A home help is a person who is employed to visit sick or old people at home and help with their cleaning or cooking.
[mainly British]
home help in British English
noun social welfare(in Britain and New Zealand)
1.
a person who is paid to do domestic chores for persons unable to look after themselves adequately
2. Also called: home care
such a service provided by a local authority social services department to those whom it judges most need it
Also called (NZ): home aid
Examples of 'home help' in a sentence
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What's a youth club compared with home help for the old?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
She needed a home help, who was paid from her assets by her bank.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
There are thousands like them needing home helps, respite care and all the services that councils are supposed to offer.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Others have to make do with visits from home helps, which are often too short becausecouncil services lack the necessary funding.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But I have got great people at home helping me out and that makes it a lot easier for me.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Councils are under increasing pressure in providing services such as home helps and care home placements because of growingdemand and 28 per cent budget cuts.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The result should be many much needed new homes helping to solve one of Britain's most serious problems.