light housekeeping
noun
1
: domestic work restricted to the less laborious duties
2
: housekeeping in quarters with limited facilities for cooking
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The family’s original Assisted Living Services, remains in the industry of pairing caregivers with clients, many of them seniors, who need help with daily living such as meal prep, mobility, light housekeeping, transportation, medication reminders, bathing, abd dressing.
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Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 21 July 2024
PCAs can help prepare meals, do chores like laundry or light housekeeping; home health aides assist with bathing and dressing, and other daily living activities.
—Liz Seegert, Fortune Well, 4 June 2023
Cleaning schedules vary across Hyatt properties, with some offering light housekeeping services.
—USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
But while my own experience included a little light housekeeping and some yard work, the responsibilities of actual lightkeepers—before automation in the 20th century made the job obsolete—were much more demanding.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2023
At home, her activities include laundry and light housekeeping.
—Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2022
Walt Disney World reduced service to light housekeeping every other day.
—CBS News, 17 Mar. 2022
The business also offers breastfeeding and bottle feeding support, direct baby care, light housekeeping, food prep, emotional support, parent coaching, sleep solutions and more.
—Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2021
Available services include such things as bathing, dressing, grooming, light housekeeping, grocery shopping and meal preparation.
—Mike Danahey, chicagotribune.com, 18 Nov. 2021
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Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 21 July 2024
PCAs can help prepare meals, do chores like laundry or light housekeeping; home health aides assist with bathing and dressing, and other daily living activities.
—Liz Seegert, Fortune Well, 4 June 2023
Cleaning schedules vary across Hyatt properties, with some offering light housekeeping services.
—USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
But while my own experience included a little light housekeeping and some yard work, the responsibilities of actual lightkeepers—before automation in the 20th century made the job obsolete—were much more demanding.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2023
At home, her activities include laundry and light housekeeping.
—Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2022
Walt Disney World reduced service to light housekeeping every other day.
—CBS News, 17 Mar. 2022
The business also offers breastfeeding and bottle feeding support, direct baby care, light housekeeping, food prep, emotional support, parent coaching, sleep solutions and more.
—Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2021
Available services include such things as bathing, dressing, grooming, light housekeeping, grocery shopping and meal preparation.
—Mike Danahey, chicagotribune.com, 18 Nov. 2021
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“Light housekeeping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/light%20housekeeping. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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