carer
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈkɛrər/
- UK
:
cuidador
- She has devoted her career to being a carer for elderly patients in her community.
- carer burden
- user and carer
- foster carers
It was between them, the robot and their carers and their teachers.
- It was between them, the robot and their carers and their teachers.
- He's a devout carer, devoted carer for his disabled wife.
- They felt that they were carers for the people there.
- So every day I was talking to patients, friends, relatives, carers of people who were there.
- She's she's sort of became my carer in a way, you know, sort of caring for me.
- I know where from my childhood because her children will be cared for by my foster carer.
- So what we have is sending them outside the land, entrusting them to a carer.
- I know that colleagues across the House will wish to join me in paying tribute to the huge contribution unpaid carers make to our society.
- I mean, most people when they're, when they're old for rich people, if they have the choice, they want human carers and all that, don't they?
- We're in a school, my kids home, my foster carers with social workers.
- But Laura's in care, as in she's a carer.
- Volunteers, carers, community organizers and good neighbors.
- Thinking locally, Madam Chairman Mindox is full of desperate pleas from my constituents, from carers, pensioners, local businesses.
- I think that I can go into like carer mode and do too much for others and overextend myself sometimes.
- So if you think you have a built in carer in the form of your narcissistic spouse or partner, think again and plan accordingly.
Examples
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Ask the carer to get the child to tidy away all of the toys.
Academic text (2011) -
People who have Alzheimer's disease often have disturbed sleep, which can burden family carers and increase the likelihood of institutionalization.
Academic text (2015) -
We can only accept children and one primary carer.
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One of the carers who worked there.
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I suppose I'd have to get a carer.
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I've been meaning to tell you, we have found the most wonderful carer for my mother.
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Whatever else the problems of the depressed and their carers, they do not suffer from a lack of advice.
Academic text (2011) -
I'm Jane, your mum's night carer.
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Practitioners need to recognize that dependency on a wide network of carers is the everyday experience of some disabled children.
Academic text (2011) -
You're Hannah's carer, aren't you?
Synonyms
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3.2
A person who helps someone who is ill, elderly, or has a disability with daily tasks
Antonyms
How Responsible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word carer comes from the simple word care 'to look after' plus the ending -er 'one who'. So a carer is a person who gives care and help to someone who is ill, elderly, or cannot care for themselves.