caregiving
noun/ˈkeəɡɪvɪŋ/UK
Etymology
From care + giving.
Definitions
The provision of care such as assistance with activities of daily living (e.g., feeding,…
The provision of care such as assistance with activities of daily living (e.g., feeding, bathing, dressing, transportation, household administration), usually by someone who is not a health care professional, especially by a family member as unpaid labor.
The provision of health care services as a paid occupation.
- Holonym: health care
- The crux of nontechnical medical caregiving — action with compassion — is based on an old adage: Listen to the patient; he is telling you his diagnosis.
The neighborhood
- neighborcaregiver
- neighborcaretaker
- neighborcaretaking
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for caregiving. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA