Example sentences of "[verb] [been] in a [adj] home " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the assessments of relatives , friends , and neighbours who answered the questions , the quality of life of people who had been in a residential home for a year or more before their death was similar to that of others who died but had never been in such a home . |
| 2 | An analysis by marital status and number of children showed that for the married the main difference was between those with no children , 17 per cent of whom had been in a residential home , and those with one or more , for whom the proportion was 5 per cent . |
| 3 | The proportions reported to have had difficulty with various aspects of caring for themselves ( getting in and out of a bath or shower , dressing and undressing , going to the toilet , washing and shaving , feeding themselves , making a hot drink , or needing help at night ) for a year or more before death was 87 per cent of those who had been in a residential home for a year or more , 60 per cent of those in for a shorter time and 25 per cent of those who had not been in such a home at all . |
| 4 | Among this older group 46 per cent of those who had been in a residential home for a year or more were admitted , 75 per cent of the others . |
| 5 | The other factor that was related to assessments of quality of life was whether people had been in a residential home for a year or more or for a shorter time . |