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

The health system has seven hospitals, two nursing homes, a renowned transplant center, and several urgent cares, doctors’ offices and clinics across Miami-Dade, with more than 14,900 full-time employees. —Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026

It was eventually bought by Carey Mae Carroll Sprague, who converted the place into a nursing home. —Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026

Nearly three years later, Bastien remains licensed to work in hospitals, nursing homes and other health-care facilities in the Sunshine State. —Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026

Loosely based on the nonfiction book You and I—The Illness Suddenly Gets Worse by Makiko Miyano and Maho Isono, the story follows the French director of a nursing home who attempts to introduce a more humane care technique and meets a terminally ill Japanese playwright. —Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 6 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nursing home

• acrosome
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• centrosome
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• cytochrome
• hippodrome
• honeycomb
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• 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