caregiver

[ kair-giv-er ]

/ ˈkɛərˌgɪv ər /

a person who cares for someone who is sick or disabled.

an adult who cares for an infant or child.

Origin of caregiver

First recorded in 1980–85; care + giver

The caregiver Fatu had acted fast – the temperature reading on the Thursday night was high.

The Life of a Liberian Child with Ebola |Sarah Crowe |November 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
For Easley, one of the most important steps to helping her husband was learning to legitimize her own position as a caregiver.

When the War Comes Home |Sara Stewart |October 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Now 41 years old, Nelosar works as a caregiver for senior citizens and lives in Queens, New York.

Legalized Spousal Abuse Is Coming to Afghanistan |Nina Strochlic |February 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
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 Baby |Barbie Latza Nadeau and Nico Hines |December 5, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Why is she willing to narrate from the perspective of a Filipina caregiver and not, say, a Palestinian?

What's 'Legitimate' Israeli Fiction? |Sigal Samuel |March 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
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 Caring |Anne Boykin
"To care for" seems to require that the caregiver see oneself as caring person reflected in the other (Watson, 1987).

Nursing as Caring |Anne Boykin

caregiver

/ (ˈkɛəˌɡɪvə) /

US and Canadian a person who has accepted responsibility for looking after a vulnerable neighbour or relative Also called: carer

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.