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Recent Examples of caregiving
At the time, many homes for seniors were reluctant to accept new residents whose room, board and caregiving costs were being subsidized by Medicaid, records show.
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Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
Full-time job, caregiving, aging parents.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Pets fit within a broader national caregiving crisis Pet care may not be the most acute need among many families caring for children with special needs and aging parents with health issues.
—Krysta Escobar, CNBC, 29 Mar. 2026
The pipeline is female, the growth sectors are female, and the jobs most protected from AI displacement — caregiving, healthcare, in-person services — are female.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
The Bay Area’s nine-county regional economy relies heavily on immigrants, with undocumented workers acting as a backbone in maintenance, hospitality, caregiving and service jobs — often in higher concentrations than in the rest of the state, a new report by the Bay Area Council shows.
—Sara Dinatale, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
There are societies and families in which older siblings function as parental figures, and compulsory caregiving is the reigning paradigm.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Redifer said Workforce Solutions will keep focusing on populations facing the steepest barriers, including young people, individuals with disabilities, veterans and people balancing work and caregiving.
—Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, Dallas Morning News, 23 Mar. 2026
Your relationship to caregiving is going to be different because your capacity is different and your boundaries are different.
—R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2026
Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
Full-time job, caregiving, aging parents.
—Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Pets fit within a broader national caregiving crisis Pet care may not be the most acute need among many families caring for children with special needs and aging parents with health issues.
—Krysta Escobar, CNBC, 29 Mar. 2026
The pipeline is female, the growth sectors are female, and the jobs most protected from AI displacement — caregiving, healthcare, in-person services — are female.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
The Bay Area’s nine-county regional economy relies heavily on immigrants, with undocumented workers acting as a backbone in maintenance, hospitality, caregiving and service jobs — often in higher concentrations than in the rest of the state, a new report by the Bay Area Council shows.
—Sara Dinatale, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
There are societies and families in which older siblings function as parental figures, and compulsory caregiving is the reigning paradigm.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Redifer said Workforce Solutions will keep focusing on populations facing the steepest barriers, including young people, individuals with disabilities, veterans and people balancing work and caregiving.
—Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, Dallas Morning News, 23 Mar. 2026
Your relationship to caregiving is going to be different because your capacity is different and your boundaries are different.
—R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caregiving
Noun
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Health & Wellness Doctors blamed her symptoms on motherhood.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Conservative influencer Isabel Brown has alleged that The View refused her request to appear on the talk show to defend herself after the cohosts slammed her on the air over the 28-year-old's recent remarks about motherhood.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Those who know the invisible labor of caretaking, labor that women in particular inherit, will recognize themselves in some, if not all, of the novel’s questions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
31 Mar. 2026
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Matt Lovatt, director for the UK’s Trentham Monkey Forest, told the BBC that rejection by parents is rare among macaques, but that males of the species do as much caretaking as the females, so Punch still has a good chance of integrating into the troop and developing normally, even without his mom.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In response to the mothering of a sister, a brother has options—resist, lash out, put up with it, become utterly dependent on it.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Around the eleventh century, in Anglo‑Saxon England, instructions for an elaborate childbearing and mothering ritual were recorded by monks in the Lacnunga, a collection of medical texts and curative prayers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Doctors Without Borders, also known as MSF, said the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, RSF, launched two drone strikes on Al-Jabalain Hospital in the White Nile province, hitting an operating theater and a maternity ward.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Unsurprisingly, Meghan's formal maternity wear was as chic as the rest of her royal outfits.—
Katherine J Igoe,
InStyle,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Caregiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caregiving. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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