<div dir="ltr">On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 7:23 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com" target="_blank">dieterdreist@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><br>
> On 22. Apr 2018, at 18:07, Paul Allen <<a href="mailto:pla16021@gmail.com">pla16021@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> The distinction is between living as an individual and living in combination with others and sharing some facilities<br>
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</span>I have never heard of facilities for orphans where they live individually and don’t share facilities,</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Neither have I. Such an individual orphan would be considered to be adopted (whether temporarily or permanently).<br><br></div><div>I was thinking of the other uses of group homes. Particularly for the elderly. It's not a matter of size of group,<br></div><div>it's that there are shared facilities and some (at least minimal) care provision (even if it's only an emergency<br></div><div>button to summon a warden).<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> does this imply all facilities where orphans live are group homes? How do we distinguish group homes from “old style” orphanages? What is a good generic term for the latter? social_facility=institution?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>As I understand it, "group home" is a euphemism (or umbrella term, depending how you view such linguistic<br></div><div>changes) replacing things like "orphanage," "old folks' home," "nursing home" and the like.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Are reformatories or approved schools also to be tagged group homes? Or aren’t they social facilities?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Closer to penal facilities than social facilities, to my mind. How they get tagged is another matter. <br><br>-- <br></div><div>Paul<br><br></div></div></div></div>