Caregiver

Definitions: Caregiver

Caregiver

Noun

1. A person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability.

2. A person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult.

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Caregiver

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
CATS	English	Caregiver activities time survey	Medicine
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Caregiver

Synonyms: health care provider (n), health professional (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Caregiver

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	A House Divided: Caregiver Stress and Elder Abuse (1988)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Caregiver

Domain	Title
Books	I Knew a Woman: Four Women Patients and Their Female Caregiver (reference) Murder at Willow Slough; or, The Caregiver (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Caregiver (reference) Todays Caregiver (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Solving Care Problems in HIV: Caring for the Caregiver (reference) The Educated Caregiver, Three Tape Set (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Fred Hersch: Nourishing The Caregiver (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Caregiver

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		In some cases, these studies have also demonstrated improvements in caregiver stress, anxiety, and depression. (references)
		To make swallowing easier, the caregiver may want to prepare semisolid food, such as strained vegetables and fruits. (references)
		The early studies documented that caregiving has a severe impact on both the physical and mental health of the caregiver. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Caregiver

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
caregiver	535	live in caregiver program	8
caregiver job	57	home caregiver	8
live in caregiver	40	caregiver in canada	7
alzheimers caregiver	35	caregiver training	7
caregiver support	28	caregiver agency canada	7
senior caregiver	26	heartland caregiver	6
caregiver support group	17	care for the caregiver	6
canada caregiver	15	african alzheimers american caregiver disease rural	6
caregiver resource	15	caregiver family national program support	6
family caregiver	14	cancer caregiver	6
caregiver poem	14	caregiver help	6
caregiver information	13	caregiver chat	5
caregiver employment	13	canada caregiver worldwide	5
caregiver agency	12	caring for the caregiver	5
caregiver stress	12	caregiver overseas	5
family caregiver alliance	11	caregiver program	5
burnout caregiver	11	dementia caregiver	5
caregiver worldwide	11	caregiver in home	5
caregiver tip	10	both caregiver has it patient	5
elderly caregiver	10	caregiver nanny	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Caregiver

Language		Translations for "caregiver"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		照料者. (various references)

Greek		περίθαλψη (attention, care, carer, hospitalization, nursing, relief, succor, succour), υπεύθυνος (carer, liable to, promotor, responsible, responsible for), φύλαξη (care, carer, custody, guard, guarding, keeping, safekeeping), αρμόδιος (carer, in charge, responsible), ο παρέχων φροντίδα (carer). (various references)

Pig Latin		aregivercay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Caregiver

Derivations
	Words beginning with "caregiver": caregivers. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Caregiver" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Craigavad, Craigievar. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Caregiver

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-g-i-r-r-v"
	-2 letters: griever.
	-3 letters: aerier, arrive, cagier, career, carver, craver, graver, greave, grieve, racier, reaver, regave, regear, regive, reiver, riever, rivage, varier, verger, verier.
	-4 letters: aerie, agree, airer, aiver, areic, cager, carer, carve, caver, cavie, ceria, cigar, crave, crier, eager, eagre, erica, giver, grace, grave, racer, ragee, raver, reave, reive, rerig, ricer, river, vegie, verge.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-g-i-r-r-v"
	+1 letter: caregivers.
	+3 letters: overclearing, overreaching, overreacting.
	+5 letters: overdecorating.
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