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
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Their local store is still called a 'hidden gem'
Long-vacant CT nursing home site planned for 160 apartments.
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Aaron Flaum, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2025
Once the fund’s reserves become depleted, Medicare would be able to cover only 89% of costs for patients’ hospital visits, hospice care and nursing home stays or home health care that follow hospital visits.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune, 19 June 2025
Nineteen days later, Michelle, a 42-year-old stay-at-home mom and volunteer project team leader in charge of training for the American Cancer Society, and Michael, a 45-year-old nursing home administrator, received calls at 4:30 p.m. and learned that the birth mother had chosen them for adoption.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2025
With senior care facilities and nursing homes unable to accept as many residents, hospitals could become backlogged with patients who are ready to leave but have nowhere to go.
—Liz Barton, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2025
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Aaron Flaum, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2025
Once the fund’s reserves become depleted, Medicare would be able to cover only 89% of costs for patients’ hospital visits, hospice care and nursing home stays or home health care that follow hospital visits.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune, 19 June 2025
Nineteen days later, Michelle, a 42-year-old stay-at-home mom and volunteer project team leader in charge of training for the American Cancer Society, and Michael, a 45-year-old nursing home administrator, received calls at 4:30 p.m. and learned that the birth mother had chosen them for adoption.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2025
With senior care facilities and nursing homes unable to accept as many residents, hospitals could become backlogged with patients who are ready to leave but have nowhere to go.
—Liz Barton, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2025
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“Nursing home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nursing%20home. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.
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