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 (England) West Midlands, Central Accident Resuscitation Emergency team, a team of doctors & paramedics * CARE International, Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, an international aid and development organization * Care.com, 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, a Christian lobby group in the United Kingdom * Credit Abuse Resistance Education, an American national program * Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment, a 2014 ISRO experimental vehicle

People with the surname

* Danny Care (soccer) (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) or Care, figure in ancient Roman ''Fabulae'' of Hyginus *

Duty of care In Tort, tort law, a duty of care is a legal Law of obligations, obligation that is imposed on an individual, requiring adherence to a standard of care, standard of Reasonable person, reasonable care to avoid careless acts that could foreseeab ...

, a legal obligation in tort law * Ethics of care, 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, the act of caring for and supervising minor children *

Day care Child care, also known as day care, is the care and supervision of one or more children, typically ranging from three months to 18 years old. Although most parents spend a significant amount of time caring for their child(ren), childcare typica ...

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

, 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 or maintenance of health via the preventive healthcare, prevention, diagnosis, therapy, treatment, wikt:amelioration, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other disability, physic ...

, 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 (home care, in-home care, care at home), also known as domiciliary care, personal care, community care, or social care, is health care or supportive care provided in the individual home where the patient or client is living, generally focu ...

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

Primary care Primary care is a model of health care that supports first-contact, accessible, continuous, comprehensive, and coordinated person-focused care. It aims to optimise population health and reduce disparities across the groups by ensuring equitable ...

, 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 Intensive care medicine, usually 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 p ...

, 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 * Palliative care

Music

* Care (band), a 1980s alternative rock band from Liverpool * ''Care'' (How to Dress Well album), 2016 * ''Care'' (Shriekback album), 1983 * "Care", a song by Beabadoobee from '' Fake It Flowers'', 2020 * "Care", a song by Bury Tomorrow from '' The Seventh Sun'', 2023 * "Care", a song by Marillion from '' An Hour Before It's Dark'', 2022

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, another name for the career average pension model of occupational pension * Continuous time Algebraic Riccati equation, a matrix equation * Community Activities Restrictions Enforcement, a ''cordon sanitaire'' policy implemented in Indonesia to combat the COVID-19 pandemic