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, 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 * 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 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 establ ...

, 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 th ...

, 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 called ...

, 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 ...

, 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 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 car ...

, 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 i ...

, 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. Wi ...

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

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