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extended care facility

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extended care facility
Etymology: L, extendere, to stretch
an institution devoted to providing medical, nursing, or custodial care for an individual over a prolonged period, such as during the course of a chronic disease or the rehabilitation phase after an acute illness. Kinds of extended care facilities are intermediate care facility and skilled nursing facility. Also called convalescent home, nursing home.


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