nursing home
noun
a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
nursing homes
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pluralof nursing home.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They can then spread through hospitals, nursing homes, and communities.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
She puzzles out the distinctions among nursing homes, assisted living facilities and continuing care retirement communities, as well as home healthcare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
This includes the care system, fostering and adoption practices, related institutions such as "baby homes", private nursing homes, and cross-border and international transfers of women and children.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Hyodol, the startup behind the dolls of the same name, says around 14,500 are in use in South Korea, whether owned by individuals, rented out by governments or used in nursing homes.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
In 1982, a sociology graduate student named Louise Farkas went to visit a number of nursing homes and residential hotels in New York City and Miami Beach.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
