group home
nounDefinition of group home
: a residence for persons requiring care or supervision
Examples of group home in a Sentence
a group home for young adults with disabilities
Recent Examples on the Web
The move is a profound disappointment to the employees, many of whom live in group homes. — Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, "A Reminder of the Power of Art: raceAhead," 17 July 2019 An employee from a group home reported that two clients were fighting at the location. — oregonlive.com, "14-year-old crashes car into convenience store under dad’s watch: Forest Grove police log," 8 July 2019 Arnaldo Rios Soto fled his group home in 2016 with a shiny silver toy truck. — sun-sentinel.com, "Cop who shot at autistic man guilty of negligence; acquitted of attempted manslaughter," 18 June 2019 A year ago Friday, Dustin Bilderback, a group home resident with a history of mental illness, grabbed a shotgun from his car and fired at Kruse and three other South St. Paul police officers. — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, "Shot by troubled gunman a year ago, South St. Paul officer now part of effort to defuse mental health calls," 15 July 2019 But at the Bronx building, which includes three group homes, oversight appeared scant. — Benjamin Weiser, New York Times, "Residents Cowered While Workers at a Group Home Smacked and Pushed Them," 9 June 2019 According to the documents, Davis owned and managed a home identified as Loves Helping Hands LLC, Caring For Disable Vets, a group home that would require a license from the state. — Kelsey Mo, azcentral, "2 suspected of abusing disabled adults in El Mirage unlicensed care facility," 2 July 2018 The for-profit company, which in recent years changed its name from AdvoServ to Bellwether Behavioral Health, ran group homes in Delaware that took in residents from Maryland. — Heather Vogell, ProPublica, "Maryland Sues Notorious For-Profit Group Homes. The Company Was the Subject of ProPublica Investigation.," 12 July 2019 For example, the State funds grants that total over $1M that provide care and resources to keep people out of nursing homes and from becoming a greater financial burden and other grants that subsidize assisted living group homes. — Hermine Saunders, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "Saunders: Bureau of Aging & Disabilities best kept secret service in Carroll County," 12 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'group home.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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group home
nounEnglish Language Learners Definition of group home
US
: a place where people who need special care or attention live together in a group
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Medical Definition of group home
: a residence for persons (as developmentally disabled individuals or foster children) requiring care, assistance, or supervision