group home

noun

1. a substitute home, usually located in a residential neighborhood, providing foster care for orphans, delinquents, disabled persons, or others with special needs.

Example Sentences

He said he had hoped to use the money to buy 60 acres of land for a group home that would give orphaned children the joy he says was snuffed out of him before he hit puberty.

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Orphaned at birth, Kurashov was raised in a group home.

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In February, the 32-year-old with autism, cerebral palsy, and kidney disease was brought to Grady Memorial Hospital from the group home where he had been living because he was having auditory hallucinations and suicidal thoughts, he said.

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In mid-November, after just a few weeks of living at the group home, Mills ended up back in a hospital.

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He wanted to return to a group home or some other community setting where he could receive the care he needs without being confined.

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