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WHAT
IS CARE
FOR YOU?
whatiscare.org is an initiative of The Care Lab
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La cura és una actitud existencial i ètica que ens vincula amb els altres i ens fa responsables del que és vulnerable.
Care Professional
Spain
Compassion and kindness
Care Activist
Philippines
Living a life where my values are activated and reflected in my life & work. The lack of harmony between our internal visions and the corruption we live on almost all levels in society is causing us frustrations and sickness.
Other
Germany
Care means to find the light in others (and if they can't then hold yours for them until they can), amplify it, reflect it and let it shine.
Care Activist
Pakistan
Care is the act of giving and receiving on the grounds of empathy, will and trust
Student
Turkey
To me, care is both a feeling and an action, an expression of positivity, concern, and self-realized responsibility. Whether it’s feeding stray dogs, listening to a struggling friend, respecting boundaries, supporting an elderly parent, or taking responsibility for the environment, each of these acts embodies what care means to me.
Student
Bangladesh
Care is helping a person live our their day here.
Student
Kosovo
To care and to be cared for are both fundamental needs and fundamental rights. Care is the natural result of acknowledging that we are all connected. The lack of acknowledgement of this unchangeable truth is what leads to the abscence of care and its many faces: isolation, rejection, violence.
To care for someone means to be curious and listen to their needs. It means to have them in consideration and involve them in the decisions that affect them directly. And it means to continue showing up for both them and yourself, maintaining a sustainable balance so that care can continue existing.
Care Activist
Netherlands
Paying attention to people with empathy.
:-)
Care Activist
France
Real and deep listening and attention towards others, humans and non-humans.
Academic
Spain
Per a mi les cures sostenen la vida, empoderen la diversitat i redefineixen la equitat
Caregiver
Spain
La CURA es l'atenciò a la persona amb les seves mancances, foscors i llums. Desde que neixem necessitem cura i afecte.
Other
Spain
La cura per a mi es "tractar als altres com vols que et tractin a tu" tan en els aspectes fisics com en les teves situacions del teu estat "interior"
Activista
Espanya
La cura és l’acció de benestar emocional i de poder estar acompanyada que hauria de ser un drets reconegut, molt resumidamente.
Other
Spain
Una capacitat humana que respon a una necessitat humana
Es inevitable necessitar dels altres al llarg de la vida, tot i que en diferents intensitat o tipologia segons el moment vital o personal. I alhora és quelcom que en un moment o altre ens demanarà de nosaltres.
Per tant, tenim la possibilitat de respondre als reclams d'ajuda dels altres i desenvolupar les nostres capacitats humanes en empatitzar i donar-nos. I la possibilitat de rebre dels altres segons les necessitats i predisposicio dels altres
Professional de la Cura
Espanya
La CURA per a mi, és tractar a la persona com un bé tan preuat que el poguem fer sentir que és la protagonista iel centre de la nostra atenció, que és IMPORTANT per nosaltres i volem que se senti atesa.
Activista
Espanya
Trobo que és difícil, doncs les paraules i definicions no acaben de recollir el que és es la vida: és estima, és dolor, és deure, és deute, és agraïment, és retorn...
Professional de la Cura
Espanya
-fer el que cal perquè la vida segueixi ..i confortablement
-respecte, oferiment, companyia
-fer atenció,
Ciutadàna
Espanya
Respectar el dret a poder viure de manera sana, digna i amb condicions amables
Investigador/a
Espanya
Una necessitat que tenim totes d'atencions i estima.
Ciutadàna
Espanya
Estimar als altres
Cuidadora
Espanya
Per nosaltres les cures són un negoci descontrolat per les administracions , on les cuidadores patim tot tipus de violències ! Sobretot, institucional!
Cuidadora
Espanya
Compromís
Cuidadora
Espanya
Care is life.
Care Activist
Spain
Taking care is an attitude, such as empathy. Empathy or care design methods are so wrong: theses attitudes are seen as "a phase" in a project methodology, when they should be a state of mind all along the project, a way to act, a way to be. Enabling care as a state of mind, as a spirit, not as a methodology!
Care Activist
France
Care is where you will think of my physical well-being, provide emotional & psychological support, enable social engagement, push for cognitive stimulation, respect my spiritual & cultural self, cover my safety & security, empower my independence, tailor my care plan and give me dignity by supporting my end-of-life options.
