carern.
/ˈkɛːrə/, U.S. /ˈkɛrər/ a. One who cares.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > affection > [noun] > one who feels affection (for)
minderc1450
affecter1568
affectator1610
carer1691
fondler1720
1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 185 The immoderate Carers for the World.
1850 R. Browning Christmas-eve ii. 6 A carer for none of it, a Gallio?
b. spec. A person whose occupation is the care of the sick, aged, disabled, etc.; one who looks after a disabled or elderly relative at home, esp. one who is therefore unable to work. Cf. caring adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > a sick or disabled person
homemaker1940
caregiver1966
carer1978
care worker1980
1978 Age & Ageing VII. 107 A much lower proportion of patients with chief carers in social classes one and two were admitted than those in three, four and five.
1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 May 530/4 Some professional ‘carers’..make therapeutic work a substitute for living and can no longer even tell whether they like or dislike a person in ordinary life.
1982 Times 7 May 2/6 More money should be spent on the carers—those people, mainly women and mainly unpaid, who look after old and handicapped relations.
1985 New Age Summer 7/3 Believers in Cosmic nursing..distribute information and supportive literature to carers in hospital and in homes, and to relatives of elderly people.
1985 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Aug. 465/1 Carers, usually women, are the welfare state's solution to an expensive problem.
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