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Definition of Caretaking
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caretaking
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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