Translation guide
Care provided to a patient in their own home, often by a family member or a visiting professional. Japanese distinguishes between family caregiving and professional home-visit nursing services.
The act of a family member looking after a sick or elderly relative at home, including daily care and medical tasks.
General term for nursing care or looking after someone, especially the elderly or disabled. Often implies long-term care by family or professional caregivers.
母の介護で仕事を辞めました。
I quit my job to care for my mother.
在宅介護は大変ですが、家族で支え合っています。
Home caregiving is tough, but we support each other as a family.
Specifically 'home-based caregiving', emphasizing that the care happens at the patient's home rather than a facility.
在宅介護のためのサービスを探しています。
I'm looking for services for home caregiving.
Nursing a sick person, often temporarily during an illness. Focuses on medical care and recovery rather than long-term elderly care.
子供が熱を出したので、一晩中看病した。
My child had a fever, so I nursed them all night.
Medical care provided by a licensed nurse who visits the patient's home, often under a doctor's instructions.
Standard term for visiting nursing services. Nurses provide medical treatment, health monitoring, and end-of-life care at home.
訪問看護師が週に2回来てくれます。
A visiting nurse comes twice a week.
退院後、訪問看護を利用することにしました。
After discharge, we decided to use home-visit nursing.
Literally 'home nursing', often used interchangeably with 訪問看護 but can also encompass broader home-based nursing care.
在宅看護の需要が高まっています。
The demand for home nursing is increasing.
Help with daily activities like bathing, eating, and housework, provided by a home helper rather than a nurse.
Home-visit caregiving service where a helper assists with daily living tasks. Not medical nursing, but often part of long-term care insurance.
母のために訪問介護を頼んでいます。
I've arranged home help for my mother.
Loanword from English 'home help', commonly used in the context of long-term care insurance services.
ホームヘルプのサービスを週1回利用しています。
We use home help services once a week.
介護 (kaigo) is long-term care for the elderly or disabled, often involving assistance with daily living. 看病 (kanbyō) is temporary nursing for a sick person, like a child with a cold. 看護 (kango) is professional nursing, usually by a licensed nurse, and can be in a hospital or at home (訪問看護).
祖母の介護をしています。
I'm caring for my grandmother (long-term).
風邪をひいた夫を看病した。
I nursed my husband who had a cold.
看護師が訪問看護に来た。
A nurse came for a home visit.
In English, 'nursing home' refers to a residential facility. In Japanese, that is 老人ホーム (rōjin hōmu) or 介護施設 (kaigo shisetsu). 'Home nursing' is care provided in the patient's own home, which is 訪問看護 or 在宅介護.
彼女は高齢の父親を在宅で介護している。
She provides home nursing for her elderly father.
訪問看護サービスは保険が適用されます。
Home nursing services are covered by insurance.
A nurse came for a home visit.
In English, 'nursing home' refers to a residential facility. In Japanese, that is 老人ホーム (rōjin hōmu) or 介護施設 (kaigo shisetsu). 'Home nursing' is care provided in the patient's own home, which is 訪問看護 or 在宅介護.