Care may refer to:

Organizations and projects

  • CARE (New Zealand), 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, 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, 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 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, 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 (2000 TV 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
  • Care (2018 TV film), a 2018 BBC drama co-written by Jimmy McGovern

Other uses

  • 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

See also

  • Cair (disambiguation)
  • Cares (disambiguation)
  • Carle (disambiguation)
  • Cari (disambiguation)
  • Carre (disambiguation)
  • Kare (disambiguation)