group home

noun

: a residence for persons requiring care or supervision

Examples of group home in a Sentence

a group home for young adults with disabilities
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In another instance, a caregiver in a group home diverted the Social Security checks originally sent to more than 30 residents to her own home. ▪ Try to determine if the senior is being coerced, and if so, by whom. Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025 Within 60 days, she will be placed in a group home and supervised in her release. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025 What's Next Geyser will transition to a group home with supervision until a hearing within 60 days. Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025 In late October, eight months after his hospital stay began, the state moved him to a group home in Macon, about 85 miles southeast of Atlanta. Sam Whitehead, NPR, 21 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for group home 

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of group home was in 1967

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“Group home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/group%20home. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

Medical Definition

group home

noun
: a residence for persons (as developmentally disabled individuals or foster children) requiring care, assistance, or supervision
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