Caretaker may refer to:

Occupations

Janitor A cleaner, cleanser or cleaning operative is a type of Industry (economics), industrial or domestic worker who is tasked with cleaning a space. A janitor (Scotland, United States and Canada), also known as a custodian, Facility Operator, porter ...

(chiefly in the United States), a person who cleans and maintains buildings such as hospitals and schools *

Property caretaker A property caretaker is a person, group, or organization that cares for real estate for trade or financial compensation, and sometimes as a barter for rent-free living accommodations.Dunn, Gary"Property Caretaking Rent Free"Escape Artist Magazi ...

, a person who cares for a property *

Caregiver A caregiver, carer or support worker is a paid or unpaid person who helps an individual with activities of daily living. Caregivers who are members of a care recipient's family or social network, who may have specific professional training, are o ...

or carer (UK), a person who cares for another person *

Caretaker manager In association footballing terms, a caretaker manager or interim manager is somebody who takes temporary charge of the management of a football team, usually when the regular manager is dismissed or leaves for a different club. However, a caret ...

, someone who takes temporary charge of team affairs of a football club

Film, television and theatre

* ''The Caretaker'' (play), a 1960 play by Harold Pinter * ''The Caretaker'' (film), a 1963 British adaptation of Pinter's play * ''The Caretakers'' (1963 film), an American drama film * ''The Caretakers'' (2025 film), a Philippine horror film * Caretaker, a character in the 1974 film '' The Longest Yard'' and the 2005 remake

Television episodes

* "Caretaker" (''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''), 2018 * "Caretaker" (''Not Going Out''), 2006 * "Caretaker" (''Star Trek: Voyager''), 1995 * "The Caretaker" (''Doctor Who''), 2014 * "The Caretaker" (''Motherland''), 2017

Literature

Caretaker (comics) The Caretaker is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. There have been two incarnations of the character. The Caretaker appeared in the 2007 film ''Ghost Rider'' and the Hulu television series '' Hels ...

, a Marvel Comics character who appeared in ''Ghost Rider'' * ''The Caretaker'' (Pelevin novel), a 2015 novel by Victor Pelevin * ''The Caretaker'' (Rash novel) * ''

The Caretaker Trilogy ''The Caretaker Trilogy'' is a series of science fiction thrillers with an ecological theme, written for young adults by David Klass. The first book in the series, ''Firestorm'' (2006), was the first book ever endorsed by Greenpeace and was praise ...

'', a 2006–2009 series of science-fiction novels by David Klass

Music

Caretaker (band) Caretaker is an English three piece rock band based in Winchester, Hampshire, England. Their music combines elements from many different corners of rock music, including hardcore, post-rock, progressive and math rock and the band strongly as ...

, an English rock band *

The Caretaker (musician) James Leyland Kirby (born 9 May 1974), known professionally as the Caretaker, is an English ambient musician. His work as the Caretaker is characterized as exploring memory and its gradual deterioration, nostalgia, and melancholy. The projec ...

, James Leyland Kirby (born 1974), English ambient musician * ''The Caretaker'' (album), a 2020 album by Half Waif

Other uses

Caretaker (military) A military caretaker or caretaker detachment is a group of one or more personnel assigned to maintain for future use a military base, fortification, or other facility that is ungarrisoned but not abandoned. Naval reserve fleets and military aircraf ...

, a detachment assigned to maintain an inactive facility *

Caretaker gene Caretaker genes encode products that stabilize the genome. Fundamentally, mutations in caretaker genes lead to genomic instability. Tumor cells arise from two distinct classes of genomic instability: mutational instability arising from changes i ...

, a group of tumour suppressor genes *

Caretaker government A caretaker government, also known as a caretaker regime, is a temporary ''ad hoc'' government that performs some governmental duties and functions in a country until a regular government is elected or formed. Depending on specific practice, it co ...