nursing home

noun

: a public or private residential facility providing a high level of long-term personal or nursing care for persons (such as the aged or the chronically ill) who are unable to care for themselves properly

Examples of nursing home in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Together As for Willa and Nancy’s friendship, the two met almost four years ago when they were assigned the same to the same table in the nursing home. —Ashley Vega, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025

Like a ‘pirate ship’ Goss has done four separate stints as a guardian in London, in an empty police station, a nursing home for the elderly, a student residence hall and, finally, a town hall. —Anna Cooban, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025

Amy Archer-Gilligan, oversaw one of the first nursing homes in Connecticut, the Archer Home for Elderly People and Chronic Invalids. —Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2025

Immigrants make up 28% of the workers who care directly for people in nursing homes and other forms of long-term care, according to a national analysis by the independent research group KFF. —Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nursing home

• acrosome
• aerodrome
• catacomb
• centrosome
• chromosome
• cytochrome
• hippodrome
• honeycomb
• liposome
• meerschaum
• metronome
• microtome

Kids Definition

nursing home

noun

: a privately operated establishment where personal or nursing care is provided for persons (as the aged) who are unable to care for themselves properly

Medical Definition

nursing home

noun

: a public or private residential facility providing a high level of long-term personal and nursing care for persons (such as the aged or the chronically ill) who are unable to care for themselves properly