Day care or child care is care of a child during the day by a person other than the child's parents or legal guardians, typically someone outside the child's immediate family. The service is known as child care in the United Kingdom and Australia and day care in America. Child care or day care is provided in nurseries or creches or by childminders caring for children in their own homes
Some Family Practice Residencies provide information and referral services to residents for child care Child care may be provided at a facility in or near the resident's work place Residencies may also be able to assist with providing tax shelters for child care expenses Residency candidates may wish to inquire about these provisions during the interview process Information about child care for Family Practice Residents is available from the AAFP