caregiver
- a person who cares for someone who is sick or disabled.
- an adult who cares for an infant or child.
Origin of caregiver
Related Words for caregiver
caretaker, custodian, nurse, nanny, babysitter, governess, father, parent, motherExamples from the Web for caregiver
Contemporary Examples of caregiver
The caregiver Fatu had acted fast – the temperature reading on the Thursday night was high.
For Easley, one of the most important steps to helping her husband was learning to legitimize her own position as a caregiver.
Now 41 years old, Nelosar works as a caregiver for senior citizens and lives in Queens, New York.
The saga has caused outrage in Italy where the mother now lives and works as a caregiver for an elderly couple in Tuscany.
Italian Woman Says British Doctors Forced Her to Have a C-Section, Took Her BabyBarbie Latza Nadeau and Nico Hines
December 5, 2013
Why is she willing to narrate from the perspective of a Filipina caregiver and not, say, a Palestinian?
Historical Examples of caregiver
In the empathic paradigm, the subjectivity of the other is "assumed to be as whole and valid as that of the caregiver" (p. 68).
Nursing as CaringAnne Boykin
"To care for" seems to require that the caregiver see oneself as caring person reflected in the other (Watson, 1987).
Nursing as CaringAnne Boykin
caregiver
- US and Canadian a person who has accepted responsibility for looking after a vulnerable neighbour or relativeAlso called: carer
Word Origin and History for caregiver
by 1974, from care (n.) + giver. It has, in many senses, the same meaning as care-taker, which ought to be its antonym.
caregiver
(kâr′gĭv′ər)- An individual, such as a physician, nurse, or social worker, who assists in the identification, prevention, or treatment of an illness or disability.
- An individual, such as a parent, foster parent, or head of a household, who attends to the needs of a child or dependent adult.