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

Duty of care, a legal obligation in tort law
Ethics of care, a normative ethical theory
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

Care (album), a 1983 new wave album by Shriekback
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

CARE (New Zealand), Citizens Association for Racial Equality, a former New Zealand organisation
CARE (relief agency), originally "Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe", international organization
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

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