Care may refer to:

Organizations and projects

* CARE (New Zealand), Citizens Association for Racial Equality, a former New Zealand organisation *

CARE (relief agency) CARE (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, formerly Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) is a major international humanitarian agency delivering emergency relief and long-term international development projects. Founded i ...

, "Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere", an international aid and development organization *

Care.com Care.com is an online marketplace for Child care, childcare, Senior Care, senior care, special needs care, tutoring, Pet sitting, pet care, and housekeeping through membership in a two-sided marketplace. The firm is based in Austin, Texas, Austi ...

, 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 *

Christian Action Research and Education Christian Action, Research and Education (CARE) is a social policy charity based in the United Kingdom, with offices in London, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Founding and programmes CARE began in 1971 as the Nationwide Festival of Light, but wa ...

, 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 Credit Abuse Resistance Education (CARE) is a national program founded by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, WDNY and the Bankruptcy Committee of the Monroe County Bar Association. It was founded in 2002 by U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Chief Judge John C. N ...

, an American national program *

Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment The Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment (CARE) is an experimental test vehicle for the Indian Space Research Organisation's future ISRO orbital vehicle called ''Gaganyaan''. It was launched successfully on 18 December 2014 from the Second ...

, a 2014 ISRO experimental vehicle

People with the surname

Danny Care (soccer) Daniel James Care is a retired American soccer defender who spent one season in Major League Soccer with D.C. United Early life In 1993, Care graduated from McIntosh High School where he was part of the 1992 Georgia State High School championsh ...

(born 1974), American soccer player * Danny Care (born 1987), English rugby union 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

Philosophy and science

*Care or ''Sorge'', a term in Heideggerian terminology *

Cura (mythology) Cura or Aera Cura is the name of a Roman goddess who created the first human (homo) and whose name means "Care" or "Concern". In Latin. Hyginus seems to have created both the personification and story for his ''Fabulae'', poem 220. Story of Cura W ...

or Care, figure in ancient Roman ''Fabulae'' of Hyginus * Duty of care, a legal obligation in tort law * Ethics of care, a normative ethical theory *

Theology of relational care Practical theology is an academic discipline that examines and reflects on religious practices in order to understand the theology enacted in those practices and in order to consider how theological theory and theological practices can be more full ...

, 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

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 Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health profe ...

, 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 Homecare (also spelled as home care) is health care or supportive care provided by a professional caregiver in the individual home where the patient or client is living, as opposed to care provided in group accommodations like clinics or nursing ho ...

, 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 healthcare, 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 The term managed care or managed healthcare is used in the United States to describe a group of activities intended to reduce the cost of providing health care and providing American health insurance while improving the quality of that care ("man ...

, a variety of techniques intended to reduce the cost of providing health benefits and improve the quality of care * Palliative care

Music

Care (band) Care were an English new wave band formed by Paul Simpson and Ian Broudie in 1983 in Liverpool, England. Care was created after the split of the Wild Swans when singer Paul Simpson (also ex-keyboardist for the Teardrop Explodes) came together ...

, a 1980s alternative rock band from Liverpool * ''Care'' (How to Dress Well album), 2016 * ''Care'' (Shriekback album), 1983 * ''Care'', a song by Beabadoobee

Film and television

* ''Care'' (film), a 2000 British television crime drama film * "Care", a 2001 episode of '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' * "Care" (''Law & Order: UK''), the 2009 premiere episode of the British television series, ''Law & Order: UK'' * A 2018 BBC drama co-written by Jimmy McGovern

Other uses

* Cahir, a town in County Tipperary, Ireland (pronounced roughly 'care') * Career Average Revalued Earnings, or CARE, part of the recommendations in the UK's Independent Public Services Pensions Commission report * Continuous time Algebraic Riccati equation, or CARE, a matrix equation