noninstitutional
- adjective
- /ˌnɒnˌɪnstəˈtuːʃənl/
- States also recognize that for many clients, an adequate care plan may not be less costly than care in a nursing home, and for the very impaired client, noninstitutional care may always seem inadequate.
- noninstitutional care
- noninstitutional long-term
Examples
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The noninstitutional environment allowed residents to enjoy greater freedom and independence.
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But there are cost-effective, noninstitutional alternatives to the nursing home.
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This approach, however, both serves and limits us as we analyze the ethical problems that arise in noninstitutional long-term care.
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A convenience sample of 193 community-dwelling elderly people aged 85 and older was recruited from a variety of noninstitutional sources.
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This issue of Generations, with its focus on the ethics of noninstitutional long-term care for the elderly, comes at an auspicious moment for two very different reasons.
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The Health Decisions Community Council (HDCC), a community-based bioethics committee, was established to offer a noninstitutional forum for discussion of difficult health care dilemmas.
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Similarly, coverage of noninstitutional long-term care under national health insurance is generally limited to medical daycare ("day hospitals") and home health (professional nursing and therapy) visits.
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There are many noninstitutional options for families seeking care outside of traditional facilities.
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Many elderly individuals prefer noninstitutional living arrangements to maintain a sense of community and support.
Synonyms
Not officially connected to any group or organization
Not connected to any group, organization, or political party
Not belonging to a particular religion or organization
Antonyms
How Institutional
Surface Forms
Morphology
noninstitutional = institutional (transparent) = non + institution + al
The word is transparently formed by adding the negative prefix non- to institutional.
Etymology
The word noninstitutional is formed from non- meaning 'not' and institutional from institution, which is an organized place or system like a school or hospital. So noninstitutional describes people, care, or places that are not run by those formal organizations.