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Non-Medical Public and Private Facilities > Residential Facilities > Group Homes
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Facilities > Residential Facilities > Group Homes

Preferred term

Group Homes  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • in med & non-med contexts

Scope note

  • Housing for groups of patients, children, or others who need or desire emotional or physical support. They are usually established as planned, single housekeeping units in residential dwellings that provide care and supervision for small groups of residents, who, although unrelated, live together as a family.

History note

  • 91; was see RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES 1990

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016352

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