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

Elsewhere on the redemption trail is Nicolette Robinson as Mike’s ex-wife, who is now raising their teenage daughter alone while working as a bartender, Ron Perlman as his trainer, and Joe Pesci as his formerly abusive father who now lives with dementia in a nursing home. —Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 27 Nov. 2024

Anyone who wants a meal will be able to come by the school to pick up food, and volunteers will be delivering meals to nursing homes and families who are unable to travel. —Alaa Elassar, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024

The closest the Golden Girls get to this is in the episode about the nursing home. —Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024

Health care and social assistance employ the highest number of people, with 294,000 employees in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, medical offices, and private social services providers. —Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 18 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

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