intermediate care facility

American  

noun

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

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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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intermediate care facility

A Hacienda spokesperson says a 28-year-old resident at the intermediate care facility for people with intellectual disabilities was found to have several maggots beneath his gauze bandage near a surgical incision.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 14, 2019

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

Hacienda HealthCare said Thursday that it was closing the intermediate care facility that serves young people with intellectual or developmental disabilities and would work with the state to move patients elsewhere.

From Seattle 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