nursing home

American  

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.

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nursing home British  

noun

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

2. a private maternity home

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Etymology

Origin of nursing home

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

I’ve received many letters where the case seems stronger than the one you describe; one reader wrote to say her millionaire cousin’s nursing home coerced her into changing her will and selling her house.

From MarketWatch

A fire at a nursing home on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi late Sunday killed more 16 people and injured three, a local official said.

From Barron's

Firefighters received the report of the blaze at 8:31 pm Sunday at a nursing home in the North Sulawesi provincial capital Manado, said the city's fire and rescue agency chief Jimmy Rotinsulu.

From Barron's

Government regulations prevent nursing homes, assisted-living facilities and others from throwing them out with normal garbage.

From The Wall Street Journal

The governor praised quick-thinking first responders, notably firefighters who "were quite literally climbing up ladders, handing individuals in this nursing home to police, who were at times carrying two people on their back to safety."

From Barron's