halfway house

halfway house
A facility for individuals who no longer require the complete facilities of a hospital or institution but are not yet prepared to return to independent living.

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half·way house 'haf-'wā-, 'hȧf- n a center for individuals after institutionalization (as for mental disorder or drug addiction) that is designed to facilitate their readjustment to private life

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a residential home for a group of people where some professional supervision is available. It is used as a stage in the rehabilitation of the mentally ill, usually when they have just been discharged from hospital and are able to work but are not yet ready for independent life.

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half·way house (hafґwa housґ) a residence for patients, such as mental patients, drug addicts, and alcoholics, who do not require complete hospitalization but who need an intermediate degree of care until they have again become established in the community.

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