caregiving

Definition of caregivingnext

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Recent Examples of caregiving Instead, she got married, started a family and built a life centered around work and caregiving. Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026 That should be a clarion call for innovators in AI, diagnostics, therapeutics, housing, robotics, caregiving, and financial protection. Ken Dychtwald, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026 The play highlights the immense sacrifice of caregiving — a role often thrust upon women. Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026 Residents of Sacramento are juggling hard jobs, long commutes, caregiving, school responsibilities, and hectic schedules. Malana Vantyler, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026 The cortisol helps increase the father, the male caregiving and support. Cindy Hsu, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026 Take Wage Order 15, which governs household occupations such as senior caregiving and housekeeping. Tom Manzo, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026 At the time, many homes for seniors were reluctant to accept new residents whose room, board and caregiving costs were being subsidized by Medicaid, records show. Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026 The fundraiser, which sought support for medical treatment, caregiving and other expenses, described an intensive course of care that included chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy. Michael Cuviello, Dallas Morning News, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caregiving
Noun
  • Guests, including Chloe Malle, Amanda Seyfried, Huma Abedin, Aerin Lauder, and Steven Kolb, took their seats at tables dressed with Tory Burch’s Jardin d’Été poppy and mustard flower linens and listened to the class of 2026’s stories of resilience, entrepreneurship, and motherhood.
    Jenna Adrian-Diaz, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Earlier this month, Bush Hager shared the biggest lesson she's learned from motherhood with PEOPLE.
    Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Our institutions now reward leaders who excel at emotional caretaking over those who can actually produce order.
    Jonathan Alpert OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Those who know the invisible labor of caretaking, labor that women in particular inherit, will recognize themselves in some, if not all, of the novel’s questions.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Suzanne O’Donnell, an accomplished regional theater actor with a lot of Shakespeare on her resume, plays Penrose as both a warm mothering figure to these two occasionally babyish men but does not downplay the character’s pragmatic side.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
  • For almost a century, since the dawn of mass screen entertainment, society has passed through waves of panic over media’s effects on children, which have often coincided with panics over the effects of various kinds of mothering.
    Jean Garnett, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The friends launched Vervee Scrubs, a line of maternity and flexible-sized scrubs.
    Lisa Gutierrez May 1, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026
  • The bill includes a provision honoring Kira that would include training for respectful maternity care without bias.
    Amy Eskind, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026

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“Caregiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caregiving. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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