Is it “Facility” or “Community?”

August 1, 2016 / Lisa Dunn / Comments Off

The words we use matter.

Do you use words that preserve independence, empowerment and dignity? Or, do you use words that promote dependence, institutionalization, and degradation? Which do you say?

Senior Facility or Senior Community?

A community of people do NOT live in a facility. Please see below.

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Full Definition of [su_highlight]facility[/su_highlight]

facilities

1: the quality of being easily performed

2: ease in performance : aptitude

3: readiness of compliance

4a(1): something that makes an action, operation, or course of conduct easier —usually used in plural <facilities for study>(2):lavatory 2 —often used in pluralb: something (as a hospital) that is built, installed, or established to serve a particular purpose

Related Phrases

correctional facilities/institutions
correctional facility
medical facility
sanitary facilities

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Full Definition of [su_highlight]community[/su_highlight]

communities

1.a unified body of individuals: asa:state, commonwealthb: the people with common interests living in a particular area; broadly: the area itself<the problems of a large community>c: an interacting population of various kinds of individuals (as species) in a common locationd: a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society <a community of retired persons>e: a group linked by a common policyf: a body of persons or nations having a common history or common social, economic, and political interests <the international community>g: a body of persons of common and especially professional interests scattered through a larger society <the academic community>

2: society at large

3a: joint ownership or participation <community of goods>b: common character :likeness<community of interests>c: social activity :fellowshipd: a social state or condition