life-care

adjective

ˈlīf-ˌker 

: of, relating to, or being a residential complex for elderly people that provides an apartment, personal and social services, and health care for life

Examples of life-care in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While that’s a lot of money, a life-care plan for a child with severe autism can cost tens of millions of dollars, and the CDC reported in April that 1 in 31 children is diagnosed with autism by their 8th birthday. — Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for life-care

• aftercare
• anywhere
• billionaire
• chinaware
• debonair
• dinnerware
• disrepair
• doctrinaire
• earthenware
• everywhere
• frigidaire
• kitchenware