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🤱 Giving regular help 🩺 Related to care
caregiving

caregiving

3.6
Relating to work that helps people who are old, ill, or disabled
  • adjective
  • /ˈkɛrˌɡɪvɪŋ/
translation icon : asistencial
  • The hospital provides caregiving services for patients recovering from surgery.

Examples

  • She found a job in a caregiving role at a local retirement home.

  • Many families rely on caregiving support for their elderly relatives.

  • The caregiving role can be very rewarding.

  • She has a strong passion for caregiving.

  • The hospital provides caregiving services for patients recovering from surgery.

  • Many families rely on caregiving support for their elderly relatives.

  • She found a job in a caregiving role at a local retirement home.

Synonyms

assistive
vscaregiving
4 4.8

Giving help or support to people with disabilities

focuses on giving direct personal help and daily tasks to ill elderly or disabled

Antonyms

indifferent
46 4.4

Not interested or showing no strong feeling about something

neglectful
8 4.4

Not giving enough care or attention when something needs it

How Direct

hands-on
92 3.9
caregiving
3.6
indirect
14 4.3

Surface Forms

caregiving positive

Morphology

caregiving = care + giving (transparent) = care + give + ing

As an adjective, it denotes something 'relating to the giving of care', directly derived from 'care' + 'giving'.

Etymology

Caregiving used as an adjective comes from the same parts, care + giving, and means 'relating to giving care'. So a caregiving role or service is one that helps people who need regular support.