Definition of Caretaking

1. Noun. The act of taking care or taking charge of something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Caretaking

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caretaking

caresser
caressers
caresses
caressing
caressingly
caressive
caressively
carest
caret
caret notation
caretake
caretaken
caretaker
caretakers
caretakes
caretaking (current term)
caretakings
careth
caretlike
caretook
carets
careware
careworker
careworkers
careworn
carex
carexes
carfare
carfares
carfax

Literary usage of Caretaking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Substitute Care Providers: Helping Abused & Neglected Chldren by Kenneth Watson (1994)
"Positive caretaking during infancy and early childhood not only meets the child's ... Consistent caretaking is another basic need. From birth to age 3, ..."

2. Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life by Norman B. Anderson, Rodolfo A. Bulatao, Barney Cohen (2004)
"In a recent report, Pruchno (1999) compared the experiences of 398 white and 319 African-American caretaking grandmothers ..."

3. Drug Abuse Prevention Through Family Interventions edited by Rebecca S. Ashery, Elizabeth B. Robertson, Karol L. Kumpfer (2000)
"caretaking of the adolescent's needs is an important component of parental monitoring; however, the form and function change dramatically from infancy and ..."

4. Echoes of the War by James Matthew Barrie (1918)
"There is nothing doing at present in the caretaking way for Mrs. Dowey, our hostess; but this does not damp her, caretaking being only to such as she an ..."

5. Workshop on Disability in America, a New Look: Summary and Background Papers by Marilyn Jane Field, Alan M. Jette, Linda G. Martin (2006)
"This emphasis on the caregiver's role in influencing outcome was central to the articulation of the concept of the continuum of caretaking casualty by ..."

6. Violence Against Elders (1993)
"If the family has not developed close family ties, the stress of a caretaker may be exacerbated. Without love and friendship to counteract caretaking ..."

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