Baby Elephant Orphanage Institution, Kenya

Other residential institutions for children can be called group home, children's home, rehabilitation center or youth treatment center.
Comparison to alternatives
During the 20th century, conventional wisdom held that orphanages, especially large orphanages, were the worst possible care option for children. . In large institutions, babies may not receive enough eye contact, physical contact, and stimulation to promote proper physical, social or cognitive development.. This is particularly true of infants under three years of age. However, researchers at Duke University have shown that institutional care produces the same health, emotional, intellectual, mental, and physical outcomes as care by relatives, and better than care in the homes of strangers.