caregiving

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Recent Examples of caregiving And some disabled people have had their caregiving slashed by new algorithmic assessments. Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 8 Sep. 2026 The root of the issue, as Fitbit founders James Park and Eric Friedman see it, is that caregiving and health rarely involve just one person — but technology is still designed that way. Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 3 Sep. 2026 Researchers found about 341,000 mothers left the workforce between July of 2025 and July of 2026, and caregiving was cited as an important factor. Dana Taylor, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 Even those who do long-distance caregiving can experience burnout and self-neglect. Elissa Strauss, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026 As a geriatrician, palliative care physician and researcher in dementia care and caregiving, my work focuses on improving dementia care across cultural backgrounds, including in Latino communities. Hillary Lum, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026 This frees her to focus on crucial human skills such as customer understanding, trust-building, and strategic decision-making, especially vital for balancing her demanding career with family responsibilities and caregiving. Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Rather, the act of caregiving is a biologically adaptive process. Nishant Pandya, STAT, 17 Aug. 2026 Earlier this year, after hearing from staff who were struggling to care for aging parents, the committee partnered with Homewatch Caregivers to create a firmwide webinar on caregiving, caregiver burnout and when to engage outside support. Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caregiving
Noun
  • The most starkly powerful scene in the film is about motherhood.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The character is composed of only the broadest of strokes, thinly defined by toughness, trauma, and uncomfortable motherhood, runoff of the stew that formed characters like Ripley.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • New York State is making roughly 900 ElliQ devices available to help older people in need of caretaking.
    Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Moreover, technologies that keep us continually connected have given rise to a relentless and transcendent type of caretaking.
    Marianne Cooper, Time, 5 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The cultural ascendance of intensive mothering, in which mothers are deemed entirely responsible for their children’s well-being and success, has upped the ante.
    Marianne Cooper, Time, 5 Aug. 2026
  • To make their point perfectly clear, women are sharing photos of themselves breastfeeding in front of Old Masters paintings in museums that depict the very same mothering act.
    Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 6 July 2026
Noun
  • The second lady of the United States recently caught some flak on the internet for wearing an $8 maternity dress from Old Navy in a recent appearance with her husband.
    Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Since 2010, hospitals have closed hundreds of maternity units as cities and towns shrink and hospitals consolidate into larger systems.
    Noam Levey, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026

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“Caregiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caregiving. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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