Student
Singapore
"Care," like "love," is an emotion and also an action verb. In my experience, the "healthcare" situation in the US is neither health nor care. I am a senior and a patient with a complex medical history that no clinician seems to have time for. Managing the provider's busy schedule has become the priority, not patient care. I'm not sure how I can advocate for improvement in our broken system, driven by the insurance industry. I plan to do some writing to raise awareness of these concerns, so they don't become any further normalized.
Citizen
United States
-a support system designed longitudinally, where authentic relationships are cultivated and nourished, and everyone contributes to the care of the collective
- access to basic health care needs
- transparent communication and a genuine interest in listening and integrating feedback
-care for oneself, others and the planet that holds all beings
-a nondual approach to living and relating
-respect for diverse perspectives and POVs
Care Professional
United States
Care means compassion, clear non judgemental communication, relating to both physical and emotional needs and desires, dealing with the whole person and their life circumstances, always listening and access to experienced medical and scientific knowledge.
Other
United States
Care for me means not having to worry something will be missed when I'm feeling poorly and need to rely on (trust) medical professionals to navigate our healthcare system and practice at their best to help me manage my acute & chronic needs.
Quynh Tran ("other" - as I don't identify w/ any single category.)
Other
United States
CARE is the most adequate response to patients' needs - resulting in improved health and wellbeing, a great care experience and done by activating the systems and the patients / family resources in an optimal and efficient way.
Academic
Spain
I have the support and resources being easily accessible for me and my loved ones, where I can access these in my own time.
Care Activist
Singapore
To support and journey together with the people around us to maintain and improve health, social and mental wellbeing.
Academic
Singapore
Care means to show love through acts of service, be it taking care of them or giving them my time.
Student
Singapore
Care is a constant emotion, action in my life. It’s part of me and it’s part of the work I do.
Academic
Singapore
A feeling of awareness and understanding
Citizen
Singapore
to hear, see, and understand the feelings and problems of others instead of only acknowledging it
Student
Australia
For me care means empathy for others. Care means expressing concern for the well-being of others.
Student
Singapore
For me care is taking care of myself, in other words, self-care. Care starts from myself, because if I can't take care of myself how am I going to care for others? Care is observing and taking the initiative to do something. For instance, observing and feeling that my body is feeling tired, I'll take the time off to rest to recuperate.
Student
Singapore
looking out for people around us, whether it is a stranger or neighbour
Student
Singapore
just being there for someone (in slience or not)
Student
Singapore
Hope someone can have a better life.
Student
China
It's the thought of self and others around you. The selfless concern and consideration for others. A form of self-love..?
Student
Singapore
It's the thought of self and others around you. The selfless concern and consideration for others. A form of self-love..?
Student
Singapore
Providing assistance to those who need it and providing extra care for such people.
Student
Singapore
Care is empathizing and putting yourself in other people's shoes. To understand and provide care that will be helpful/useful for them.
Student
Singapore
Care means to provide support to someone or something. It also means to look out for someone to make them think that their existence has meaning.
Academic
Singapore
Understand their true inner and emotional needs, and consider various aspects of the user's background, such as cultural background, economic conditions, etc., to consider the design.
Student
China
The way we connect with the community around us to encourage people to be concerned about others wellbeing.
Student
Singapore
To care is a form of empathy and concern for a subject.
Student
Singapore
Care refers to the act of providing for someone's needs or ensuring their well-being. It involves both physical and emotional aspect.
Student
Indonesia
to care means to love, to look out for and look after someone, someone you care for is often someone you love or someone you respect
Citizen
Singapore
Care is giving someone the support they may need
Student
Singapore
care for me is a part of loving someone, it's a way to show love towards a person.
it could be a way to show our willingness to sacrifice for people we love
Student
Singapore
For me, care means to empathize with a person, look at the situation from their perspective and provide support that is within our means
Student
Singapore
Comfort. Care gives you a sense of comfort as it shows that someone else is looking out for you. It feels like being cradled in a mother's arms.
Student
Singapore
Giving attention to the needs of people and responding to comfort them
Academic
Singapore
To give empathy, concern and compassion to any living creature or a topic that is in need of help.
Student
Singapore
Helping with what I can when I can.
