Residential Care Homes - Advantages and disadvantages table in GCSE Home Economics: Child Development

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Residential Care Homes

Advantages

Children are looked after by professionals.
It provides a comfortable home, with food and basic essentials.
It may allow a cooling-off period for a child for a difficult home environment.
It provides immediate care for a child who may have been removed from his/her daily due to a court order.

Disadvantages

Children may be unhappy away from their family.
The children do not have a 'normal' home environment.
There are many shared facilities.
It may lack the privacy of the child's home.
There are strict regulations.
Children may miss the physical bonding with their parents.

Evaluation

Residential care homes are usually run by social services are are situates all over the country. The purpose of these homes is to look after children who are unable to remain with their birth family.

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