Caretaker

Caretaker may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

 * The Caretaker, a 1960 play by Harold Pinter
 * The Caretaker (film), a 1963 adaptation of the play The Caretaker
 * The Caretakers, a 1963 American film set in a mental hospital
 * Caretaker, a character in the 1974 film The Longest Yard
 * Caretaker (comics), a Marvel Comics character who appeared in Ghost Rider
 * The Caretaker Trilogy, series of science-fiction books for young adults by David Klass
 * Caretaker (band), an English rock band
 * The Caretaker (musician) (born 1974), project of electronic musician Leyland Kirby
 * "The Caretaker" (Doctor Who), a 2014 episode of Doctor Who
 * "Caretaker" (Star Trek: Voyager), the pilot episode of Star Trek: Voyager
 * The Caretaker (novel), a 2015 novel by Victor Pelevin
 * The Caretaker (album), a 2020 album Half Waif

Personal roles

 * Janitor (chiefly in the United States), a person who cleans and maintains buildings such as hospitals and schools
 * Property caretaker, a person who cares for a property
 * Caregiver or carer (UK), a person who cares for another person
 * Caretaker manager, someone who takes temporary charge of team affairs of a football club

Other uses

 * Caretaker government, a temporary government
 * Caretaker Ministry (disambiguation), one of three short-lived governments of Great Britain
 * Caretaker genes, a group of tumour suppressor genes
 * Caretaker (military), a detachment of one or more personnel to maintain facilities that are inactive but not abandoned