Care may refer to:

Organizations and projects

CARE (New Zealand) The Citizens Association for Racial Equality (CARE) was a New Zealand organisation that fought against racism towards minority groups in New Zealand. During the 1960s, CARE attacked policies such as the common de facto policy of banks not to emplo ...

, 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 aid, humanitarian agency delivering emergency relief and long-term international development pr ...

, "Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere", an international aid and development organization * Care.com, a company operating an online portal *

Carpet America Recovery Effort The Carpet America Recovery Effort or CARE is a joint industry-government non-profit organization whose mission is to develop market-based solutions for recovering value from discarded carpet. CARE was established on January 8, 2002 and their init ...

, an American carpet recycling project *

Charged Aerosol Release Experiment The Charged Aerosol Release Experiment also known as CARE, is a project run by NASA which will use a rocket to release dust in the upper atmosphere to form a dusty plasma in space. The clouds thus generated are intended to simulate naturally occurr ...

, 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 ...

, a Christian lobby group in the United Kingdom * Control and Rehabilitation Effort, a behavior modification program implemented in 1968 at

United States Penitentiary, Marion The United States Penitentiary, Marion (USP Marion) is a large medium-security United States federal prison for male and female inmates in Southern Precinct, unincorporated Williamson County, Illinois. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of P ...

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. Ni ...

, 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 champion ...

(born 1974), American soccer player *

Danny Care Daniel Stuart Care (born 2 January 1987) is an English rugby union player who plays for Harlequins in the Premiership as a scrum-half. He has played for England national team since 2008 and has won 87 caps. He previously played for England ...

(born 1987), English rugby union player *

Henry Care Henry Care (1646–1688) was an English political writer and journalist, or " Whig propagandist", whose speciality was anti-Catholicism. Life Care edited a paper called the ''Weekly Pacquet of Advice from Rome''. It began as a serial publication ...

(1646–1688), English political writer and journalist *

Peter Care Peter Alan Care (born 28 April 1953) is an English director of music videos, commercials and film. He has directed music videos for Cabaret Voltaire, R.E.M., Bruce Springsteen, Roy Orbison, Depeche Mode and New Order, amongst others. Biogr ...

(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 ...

or Care, figure in ancient Roman ''Fabulae'' of Hyginus *

Duty of care In tort law, a duty of care is a legal obligation that is imposed on an individual, requiring adherence to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others. It is the first element that must be establi ...

, a legal obligation in tort law *

Ethics of care The ethics of care (alternatively care ethics or EoC) is a normative ethical theory that holds that moral action centers on interpersonal relationships and care or benevolence as a virtue. EoC is one of a cluster of normative ethical theories t ...

, a normative ethical theory * 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

Social concepts

Child care Child care, otherwise known as day care, is the care and supervision of a child or multiple children at a time, whose ages range from two weeks of age to 18 years. Although most parents spend a significant amount of time caring for their child(r ...

, the act of caring for and supervising minor children *

Day care Child care, otherwise known as day care, is the care and supervision of a child or multiple children at a time, whose ages range from two weeks of age to 18 years. Although most parents spend a significant amount of time caring for their child(r ...

, the care of a child during the day by a person other than the child's parents or legal guardians *

Elderly care Elderly care, or simply eldercare (also known in parts of the English-speaking world as aged care), serves the needs and requirements of senior citizens. It encompasses assisted living, adult daycare, long-term care, nursing homes (often call ...

, the fulfillment of the special needs and requirements that are unique to senior citizens *

Foster care Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home ( residential child care community, treatment center, etc.), or private home of a state-certified caregiver, referred to as a "foster parent" or with a family ...

, 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 pr ...

, the treatment and management of illness, and the preservation of health through services offered **

Care of residents Residential care refers to long-term care given to adults or children who stay in a residential setting rather than in their own home or family home. There are various residential care options available, depending on the needs of the individual. ...

, 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 h ...

, health care or supportive care provided in the patient's home by healthcare professionals **

Primary care Primary care is the day-to-day healthcare given by a health care provider. Typically this provider acts as the first contact and principal point of continuing care for patients within a healthcare system, and coordinates other specialist care ...

, routine health care, usually the first provided a patient sees **

Primary healthcare Primary health care, or PHC, refers to "essential health care" that is based on scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technology. This makes universal health care accessible to all individuals and families in a community. PHC in ...

, a series of principles geared towards making health care available *

Intensive care medicine Intensive care medicine, also called critical care medicine, is a medical specialty that deals with seriously or critically ill patients who have, are at risk of, or are recovering from conditions that may be life-threatening. It includes pro ...

, 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 Palliative care (derived from the Latin root , or 'to cloak') is an interdisciplinary medical caregiving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses. Wit ...

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 Beatrice Kristi Ilejay Laus (born 3 June 2000), known professionally as beabadoobee (; '), is a Filipino-British singer-songwriter. From 2018 to 2021, she released five extended plays under the independent label Dirty Hit: ''Lice'' (2018), ''P ...

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 Cahir (; ) is a town in County Tipperary in Ireland. It is also a civil parish in the barony of Iffa and Offa West. Location and access For much of the twentieth century, Cahir stood at an intersection of two busy national roadways: the Dubli ...

, 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