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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Help, of course, isn’t coming—not over the Indian Ocean, not in the nursing home, not on the tramps’ moonlit road.
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Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025
The virus most often spreads in closed and crowded environments, such as cruise ships, hospitals, nursing homes, child care centers and schools, according to the Mayo Clinic.
—Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
The current 2026 ranking includes 33 states in small, medium and large-sized nursing homes.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Morera went on to reside in the Residència Santa María del Tura nursing home in Olot, Spain, for over 20 years.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
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Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025
The virus most often spreads in closed and crowded environments, such as cruise ships, hospitals, nursing homes, child care centers and schools, according to the Mayo Clinic.
—Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
The current 2026 ranking includes 33 states in small, medium and large-sized nursing homes.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Morera went on to reside in the Residència Santa María del Tura nursing home in Olot, Spain, for over 20 years.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nursing home
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“Nursing home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nursing%20home. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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