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Group Homes

Housing for groups of patients, children, or others who need or desire emotional or physical support. They are usually established as planned, single housekeeping units in residential dwellings that provide care and supervision for small groups of residents, who, although unrelated, live together as a family.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Housing for groups of patients, children, or others who need or desire emotional or physical support. They are usually established as planned, single housekeeping units in residential dwellings that provide care and supervision for small groups of residents, who, although unrelated, live together as a family.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Group Home
  • Home, Group
  • Homes, Group

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

in med & non-med contexts

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History Note

91; was see RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES 1990

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Previous Indexing

  • Halfway Houses (1970-1990)
  • Residential Facilities (1970-1990)

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Tree Numbers

  1. J03.775.375w
  2. N02.278w.825.375w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Group Homes. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016352. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016352
  2. Group Homes. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_home
  3. Group Homes. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q442993