nursing home
Americannoun
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a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
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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.
noun
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a private hospital or residence staffed and equipped to care for aged or infirm persons
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a private maternity home
Etymology
Origin of nursing home
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Moore says he used a stretcher, borrowed from another funeral service, to collect a body from a local nursing home.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
The Western District of Virginia U.S. attorney’s office, through a spokesperson, declined to comment on the nursing home case.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026
Alerts from a camera in her mother’s nursing home room first raised Camyl Anderson’s suspicions.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
Reyes' decision was hailed by Colin O'Leary, who runs a 120-bed Ascentria nursing home in Boston that, like other US senior care facilities, includes a heavy number of Haitian workers.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
On benches under the portico, elderly women from the nursing home sat in pairs, in knee-length overcoats with oversized buttons, eating lozenges.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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