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ˈafter-care
[f. after- 9 + care n.]
1. Lit. = later (i.e. after-coming) concern. Cf. after a. 3.
1762Fielding J. Wild i. iv, in Wks. II. 242 An accident..provided Mr. Wild a better tutor than any after care or expence could have furnished him with. [‘after’ om. in ed. 1, 1743 and in 1754 ed.] 1855R. Browning Men & Women I. 229 Nor bring a moment's trouble on success With after-care to justify the same?
2. spec. In medical and social contexts: care or attention bestowed after the conclusion of a course of treatment, etc.; freq. attrib.
1854Poultry Chron. I. 285/2 No after-care can then counterbalance the effects of former negligence. 1894Daily News 12 Jan. 5/5 The After-Care Association facilitates the readmission of poor female convalescents from lunatic asylums into social life. 1921Act 11 Geo. V c. 12 §2 Arrangements..for the after-care of persons who have suffered from tuberculosis. 1927Daily Tel. 8 Feb. 13/7 Changes which are contemplated in connection with St. Dunstan's Institute..will not affect the work of after-care. Ibid. 3 May 14/1 Some after-care committee should protect young people from jobs which led nowhere. 1952Times 21 Nov. 3/5 Problems of supervision and after-care of offenders released from prison and other institutions were being discussed. 1962Lancet 27 Jan. 219/2 The delivery and aftercare should be the responsibility of the same general-practitioner/midwife team which supervised the antenatal care.
Add:[2.] b. Support facilities, such as free servicing and advice, available to a customer following the purchase of a product.
1976Economist 15 May 101/2 The fund launched on Thursday..originally..was to have had four roles: providing equity finance; giving after-care until the company aided had reached a sounder position..and assisting the institutional shareholders' committee. 1983Which? Sept. 392/3 One firm recommendation from users is to make sure that the company you buy from can offer a comprehensive and convenient after-care service. 1989Franchise Mag. Summer 35/3 In these days of careless drivers and hazardous urban driving where the odd chip and scrape is not easy to avoid, he has found a niche in the car after-care market. |