carers
Those who tend
Carers is the British term for what Americans call caregivers—people who look after someone unable to fully care for themselves, whether due to age, illness, or disability.
The word covers both professional workers and unpaid family members: Carers often neglect their own health while tending to others.
The charity supports carers of dementia patients.
Showing concern for sufferers
- empatheticFeeling what others feel
- patientAble to wait calmly
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
- attentivePaying close notice
gentle · kind · understanding · supportive · reliable · dependable · responsive · considerate
Chronic occupational depletion
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- isolationComplete separation from others
- financial strainDifficulty meeting monetary obligations
emotional toll · grief · compassion fatigue · unpaid labor · advocacy · recognition · work-life balance · secondary trauma
Immersion for cleanliness
- feedingGiving food to
- dressingSauce for salads
- medicatingAdministering therapeutic substances
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
lifting · transporting · grooming · toileting · cooking · cleaning · companionship · scheduling
Advanced in age
- disabledMade unable to function
- childrenYoung human beings
- infantsVery young children
- patientsThose receiving medical treatment
dependents · vulnerable · hospice patients · special needs · bedridden · frail · aging parents · loved ones
Medical care professionals
- aidesSubordinate staff members
- attendantsPeople who assist others
- caregiversThose who tend others
- nanniesProfessional child caretakers
babysitters · guardians · custodians · companions · orderlies · childminders · au pairs · midwives
compassionate
Showing concern for sufferers
- empatheticFeeling what others feel
- patientAble to wait calmly
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
attentive · gentle · kind · understanding · supportive · reliable · dependable · responsive · considerate · thoughtful
burnout
Chronic occupational depletion
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- isolationComplete separation from others
financial strain · emotional toll · grief · compassion fatigue · unpaid labor · advocacy · recognition · work-life balance · secondary trauma · sleep deprivation
bathing
Immersion for cleanliness
- feedingGiving food to
- dressingSauce for salads
- medicatingAdministering therapeutic substances
monitoring · lifting · transporting · grooming · toileting · cooking · cleaning · companionship · scheduling · advocating
elderly
Advanced in age
patients · dependents · vulnerable · hospice patients · special needs · bedridden · frail · aging parents · loved ones · family members
nurses
Medical care professionals
- aidesSubordinate staff members
- attendantsPeople who assist others
- caregiversThose who tend others
nannies · babysitters · guardians · custodians · companions · orderlies · childminders · au pairs · midwives · doulas
carersabusers
Those who harm others
tormentors · exploiters · victimizers · predators · persecutors
- take careParting expression of concern
- be carefulExercise caution and prudence
- take care ofManage or look after
- don't careLacking interest or preference
- care forProvide attentive support
- health careServices preventing and treating illness
care, careful, careless, carefully, caretaker, carelessly, cared, carelessness, carefulness