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therapeutic community
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community [kŏ-mu´nĭ-te] a group of persons residing together in face-to-face association; a group of persons with whom an individual identifies as a source of identity and potential support.continuing care community life care community.life care community a living arrangement for older adults that provides several levels of care within one facility or complex. As the resident requires more health supervision, he or she moves from areas that are more independent to those where care is provided under the supervision of a registered nurse. Life care communities usually require an entry fee as well as a monthly fee. Called also continuing care community.therapeutic community a specially structured mental treatment center, employing group and milieu therapy and encouraging the patient to function within social norms.ther·a·peu·tic com·mu·ni·tya specially structured mental hospital or community health center that provides an effective environment for behavioral changes in patients through resocialization and rehabilitation.therapeutic community Addiction disorders A structured treatment environment with emphasis on group process, often with former addicts on staff. See Halfway house. ther·a·peu·tic com·mu·ni·ty (thāră-pyūtik kŏ-myūni-tē) Specially structured mental hospital or community health center that provides an effective environment for behavioral changes in patients through resocialization and rehabilitation. therapeutic community A small local population of people of strong antisocial tendency, set up under the supervision of medical staff but in a non-clinical environment, to try to treat personality disorder. The object is to demonstrate the effects of such behaviour and to try to instil constructive patterns of conduct and improve social and interpersonal skills. Results have been promising.LegalSeeCommunityFinancialSeeTCAcronymsSeetake care |