perhehoito

Noun

 * 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

Usage notes

 * Legally, as of June 2015, foster care in Finland is regulated in the Child Welfare Act (, 417/2007) and the Family Care Act (, 263/2015). The term 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  and translated as "institutional care" into English. An umbrella term covering both forms of care is, or "substitute care".