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residential care

British

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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A recent report from independent public spending watching, the National Audit Office, found the cost of children's residential care in England had nearly doubled in five years, to £3.1bn in the year to March 2024.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

In February, NHS England figures showed around 14,000 people could not leave hospital, partly because of a lack of home and residential care.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025

In May 2021, Declan was moved to Yewdale Farm in Willingham, Cambridgeshire, a residential care home run by CareTech Community Services.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2024

Without being at the private school, Rebecca fears her youngest child, who has a neurodiverse condition, could be placed in a residential care unit due to losing the "stability and extra attention Wellington School provides".

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2024

When Richard was a junior in high school, she was working in food service at a residential care facility.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

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