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residential care
noun
- social welfare the provision by a welfare agency of a home with social-work supervision for people who need more than just housing accommodation, such as children in care or mentally handicapped adults
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The prohibition applied to “residential care facilities for the elderly,” commonly referred to as assisted living or eldercare facilities, as well as other nonmedical care facilities under the umbrella of the Department of Social Services.
In February, NHS England figures showed around 14,000 people could not leave hospital, partly because of a lack of home and residential care.
He said that research by the Home Office in 2003 suggested older victims of rogue trader crime were two-and-a-half times more likely to have died or gone into residential care in the two years following an incident than those who had not been victimised.
In May 2021, Declan was moved to Yewdale Farm in Willingham, Cambridgeshire, a residential care home run by CareTech Community Services.
The type of accommodation depends on the needs of the patient; it can be a supported-living placement, a residential care home, or a place provided by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.
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