caretaking

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Recent Examples of caretaking Many of the experts surveyed noted that, along with healthcare and economic headwinds, there is an undue caretaking burden placed on women, as well as insufficient services and protections for women of color and LGBTQIA+ women. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026 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 This preemptive caretaking also prevents people from growing out of egocentric thinking. — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 16 July 2026 But the new season, which benefits tremendously from having shaken off the source material, reframes such caretaking as a literal labor of love. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 This kind of mutual caretaking, physical as well as emotional, prods larger conversations about the state of the world — particularly, Marie-Lou’s nursing home facing a perpetual funding crisis. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026 Low pay, heavy workloads, and lack of clear worker protections and advancement opportunities have been common across the industry, but the pandemic really accelerated things, as issues like cost of living and accommodations for disability and caretaking were exacerbated. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 6 May 2026 Our institutions now reward leaders who excel at emotional caretaking over those who can actually produce order. — Jonathan Alpert Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caretaking
Noun
  • Housing, health care, education, caregiving, and everyday costs have outpaced wage growth for decades, leaving households with less room to save.
    — Steven John, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Local Area Agencies on Aging can help identify transportation, caregiving and community resources.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Longer-term space travel will require serious conversations about motherhood, family and health.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The 65-minute show at the Wallis, which moves to South Coast Repertory on Thursday, blends cabaret, memoir and comedy, with songs about motherhood and perimenopause.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

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“Caretaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caretaking. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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