Glossary:Accomodation
Benefit granted in different forms:
- (under the disability function): provision of lodging and possibly board to disabled people in appropriate establishments.
- (under the old age function): provision of lodging and sometimes board to retired people either in specialised institutions (old people's homes, nursing homes) or staying with families. The provision can be of temporary or indefinite duration.
- (under the family/children function): shelter and board provided to children and families on a permanent basis (such as in nursing homes and foster families).
- (under the social exclusion not elsewhere classified function): shelter and board provided to destitute or vulnerable people, where these services cannot be classified under another function. This may be short term in reception centres, shelters and so on or on a more regular basis in special institutions, boarding houses, reception families and so on.