What (who) is carer - definition

PERSON WHO IS UNPAID AND WITHOUT FORMAL TRAINING WHO HELPS ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL WITH THEIR ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING

Caregivers; Care for others; Carer; Family caregiver; Carers; Voluntary caregiver; Primary caregiver; Primary care giver; Dependant care; Caregiving; Care giver; Informal carer; Informal care; Support worker; Care giving

carer

(carers)

A carer is someone who is responsible for looking after another person, for example, a person who is disabled, ill, or very young. (BRIT; in AM, use caregiver
, caretaker
)

Women are more likely than men to be carers of elderly dependent relatives.

N-COUNT

carer

¦ noun Brit. a family member or paid helper who regularly looks after a sick, elderly, or disabled person.

caregiver

¦ noun N. Amer. another term for carer.

Derivatives

caregiving noun & adjective

Wikipedia

Caregiver

A caregiver or carer is a paid or unpaid member of a person's social network who helps them with activities of daily living. Since they have no specific professional training, they are often described as informal caregivers. Caregivers most commonly assist with impairments related to old age, disability, a disease, or a mental disorder.

Typical duties of a caregiver might include taking care of someone who has a chronic illness or disease; managing medications or talking to doctors and nurses on someone's behalf; helping to bathe or dress someone who is frail or disabled; or taking care of household chores, meals, or processes both formal and informal documentation related to health for someone who cannot do these things alone.

With an aging population in all developed societies, the role of caregiver has been increasingly recognized as an important one, both functionally and economically. Many organizations that provide support for persons with disabilities have developed various forms of support for carers as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caregiver

Pronunciation examples for carer

1. He asked the carer--

Leonard Mlodinow _ Stephen Hawking - A Memoir of Friendship and Physics _ Talks at Google

2. The carer comes running in.

Leonard Mlodinow _ Stephen Hawking - A Memoir of Friendship and Physics _ Talks at Google

3. And those things are different because the carer often

Observations on Technology Enabled Healthcare _ Robert Califf _ Talks at Google

4. And his carer had stepped out to the bathroom,

Leonard Mlodinow _ Stephen Hawking - A Memoir of Friendship and Physics _ Talks at Google

5. or eventually his carer might see it and wipe it.

Leonard Mlodinow _ Stephen Hawking - A Memoir of Friendship and Physics _ Talks at Google

Examples of use of carer

1. "It maybe that you were a competent carer but the role of carer for somebody who is severely disabled goes beyond their physical needs," he said.

2. I‘m not really a carer or sharer, but I‘m trying.

3. More polls» Boards chat I‘m a carer for my parents.

4. Romana, from the Czech Republic, works as a carer.

5. Researchers found the average carer saves the nation 15,260.