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caregiver
[ kair-giv-er ]
noun
- a person who cares for someone who is sick or disabled.
- an adult who cares for an infant or child.
caregiver
/ ˈkɛəˌɡɪvə /
noun
- a person who has accepted responsibility for looking after a vulnerable neighbour or relative Also calledcarer
Word History and Origins
Origin of caregiver1
Example Sentences
Simon said one of his caregivers later told her of how he reacted when their daughter walked into his room.
Indeed, many of these men are or have been “high-intensity” caregivers, responsible for an adult, or a child with medical or behavioral issues.
He cannot be left alone, and we have cycled through a number of caregivers trying to find someone who can stay with him for even a few hours.
“It’s out of control,” said Carolyn James, 73, of San Antonio, who is a Realtor in normal times but is now the caregiver for her 98-year-old mother, Geraldine James Smedler.
Shuster stresses that caregivers are an especially important part of Alula’s customer base as many cancer patients simply do not have the energy to organize the support coming their way throughout their treatment.
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.
Easley is earning money for the family as a part-time caregiver, through the Veterans Administration.
Now 41 years old, Nelosar works as a caregiver for senior citizens and lives in Queens, New York.
First of all, it completely undermines me as a trustworthy and compassionate 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).
"To care for" seems to require that the caregiver see oneself as caring person reflected in the other (Watson, 1987).
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