CAREGIVER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("caregiver" is a kind of...):

adult; grownup (a fully developed person from maturity onward)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability

Synonyms:

caregiver; health care provider; health professional; PCP; primary care provider

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("caregiver" is a kind of...):

professional; professional person (a person engaged in one of the learned professions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "caregiver"):

bonesetter (someone (not necessarily a licensed physician) who sets broken bones)

electrologist (someone skilled in the use of electricity to remove moles or warts or hair roots)

medical assistant (a person trained to assist medical professionals)

medical man; medical practitioner (someone who practices medicine)

nurse (one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician))

apothecary; chemist; druggist; pharmacist; pill pusher; pill roller (a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs)

Holonyms ("caregiver" is a member of...):

health profession (the body of individuals whose work helps to maintain the health of their clients)

Credits

Context examples:

Caregivers may be health professionals, family members, friends, social workers, or members of the clergy.

(Caregiver, NCI Dictionary)

Caregiving is hard, and caregivers of chronically ill people often feel stress.

(Caregivers, Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health)

This instrument consists of an interview that is given to both the patient and their caregiver by a clinician at a baseline visit and then is repeated at the 2, 6, and 12 month visits.

(Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study-Clinical Global Impression of Change Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

Caregivers and nurses also expressed high levels of satisfaction with both methods of pain control during IV insertion.

(Better IV Insertion Device, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Understanding these reactions may help in identifying and treating caregivers at risk for child maltreatment and other problematic behaviors.

(Study identifies brain patterns underlying mothers’ responses to infant cries, National Institutes of Health)

He or she may be eager to have an argument, and be unwilling to work with caregivers to make the situation better.

(Agitation, NCI Dictionary)

An assessment tool created by Dr. T. Berry Brazelton and his colleagues to assist caregivers in determining developmental strengths and weaknesses in infants from birth to the age of two months.

(Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale, NCI Thesaurus)

EXAMPLE(S): subject, caregiver, investigator, outcomes assessor

(Interventional Study Protocol Version Blinded Role Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Issue associated with any deviations from device documented performance specifications relating to the implemented and inherited design features specific to devices used for reducing risks to patient or caregiver or maintaining risks within specified levels.

(Medical Device Protective Measure Issue, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

For these behaviors, the frequency is assessed on a scale of 0-4 with 0 being occasionally and 4 being very frequently, the severity is assessed on a scale of 1-3 with 1 being mild and 3 being marked, and the level of distress each behavior inflicts on the caregiver is assessed on a scale of 0-5 with 0 being not distressing and 5 being extremely distressing.