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

VERB + CARE

exercise, take

PREP

with ~
A label on the box read: 'Glass?handle with care'
without ~
He was found guilty of driving without due care and attention