: a person whose job is to give care to people who are ill, disabled, etc.
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After the stabbing of three children and a care worker in November 2023, the suspect was described as a foreign‑born man.—
Donathan L. Brown,
The Conversation,
24 June 2026 Her parents, an engineer and a health-care worker, often took her to the Kennedy Center.—
Bob Morris,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026 The program also provides a full-time therapist and youth care worker, in addition to a part time nurse, to help the teens navigate their futures and work through their trauma.—
Cbs Chicago Team,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026 The mother, who worked as a cleaner and child care worker, does not have a criminal record, the CDE said.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026 Alvarez, a full-time in-home care worker, is one of its residents.—
Jeffrey Kopp,kate Rogers,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2026 In 2024, the median annual wage for a child care worker in California was $38,220, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Jan. 2026 The following month, a Border Patrol agent shot Marimar Martinez, a Chicago day-care worker who survived and drove away to seek medical care.—
Nick Miroff,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2026 Lynn Weidner, a home care worker in Mackenzie’s district who works nearly 80 hours a week, said her $400 premium will increase to $680.—
Marc Levy,
Fortune,
8 Dec. 2025