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

Also, his team may advise that a specific nursing home or memory care facility would improve his quality of life in some ways. — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026

Rappaport experienced being separated from her own mother during the covid pandemic, as her mother was in a nursing home. — Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026

Zisholtz wants to see nursing homes checking if women are on vaginal estrogen upon admission and starting them on prescriptions. — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

Special Needs Plans are for people with certain chronic or disabling conditions, as well as those who are eligible for both Medicare and Medi-Cal and people who live in nursing homes or require the same level of care. — Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026

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