nursing home

noun

1. a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.

2. Chiefly British.,  a small private hospital; a small hospital owned by one person or a group of individuals and supported solely by the fees of patients.

nursing home

noun

1. a private hospital or residence staffed and equipped to care for aged or infirm persons

2. a private maternity home

Word History and Origins

Origin of nursing home¹

First recorded in 1895–1900