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Residential care facilities is a term for places that one lives at that provide some health service, which may include psychiatric care, rehabilitation, or nursing.

Dr. Jeff Livingston reviewed this

24 year experience in Obstetrics and Gynecology

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

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