Residential Care (1970s)

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1970s

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1970s

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Glossary Term and Type of 'care'

Residential care (as distinct from home-based care) is a term used to describe the placement of children and young people at risk of abuse and neglect in residential units. Residential care is provided by paid staff employed by a non-government agency. Residential care properties usually house three or four people at a time and these are generally, though not always, adolescents.