perhehoito

perhe (“family”) +‎ hoito (“care”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈperheˣˌhoi̯to/,
• Rhymes: -oito
• Syllabification^(key): per‧he‧hoi‧to

perhehoito

1. foster care (formal system by which a child is cared for, in a foster family, by people other than its own parents, but without being adopted)

• Legally, as of June 2015, foster care in Finland is regulated in the Child Welfare Act (lastensuojelulaki, 417/2007) and the Family Care Act (perhehoitolaki, 263/2015). The term perhehoito is used of foster care in a family and the term is officially translated as "family care" into English. Similar care in an institution is called laitoshuolto and translated as "institutional care" into English. An umbrella term covering both forms of care is sijaishuolto, or "substitute care".

• “perhehoito”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03