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institutional care facility

Used for:

foster care facility

Used for:

foster home

Used for:

homeless shelter

Used for:

orphanage

See for:

adult day care center

See for:

adult foster care

Broader Terms:

social service

Related Terms:

homeless

Scope Note:

facility which fosters the care of individuals who are in need of housing and daily care, such as orphans, foundlings, abandoned children, and homeless; also for adult day care facilities; not for the care of ill or those of in need of rehabilitation for this concept see HEALTH CARE FACILITY or its narrower terms.

Term Number:

1385-3264


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