omsorgsverksamhet

English translation: nursing and social care facilities

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Swedish term or phrase:omsorgsverksamhet
English translation:nursing and social care facilities
Entered by: Viachaslau

13:46 Jul 12, 2011
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
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Swedish term or phrase: omsorgsverksamhet
In a list of places to which products may be supplied: äldreboende (sjukhem), omsorgsverksamhet och gruppboenden
Christopher Schröder
United Kingdom
nursing and social care facilities
Explanation:
Such places are most commonly referred to as vård- och omsorgsverksamhet
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Viachaslau
Sweden
Local time: 11:46
Grading comment
Thanks all. Care facilities works best for me.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1nursing and social care facilities
Viachaslau
4health and care accommodations
Katarina Lindve
3learning disability care provision
lena helson


  

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nursing and social care facilities


Explanation:
Such places are most commonly referred to as vård- och omsorgsverksamhet

Viachaslau
Sweden
Local time: 11:46
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Grading comment
Thanks all. Care facilities works best for me.

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agree  Diarmuid Kennan: or just 'care facilities'
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health and care accommodations


Explanation:
Again, Stockholm Stad uses this.

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Note added at 23 hrs (2011-07-13 12:54:56 GMT)
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IF they also live there. Nowadays, however, many places offers a kind of day-care facilities for elderly and people with different kind of mental disorders.

Katarina Lindve
Sweden
Local time: 11:46
Native speaker of: Swedish
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learning disability care provision


Explanation:
my understanding is that omsorgsverksamheten provides anything from supervised to nursing accommodation for people with learning or intellectual disabilities and also day care and training facilities.
in the UK this is usually part of the responsibility of councils social services

lena helson
Local time: 10:46
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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