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INTERVAL HOUSE [2 records]

Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Services and Social Work
DEF

Transitional accommodation ... provided for those who cannot live in their own homes but are ready to be discharged from institutions ..., e.g. the ex-mental hospital patient who is well enough to go out to work but still needs a certain amount of care.

Key term(s)
  • half-way house

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services sociaux et travail social
OBS

Équivalents adoptés par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des services sociaux.

OBS

Le terme «maison de transition» englobe les maisons d'hébergement, où les victimes habitent pour une période de quelques semaines pendant laquelle elles se relocalisent, et les maisons de deuxième étape, pour les femmes qui ont besoin d'un suivi plus formel, plus structuré et de plus longue durée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Servicios sociales y trabajo social
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Record 2 1995-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Transition home for battered women located in Toronto, Ontario.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
OBS

Maison d'hébergement pour femmes violentées située à Toronto (Ontario).

Spanish

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