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 adults with learning difficulties
Examples of 'residential care' in a sentence
residential care
A third of residential care homes are at risk of going bankrupt.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A report claims four million stuck on wards each year could be looked after better at home or in residential care.
The Sun (2016)
She got a job at a residential care home.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Typical wounds needing long-term residential care included brain injuries.
The Sun (2015)
She is admitted to a residential care home costing 370 per week.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It's like witnessing a stiff thunderstorm in the middle of a promotional video for a residential care home.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He also warned that the scheme may provide a perverse incentive for people to go into a residential care home when it was not needed.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It is also clear that far too many emergency department beds are filled by elderly patients who should be seen at home or in residential care.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It also risks having the opposite effect from that intended, transferring the negative perceptions of residential care onto housing with care.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It hinted that the days when old people in residential care would be forced to sell their homesand exhaust their savings would come to an end.