Having someone else's best interest at heart.
Student
Singapore
thinking about something or someone completely, taking care of their needs and ensuring they are happy and well
Student
Singapore
Care is about helping others. To give empathy and love.
Student
Singapore
utilising what you have, to provide for someone else who may not have as much as you in whatever category they have an absence in.
Student
Singapore
love, empathy, kindness, understanding, sharing
Student
Singapore
love and respect for life
Academic
Spain
Kindness and stopping to really listen
Care Professional
Australia
putting aside time to be with someone, to care for their needs or wishes, to just be there in presence.
Care Activist
Singapore
Care is the act of noticing and responding. ;)
Care Activist
United States
Care in simple terms is a positive act of kindness. It is intuitive, a human instinct to care for others. What we care for depends on our culture, beliefs, relationships etc.
Citizen
United Arab Emirates
putting ourselves and others at the center of our existence
Student
United Kingdom
Care is self-respect.
Other
Spain
To be conscious of the value that everything around you holds: your mother, your dog, your favorite tree at the park...
And to be present and act to ensure they have everything they need to flourish, to exchange knowledge and toughts, to have fun with them, but also to know their boundaries and limits practicing respect.
Citizen
Italy
Care is to empathise with the person in front of you and to compromise in order to build together but without leaving your own person aside. Care is thinking, choosing and acting, not only for yourself but always taking the others into account.
Student
Italy
preocupar-te pel que t’envolta i per qui t’envolta procurant el seu benestar.
La cura crea teixits de pertinença i seguretat.
Si la cura fos sempre recíproca (tu cuides de mi i jo cuido de tu), el mon rutllaria molt millor. :)
Caregiver
Spain
Es entender las señales que emite mi cuerpo, porque si algo le está pasando me envía señales mi tarea como dueña de mi cuerpo es entenderlas interpretarlas y sobretodo escucharlas y hacerme cargo
Student
Peru
Care means acknowledging the other. See the other. Is to look for the well-being of the other without expectations. Is putting oneself in someone else's shoes and trying to make life better for their specific needs. For me "to care", is the greatest act of kindness and love one human being can do for another.
ATT: Silvana
Student
Spain
attention, empathy and ability to treat the person holistically, while taking into account their beliefs and personality - and remaining knowledgeable and professional, yet accessible (QUITE demanding!)
Care Professional
Denmark
The ability to put someone/something as the priority of our actions. To frequently revisit the progress or our impact on that matter.
Student
Mexico
In September 2021, I submitted my PhD which included the following statement:
I am attuned to my embodiment in multiple acts of care. I am care-fully writing about the practices of holding together and repairing carescapes in one spacetime, whilst care-giving to my dementing mother in distant spacetimes, rendered possible through digital and embodied relations.
Making meaning from these knotted, irreducible processes of affect and abstraction, makes manifest the ambiguities of care-ing that are insoluble and incomplete as I both attempt to and observed of others, hold things together to carry on.
And while relations of care unfold and iterate over time, I am also mindful of the words of Maria Puig de la Bellacasa, that when it comes to care,
Care, caring, carer. Burdened words, contested words. ... Most of us need care, feel care, are cared for, or encounter care, in one way or another. Care is omnipresent, even through the effects of its absence. ... Its lack undoes, allows unravelling. To care can feel good; it can also feel awful. It can do good; it can oppress (2017, 1).
Academic
United Kingdom
Care is paying attention to another in order to act in its benefit. This doesn't mean not paying attention to oneself or other factors! Care's attention can be aligned or synchronized, or it can be jarring, discontinuous, syncopated. Paying attention to / caring for or about many things at once can be overwhelming.
Academic
United Kingdom
For me care is about balance, compassion, meaningfulness, the self and the other, reciprocity, responsibility
Student
Belgium
Care is a mixture of appreciation, compassion and selfless giving.
To care is to genuinely appreciate someone.
To have compassion for their struggles and suffering.
To selflessly give support in what they need.
To feel your heart full of joy and love when seeing the other person happy and thriving.
Care Activist
Spain
"Care is the act of being with another person and taking part in their suffering. It's an opportunity to connect in a deep way and learn from each other. It is not helping or fixing - but rather serving someone."
Caregiver
Spain
El cuidado es empatía, una entrega desinteresada por el bien de los demás. El cuidado también es amor propio.
