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boarding out
boarding out n (Social Welfare) social welfare a. the local-authority practice of placing a client in a foster family or voluntary establishment and paying for itb. (as modifier): boarding-out allowances. IdiomsSeeboard outboarding out
boarding out A UK term referring to the occupation of a borrowed bed by an inpatient (the “boarder”), which is managed by a consultant or team of consultants outside of the main allocated inpatient area for that consultant, or to a patient specialty transferred to any non-inpatient bedded area (e.g., day units). Such patients are said to have been “boarded out”. |