noun
welfare facilities
Refers to physical facilities such as community centers, nursing homes, or recreational spaces provided for public welfare.
市は新しい厚生施設を建設する計画を発表した。
The city announced plans to build new welfare facilities.
福祉施設 is a broader term for social welfare institutions, while 厚生施設 often implies facilities aimed at improving quality of life and health, sometimes with a recreational or community focus.
Compound of 厚生 (welfare, public health) and 施設 (facility, institution). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is widely used in modern Japanese administrative and news contexts.