caregiver
caregiver
Definition
care·giver (ker′giv′ər)
noun
a person who takes care of someone requiring close attention, as a young child or an invalid
caregiver
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- help: It helps caregivers pay some attention to their own needs and to begin to take care of themselves.
- train: The 10/66 group has been working on an intervention designed to educate and train caregivers to better manage people with dementia in the community.
- become: This article highlight some tips on how to becoming a successful caregiver.
Adjective modifier
- primary: That is, mothers are the primary caregivers of the children.
- informal: He highlighted the importance of communication and support needs for informal caregivers.
- spiritual: Chaplains should therefore be in close touch with the spiritual caregivers in their local situation who minister to people of these faiths.
- Many: Many family caregivers felt under pressure from hospital staff to choose a care home swiftly.
- main: They may have been the main caregiver or have arranged funerals or tied up affairs for family or loved ones.
- professional: John was invited to use CIRCA with Kate, a professional caregiver at the unit.
Modifies a noun
- burden: The risk of illness in a partner with a sick spouse is known as the ' caregiver burden ' .
Noun used with modifier
- family: I open my house to nearby family caregivers for small meetings which they have begun to look forward to.
- live-in: A " live-in caregiver " is someone who provides unsupervised care of children, the elderly or the disabled in a private household.
- spouse: In contrast none of the spouse caregivers thought there had been any improvement in the relationship with the cared-for person.
- adult: EITHER 1 Describe and comment on the importance of interaction with adult caregivers for young children's acquisition of spoken English.
Possessives
- child: Their idea of who they are is shaped by the child's caregivers, children need positive, affirming attention.
Preposition: of
- patient: Social support needs of family caregivers of psychiatric patients from three age groups.
- child: For parents or caregivers of children under three who want to develop or enhance a bond with their child.
- people: Support group programs for caregivers of people with dementia only seemed to improve knowledge of the condition.
- person: The effects of a special computer network on caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease.
- member: From current research, caregivers of disabled family members often experience negative outcomes in the role.
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