation, too.

I'm an expert on assisted living at the moment, as I'm personally involved in obtaining such services for my own very elderly parents. As a matter of fact, I'm about ready to move them from one facility in Massachusetts to another, in my hometown, where the services are more extensive (nursing care, the next step on the continuum, as well as assisted living care), and, of course, they are closer to me, so I can be of more help.

"Assisted living" means:

--help with medications
--prepared meals
--help in getting dressed
--nursing staff on duty 24 hours a day
--help in eating (cutting food, etc.)
cuing, where there is memory loss (for instance, walking someone through the steps necessary to brush their teeth--everytime they need to brush their teeth; reminding someone to pick up their glass to drink, because an aspect of dementia is loss of initiative to take in liquids).
--help with bathing
--Etc., etc.

From Termium, for "autonomie":

ENGLISH
FRENCH
SPANISH
Subject Field(s)  – Sociology of the HandicappedSubject Field(s)  – Sociologie des handicapés 
functional independence Source CORRECT
indépendance fonctionnelle Source CORRECT, FEM
autonomie fonctionnelle Source CORRECT, FEM
capacité fonctionnelle Source FEM
autonomie Source FEM
DEF – Ability to perform basic physical, mental and social functions without relying on someone else. Source
DEF – Condition d'une personne à qui est donné un degré d'indépendance personnelle malgré des déficiences, des incapacités ou des obstacles de divers ordres. Source
EX – Le fonctionnement du triceps brachial [chez les tétraplégiques] détermine la capacité fonctionnelle dans la vie quotidienne. (Source : PASCAL). Source
OBS – autonomie, indépendance fonctionnelle : Termes et définition retenus par le Conseil consultatif sur les aides technologiques, novembre 1994. Source
1999-09-26
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