caregiving roles
Supportive care jobs
Caregiving roles are the responsibilities people take on when looking after others who need assistance—children, elderly parents, disabled family members, or patients.
The term appears frequently in discussions of gender expectations, since caregiving roles have traditionally fallen to women: She struggled to balance caregiving roles with her career.
In healthcare and social work, caregiving roles may be formal positions with defined duties.
- foster parentTemporary guardian of another's child
- nurseHealthcare provider, bedside
- grandparentParent once removed
- sandwich generationThose supporting parents and children
- geriatricianPhysician treating elderly patients
guardian · volunteer · counselor · social worker · emotional labor · unpaid labor · home health aide · round the clock · therapist · occupational therapist · sibling · doula · holding space · homemaker · advocate · physician assistant · spouse · nanny