Home is place where a person or family lives, perhaps spends much of their time, or where a person is comfortable being. While a house (or other residential dwelling) is often referred to as a home, the concept of "home" is broader than a physical dwelling. Home is often a place of refuge and safety, where worldly cares fade and the things and people that one loves becomes the focus.

The word "home" is also used for various residential institutions which aspire to create a home-like atmosphere, such as a retirement home, a nursing home, a 'group home' (an orphanage for children or a retirement home for adults), a foster home, etc.

Psychological impact

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Since it can be said that humans are generally creatures of habit, the state of a person's home has been known to phisyogically influential their behavior, emotions, and overall "mental health". For example, in the introduction to the movie Patch Adams, the concept of "home" is compared to the human need for peaceful sanctuary and the absence of it thus leading to restlessness. Such restlessness, as can be seen by that particular case, may lead to depression and, ultimately, to a loss of blood.

Popular sayings

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There are a number of popular sayings concerning home, many attempting (and/or struggling) to give it a clear definition, including the following:

• "Home is where you hang your hat."
• "Home follows the family."
• "Home is where the heart is."
• "Love makes a house a home."
• "There's no place like home." "Home, Sweet Home", by John Howard PayneDorothy in The Wizard of Oz
• "You can't go home again."Thomas Wolfe
• "An Englishman's home is his castle."
• "I'm only at home when I'm away."
• "Everybody wants to go home."
• "Make yourself at home."
• "Home is where the hurt is."Say Anything (band)
• "Give a dog a home."
• "Home Sweet Home."
• "Home is where you make it."
• "Charity begins at Home".
• "A home is in all hearts"

References

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See also

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• Habitat
• Environment

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