ADJ
- good, great
- He loved his books and took great care of them
- loving, tender
- She's still very frail and will need lots of tender loving care
- private
- voluntary
- constant, full-time, round-the-clock
- continuing, long-term
- short-term, temporary
- daily, day-to-day, routine
- intensive
- Last night she was critically ill in intensive care. an intensive care unit
- clinical, emergency, health, medical, nursing, patient
- hospital, inpatient, institutional, residential
- day, non-hospital, outpatient
- community
- domestic, domiciliary, home, home-based
- primary, secondary, tertiary
- antenatal, dental, psychiatric
- palliative
- formal, informal
- The couple relied on informal care from relatives
- foster
- public
- children in public care
- pastoral, spiritual
- client, customer
- hair, skin
VERB + CARE
- take
- He left his job to take care of his sick wife. I'll take care of hiring the car
- provide (sb with)
- need, require
- receive
- take sb into
- The boys were taken into care when their parents died
CARE + NOUN
- services
- centre, home, unit
- manager, worker
- management
- plan, policy, programme
- allowance
- needs, order
PREP
- in ~
- He had been in foster care since he was five
- in sb's ~
- You won't come to any harm while you're in their care. Many historic sites are in the care of the National Trust
- under the ~ of
- He's under the care of Dr Parks
- ~ of
PHRASES
- the quality/standard of care
ADJ
- extreme, good, great
- Great care should be taken to ensure that the equipment is clean
- extra, special
- infinite, the utmost
- exquisite, meticulous, painstaking, scrupulous
- The little girl was writing her name with painstaking care
- exaggerated, excessive
- He takes excessive care of his appearance
- due (formal) , proper, reasonable The householder has a duty to take reasonable care
- for the visitor's safety
PREP
- with ~
- A label on the box read: 'Glass?handle with care'
- without ~
- He was found guilty of driving without due care and attention