extended care facility
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4.4
- noun
- /ɪkˈstɛndɪd kɛr fəˈsɪlɪti/
- Specialized
:
centro de atención prolongada
- Many families are considering placing their loved ones in an extended care facility for specialized medical care.
- hospitals and extended care facility
Examples
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The Medicare skilled-nursing facility benefit stimulated the development of hospital-based extended care facilities in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Academic text (1995) -
Many extended care facilities are literally located in hospitals.
Academic text (1995) -
While recovering in an extended care facility, she's rushed to the ER.
Blog text (17) -
The research presented in this article describes the responses and experiences of nursing administrators in hospitals and extended care facilities regarding impaired nurses working in the institutions or applying for positions.
Academic text (1993) -
Of these, only 1-2 percent live in welfare-financed personal-care homes, while the remainder receive care in nursing homes or hospital-based "extended care facilities" that are covered under provincial health insurance plans.
Academic text (1990) -
Whether they work in a dialysis clinic, rehabilitation center, extended care facility, hospice, or hospital, social workers will likely come across patients who are coping with life-threatening health conditions.
Academic text (2009) -
He ushered through the largest spending increase in 30 years for the Department of Veterans Affairs for improved medical facilities and to assist states in acquiring or constructing state nursing homes and extended care facilities.
Blog text (4) -
After his surgery, he was transferred to an extended care facility for rehabilitation.
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The extended care facility offers various programs to help residents regain their strength and independence.
Synonyms
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5.6
A hospital for people with mental illness or intellectual disability who need long-term care
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7.5
A hospital where people go to recover from a long illness
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3.0
A building where people go to see doctors and get treatment
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3.0
A place like a hospital or clinic where people get medical care
A hospital where people stay a long time to recover from serious illness
How Long-Term
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2.9
- Specialized
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4.4
- US
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3.4
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'extended' (prolonged), 'care' (medical/support provision) and 'facility' (a place/building). The phrase follows a standard noun-compound pattern ('X care facility') and cross-linguistically similar structures, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will readily infer it denotes a place providing long-term care.
Etymology
Extended care facility is made of the parts extended meaning 'longer', care meaning 'help', and facility meaning 'a place'. It is a place where medical help continues after a hospital stay, so it means 'a place for long-term medical support'.