residential care

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noun

social welfare the provision by a welfare agency of a home with social-work supervision for people who need more than just housing accommodation, such as children in care or mentally handicapped adults

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Words nearby residential care

residency, resident, resident alien, resident commissioner, residential, residential care, residential school, residentiary, residents association, re-siding, residual

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And this summer it seemed to her that she never would be able to take proper care of her nestful of children.
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On this account, great care should be taken to provide well-drained positions.
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You never cared—you were too proud to care; and when I spoke to you about my fault, you did n't even know what I meant.
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