halfway house

English - Turkish

Definition of halfway house in English Turkish dictionary: Sosyal rehabilitasyon merkezi

English - English

Definition of halfway house in English English dictionary: A temporary residence for those who have left prison, residential drug rehabilitation, or the like, designed to ease them back into society; A halfway house, also called a recovery house or sober house, is a place to allow people to begin the process of reintegration with society, while still providing monitoring and support; this is generally believed to reduce the risk of recidivism or relapse when compared to a release directly into society; A residence for those who have completed treatment at a rehabilitation facility but are not yet ready to return to their community They need daily support to assist them in the restructuring of their lives Often, this includes assistance in getting a job and gradually living more independently; A halfway house is a home for people such as former prisoners, mental patients, or drug addicts who can stay there for a limited period of time to get used to life outside prison or hospital; A modality provided to persons who need the support of an alcohol/drug-free environment to maintain recovery Services may include individual counseling, group therapy, activity therapy, etc; {i} compromise; rehabilitation centre for former prisoners or mental patients or drug addicts; inn or resting place halfway through a journey; halfway toward a goal; a supervised facility in the community for people who have been discharged from an institution; tries to ease adjustment back into society; A halfway house is an arrangement or thing that has some of the qualities of two different things. A halfway house between the theatre and cinema is possible. Olivier created one in his imaginative `Henry V' in 1945
halfway houses: plural form of halfway house