nursing home

noun

Updated on: 19 Apr 2018

Definition of nursing home

: 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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Recent Examples of nursing home from the Web

The national average annual private room cost in a nursing home is $91,305 per year.

— samantha gross, miamiherald, "Can you afford a caregiver? Here’s what to know about long-term care insurance | Miami Herald," 28 Mar. 2018
In his last months, DiCicco routinely pushed his wheelchair to the front desk of the Four Seasons nursing home to inquire about his debt.

— brian macquarrie, BostonGlobe.com, "For these veterans, dealing with VA has been a relentless fight," 24 Mar. 2018
Prohibits people convicted of murder from medical furlough Senate Bill 458, by Gatti, would prohibit prisoners convicted of murder from being eligible for medical furlough -- a program where the terminally ill are released to a nursing home.

— julia o'donoghue, NOLA.com, "Louisiana lawmakers introduced bills to chip away at criminal justice overhaul: Here's a list," 20 Mar. 2018
Its eight remaining monks took up residence in a nursing home in Salt Lake City.

— stephen hiltner, New York Times, "The World Is Changing. This Trappist Abbey Isn’t. Can It Last?," 17 Mar. 2018
This comes after the death of Harry Richard Landis, 108, who passed away Monday in a Florida nursing home.

— Newsweek, "Analysis," 14 Mar. 2018
The man in the wheelchair is not in a nursing home.

— kiyoshi takenaka and takashi umekawa, The Christian Science Monitor, "Japanese prisons begin to address different needs of aging inmates," 14 Mar. 2018
The race grabbed national attention after a McDaniel supporter entered a nursing home without permission and photographed Cochran’s wife, who was bedridden with dementia.

— emily wagster pettus, The Seattle Times, "Days before deadline, McDaniel unsure about US Senate race," 24 Feb. 2018
Many nursing home residents are unaware of their rights.

— author: tara siegel bernard, robert pear, Anchorage Daily News, "How to challenge a nursing home eviction notice, and other tips," 22 Feb. 2018

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First Known Use of nursing home

1880

NURSING HOME Defined for English Language Learners

nursing home

noun

Definition of nursing home for English Language Learners

: a place where people who are old or who are unable to take care of themselves can live and be taken care of

Medical Dictionary

nursing home

noun

medical Definition of nursing home

: 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