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==What is Personal Care?==
==What is Personal Care?==
 
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The term “personal care” is used very loosely in legal and health care fields without much regard to what it really means. In some frameworks, personal care decisions include anything that is not a financial or legal matter, and health care becomes just one specific type of personal care decision, with its own special requirements.
The term “personal care” is used very loosely in legal and health care fields without much regard to what it really means. In some frameworks, personal care decisions include anything that is not a financial or legal matter, and health care becomes just one specific type of personal care decision, with its own special requirements.