Care

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Care may refer to:

Social concepts

• Child care, the act of caring for and supervising minor children
• Day care, the care of a child during the day by a person other than the child's parents or legal guardians
• Elderly care, the fulfillment of the special needs and requirements that are unique to senior citizens
• Foster care, a system by which a certified, stand-in "parent(s)" cares for minor children or young people
• Health care, the treatment and management of illness, and the preservation of health through services offered
  • Care of residents, care given to adults or children outside of the patient's home
  • Home care, health care or supportive care provided in the patient's home by healthcare professionals
  • Primary care, routine health care, usually the first provided a patient sees
  • Primary health care, a series of principles geared towards making health care available
• Intensive-care medicine, provision of life support or organ support systems in patients who are critically ill
• Managed care, a variety of techniques intended to reduce the cost of providing health benefits and improve the quality of care

Philosophy and science

• Duty of care, a legal obligation in tort law
• Ethics of care, a normative ethical theory
• Cura or Care, figure in ancient Roman Fabulae of Hyginus
• Care or Sorge, a term in Heideggerian terminology
• Theology of relational care, a theology of understanding how contemporary followers of Jesus can relate to others
• Vulnerability and Care Theory of Love, the view that care is an integral part of romantic love

Media

• Care (Shriekback album), a 1983 new wave album by English rock band Shriekback
• Care (How to Dress Well album), a 2016 album by American singer-songwriter How to Dress Well
• Care (band), a 1980s alternative rock band from Liverpool
• "Care", a 2001 episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 3)
• "Care" (Law & Order: UK), the 2009 premiere episode of the British television series, Law & Order: UK

Organizations and projects

• CARE (New Zealand), Citizens Association for Racial Equality, a former New Zealand organisation
• CARE (relief agency), "Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere", an international aid and development organization
• Care.com, a company operating an online portal
• Carpet America Recovery Effort, an American carpet recycling project
• Charged Aerosol Release Experiment, a NASA project concerning dust in space
• Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment, an ISRO experimental vehicle
• Christian Action Research and Education, a Christian lobby group in the United Kingdom
• Control and Rehabilitation Effort, a behavior modification program implemented in 1968 at United States Penitentiary, Marion
• Credit Abuse Resistance Education, an American national program

People with the surname

• Danny Care (born 1987), English rugby union player
• Danny Care (soccer) (born 1974), American soccer player
• Henry Care (1646–1688), English political writer and journalist
• Peter Care (born 1953), British film and video producer
• Terry John Care (born 1947), American politician

Other uses

• Continuous time Algebraic Riccati equation, a matrix equation
• Career Average Revalued Earnings, part of the recommendations in the UK's Independent Public Services Pensions Commission report

See also

• All pages with a title containing care
• Cares (disambiguation)
• Council on American-Islamic Relations, an advocacy group for Muslims in North America
• KARE, a television station from Minneapolis