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intermediate care facility

American  

noun

  1. a medical facility specifically providing care for chronically ill, disabled, or elderly people.


intermediate care facility British  

noun

  1.  ICF.  a medical facility that provides institutional health care services but not to the degree of those provided by a hospital

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Timmons and O’Malley are accused of overbilling the state and using tax dollars meant to fund its intermediate care facility, where the incapacitated woman lived, to fund other parts of its operation.

From Seattle Times Sep. 2, 2020

Hacienda is the first intermediate care facility in Arizona to be licensed since the 1990s, when lawmakers approved an exemption for them.

From Washington Times May 1, 2019

Officials with Hacienda HealthCare said its board of directors determined it’s not sustainable to keep operating its intermediate care facility in Phoenix.

From Seattle Times Feb. 7, 2019

Officials with Hacienda HealthCare announced Thursday that its board of directors determined it’s not sustainable to keep operating its intermediate care facility in Phoenix.

From Washington Times Feb. 7, 2019

I recommend looking into things such as an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities group home or setting that focus on what is called “integrative care.”

From Slate Jul. 24, 2017

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