nursing home
noun
a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
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.
Origin of nursing home
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Contemporary Examples of nursing home
For example, they can now get coverage to pay for nursing-home costs in the same nursing homes where their spouses live.
Historical Examples of nursing home
"I sent her on an ambulance to a nursing-home in London," said Tarling shortly.
The Daffodil MysteryEdgar Wallace
Sir William is at present in nursing-home, so we have place to ourselves.
While I RememberStephen McKenna
He suggested that she should go to a nursing-home he knew of in Ilfracombe.
The Vanity GirlCompton Mackenzie
He was suddenly transformed into a patient in a nursing-home.
Mr. ProhackE. Arnold Bennett
High and low, and all huddled together like so many babes in a nursing-home.
Lore of ProserpineMaurice Hewlett
nursing home
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