How to Use caregiver in a Sentence

caregiver

noun
  • When she got sick her husband became her primary caregiver.
  • Give the gift of connection and joy this season—a beautiful way to make a caregiver feel seen.
    Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Rubino handed him some signs, and Smith asked about his wife, who’d recently quit her job as a caregiver in a nursing home.
    Stephanie McCrummen, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2022
  • An example might be where one of the children has a major health condition that requires one of the parents to be a full-time caregiver.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2022
  • Toni Stratton, Emery’s caregiver, says Emery has an open-door policy.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2022
  • Her dedication stems from being the primary caregiver for her mom, who fought a seven-year battle with pancreatic cancer.
    Soulaima Gourani, Forbes, 19 May 2022
  • The parade was just blocks from home for city native Edana Contreras and her caregiver Andrew Haag, both lifelong fans.
    Julie Johnson, Danielle Echeverria, Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 June 2022
  • Culver told the Commission his behavior arose from the stress of being his ailing father’s primary caregiver.
    Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2024
  • In many ways, teaching required me to also be a caregiver, therapist, social worker, and literacy teacher for my students.
    Lorraine Avila, refinery29.com, 29 June 2022
  • Undocumented workers provide essential services such as home health aides, hospital staff, and caregivers.
    Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
  • If the old order is inherently ethical, women are bad decision-makers and their chief responsibility is to play caregiver, what is there to fix?
    Caterina Bulgarella, Forbes, 24 June 2022
  • The deaths were more likely to be ruled an accident if the child was white and the caregiver was a grandmother; they were more frequently ruled a homicide when the child was Black and being cared for by the mother’s boyfriend.
    New York Times, 20 June 2022
  • The behaviour of mothers as the primary caregiver was central to Bowlby's hypothesis.
    Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 6 June 2022
  • More than half of caregivers in the study said the same.
    Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Note that since the seat is low to the ground, caregivers will have to bend over quite a bit to get the baby in and out.
    Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The caregiver must live in the same house as the patient and be at least 18 years old.
    Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Keanu loves to learn new songs from both his caregivers and peers.
    BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Some caregivers may even have to leave the house before their kids are off to school.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 14 Aug. 2024
  • In some of the cases reviewed by NBC News, caregivers placed the loungers inside a crib.
    Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 25 May 2023
  • Her caregiver had gone to the home, around 4:30 p.m. to check on her and discovered the home on fire.
    Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The frontline caregivers often bear the brunt of the fallout when something goes wrong.
    AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2023
  • During that time, the caregiver's dogs attacked and mauled the 7-month-old.
    Steve Helling, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Here are our editors' pick for the top five Mother's Day gifts for the caregivers in your life.
    USA TODAY, 11 May 2023
  • Almost 40 percent of caregivers of older adults are men, and a third of that group is Black.
    Ashley Milne-Tyte, NPR, 21 May 2024
  • Parents and caregivers know that screen-time rules for toddlers can be tricky.
    Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Even before the pandemic, more than one in six full-time workers in the U.S. are caregivers.
    Bill Novelli, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Three out of the five caregivers who are identified in the DCF report are named as plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
    Chandelis Duster, CNN, 21 June 2024
  • Parents or caregivers don’t need to read the exact words; rather tell the story from what is pictured.
    Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • So to sum up: If caregivers look lonely at the park, maybe invite them into the social scene.
    Alex Hazlett, Parents, 12 June 2023
  • In some cases, switching up the caregiver who does drop-off might help.
    Pamela Kruger, Parents, 18 Dec. 2023

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