caregive

present singular third person caregives · participle present caregiving · past caregave · participle past caregiven

1. intransitiverareTo provide care, especially in the role as a caregiver.

   Encouraging men to caregive in their own way is a win-win for all.

   2010, Barbara Dunn, Linda Scott, Our Turn to Parent

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   This is what she wanted to share with other readers about that: I realized how many times it interfered with the way I caregave at certain times. I ended up resenting my task at hand.

   2008, Sheryl Karas, The Spiritual Journey of Family Caregiving, page 210

   Using data from the Survey of Ageing and Independence conducted in 1991, McDonald (1996) found that retiring to caregive decreased the age of retirement for women by almost six years. The costs of retiring to caregive may be high.

   2011, Frank Denton, Deborah Fretz, Byron Spencer, Independence and Economic Security in Old Age, page 277

   If you have decided to caregive, ask yourself these tough questions: “Why did I choose to caregive? Out of obligation? Promise? Because I am the only child without kids to take care of? Or is it because caregiving is what I want to do?

   2016, Jolene Brackey, Creating Moments of Joy Along the Alzheimer's Journey