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A group home, congregate living facility, care home (the latter especially in British English and Australian English), adult family home, etc., is a structured and supervised residence model that provides assisted living and medical care for those with complex health needs. Traditionally, the model has been used for children or young people who cannot live with their families or afford their own homes, people with chronic disabilities who may be adults or seniors, or people with dementia and related aged illnesses. Typically, there are no more than six residents, and there is at least one trained caregiver there 24 hours a day.[1] In some early "model programs", a house manager, night manager, weekend activity coordinator, and four part-time skill teachers were reported.[2] Originally, the term group home referred to homes of 8 to 16 individuals, which was a state-mandated size during deinstitutionalization.[3] Residential nursing facilities, also included in this article, may be as large as 100 individuals in 2015, which is no longer the case in fields such as intellectual and developmental disabilities.[4] Depending on the severity of the condition requiring one to need to live in a group home, some clients are able to attend day programs and most clients are able to live normal lifestyles.
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- ^ Close, D.W. (1977). Community living for severely and profoundly retarded adults: A group home study. Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 12(3): 256–262.
- ^ Julie Ann Racio (2012). "Community & disability: Deinstitutionalization". American Society for Public Administration. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
- ^ Cain, K. (1982, May 12). Small group setting best for severely retarded, experts say. Syracuse Herald American. Syracuse, NY via Syracuse University's Center on Human Policy 1971–1989 newspaper collection.