Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
homeward-bound .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Kept at home, usually due to illness; same as
housebound .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective who is at their
home , unable to leave it for some reason
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun people who are confined to their homes
- adjective confined usually by illness
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Examples
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The practice, called homebound instruction, is common for a number of reasons, including health-related issues, special education or when students present a safety threat to others, he said.
unknown title 2009
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Upcoming auxiliary fundraisers include gift wrap at the Green Valley Barnes & Noble from Dec. 21 to Dec. 23, and its Valentine's Day program, where volunteers call homebound seniors and read them a light-hearted poem.
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The Shopper / Transportation program needs volunteers to drive around the elderly, the Friendly Visitor Program needs volunteers to visit those who may be experiencing loneliness and depression, the Bikur Cholin program needs volunteers to visit ill patients in hospitals and the Telephone Reassurance program needs volunteers to call homebound seniors.
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Home Health: The guidance informs States that they may no longer require that people meet the more narrow Medicare definition of "homebound" in order to receive Medicaid home health services.
Fact Sheet On Community Services For People With Disabilities ITY National Archives 2000
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Those pushing for change say that the current system isn't fair to people who can't attend the caucuses (technically called precinct conventions), such as homebound elderly people or those who have to work.
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Those programs include: reading intervention programs, special teaching programs for students that are "homebound," and bedside programs for students in the hospital.
News - MyNC.com 2009
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In Miami, two doctors and several nurses from ABC Home Health Care Inc. were charged with swindling $25 million by writing fake prescriptions recommending nurses and other expensive aids to treat homebound patients, authorities said.
Massive Nationwide Medicare Bust AP 2011
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We had a three-hour layover before we could board our homebound jet to Washington-Dulles.
Danielle Crittenden: Confessions of a Terrorist Profiler Danielle Crittenden 2010
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We had a three-hour layover before we could board our homebound jet to Washington-Dulles.
Danielle Crittenden: Confessions of a Terrorist Profiler Danielle Crittenden 2010
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In Miami, two doctors and several nurses from ABC Home Health Care Inc. were charged with swindling $25 million by writing fake prescriptions recommending nurses and other expensive aids to treat homebound patients, authorities said.
Massive Nationwide Medicare Bust AP 2011
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