Care Activist
Spain
"Caregiving is self-suffocating love."
Caregiver
Singapore
La cura és tenir en compte els propis interessos i els dels altres. És actuar de manera conscient, ser conscient de les repercussions de les seves accions i actuar per a la millora de l'individu en qüestió.
Citizen
Spain
Having a joind up care record so I dont have to explain my story 10 times
Seeing 1 person that understand all my conditions.
Being able to communicare with HCPs through a variety of mediums.
Feeling heard and that have HCPs have the time to care.
Other
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La cura és un sentiment.
Un acte conscient, una actitud.
Tenir cura és estar atent a les necessitats i sentiments dels altres. Parar atenció a les conseqüències de les teves accions.
Tenir cura és obrir els ulls i el cor. Donar el teu temps i energia a algú que ho necessita.
La cura és sentir el caliu i l'afecte d'una altra persona a la teva pell.
La cura sosté la vida i fa que aquesta sigui una experiència digna i bonica de ser viscuda.
Care Activist
Spain
Care is a feeling.
It's also a conscious act—an attitude.
To Care is to pay attention to others' needs and feelings. Paying attention to the consequences of your actions.
To Care is to open your eyes and heart. Giving your time and energy to someone who needs it.
Care is when you feel the kindness and warmth of someone else in your skin.
Care sustains life and makes this life a worthy experience to be lived.
Care Activist
Spain
that people who have the resourses can and want to help. It's some ways a selfless act. You may not receive financial benefit but this is not your goal. Helping is the goal.
Student
-
For me, care is when you are kind, awere and empathic with your environment and the people of that, and you reflect on them too. You are not ignoring the things around you.
Care can be a protocol or it can be full of kindness and love.
As for me the best is when you taking care about what you love, what you feel close to you, becouse in this case you are totally in a personal connection with the topic. If it's personal, you will do your best.
Student
-
Care is when you do something for other people that they can't do on their own, something that they need help with. Care is when they don't feel ashamed in the situation.
Caregiver
-
Care is something we do for the wellbeing of other people, that do not necessarily directly benefit us, but feed the system of which we are a part of, so it feeds us as well in various ways.
Caring in this sense in an ideal system is also an investment, the energy and attention you give to those in need, in the cycle of human lives, comes back to you when you need caring, and this cycle is based on mutual trust and belief.
Citizen
-
emotional bond
not running away
beeing for something bigger than ourselves
listening to others, helping them
Citizen
-
"For me care is an attitude of compassion towards others, understanding their pain, issues, but also what makes them shine and being happy. Having this attitude for me is not necessary given, I feel I need to work on this every day consciously, until it becomes my way of life."
Care Activist
Spain
"For me care is making the challenge lighter, by helping, sharing, understanding, with empathy, in a close or distant relationship."
Other
-
"Thinking about the quality of life of others"
Other
-
"I understand CARE in the broadest sense as David Graeber states in his book in 2019 including care takers in health and education, waste management and so many other professionals that care for others during a 24hours day. AND then those who care in private, without being paid, with personal relations to the care receiver. As medical anthropologist I try too look holistically on care - who cares for whom (good or bad), why, how they care, professional/private/non-paid, how does a system support care of creates barriers for care. I ask myself often: How do we want to care for each other as society.
For context: I am currently building about a new research department within an NPO of the city government of Vienna with the focus on care studies."
Other
Austria
"Para mi el cuidado es una actitud y práctica de afecto, preservación y atención, donde se reconoce nuestra relación y valor por alguien o algo y su relación con nosotros.
El otro no sólo son personas, sino plantas, animales, la biósfera, también cosas y espacios que tienen nuestro afecto y que preservamos.
El cuidado se aleja de la dinámica de novedades y busca una permanencia por reconocer el valor de algo o alguien. Al reconocer ese valor y el afecto que le tenemos, procuramos su bien y su conservación por los medios que se requieran."
Academic
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"To be looked after by someone, who carries your interest in their hearts, above and beyond, and asks for nothing in return."
Caregiver
Iceland
"Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, to all the souls you can, in every way you can, at all the times you can, with all the zeal you can, as long as ever you can."
Other
Singapore
"Care is, entering the world of the person whom you care for and understanding it."
Care Activist
Singapore
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