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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The tearjerker of a story follows an elderly man (James Garner) living in a nursing home with his wife (Gena Rowlands), who has dementia.
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EW.com, 23 May 2025
Myton has spent more than 30 years working to improve the lives of older adults, first as a nursing home administrator and then as a Pathlights employee, leading a team of professionals who investigate elder abuse through the Illinois Department on Aging.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
The family members of New Yorkers who died in nursing homes during that period have long blamed Mr. Cuomo, citing a March 2020 state directive that ordered the facilities to accept Covid patients from hospitals.
—Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 21 May 2025
The finding suggests that there could be tens of thousands of people like Ian in the United States—many in nursing homes where caretakers might have no clue that their patients silently understand and think and feel.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 16 May 2025
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EW.com, 23 May 2025
Myton has spent more than 30 years working to improve the lives of older adults, first as a nursing home administrator and then as a Pathlights employee, leading a team of professionals who investigate elder abuse through the Illinois Department on Aging.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
The family members of New Yorkers who died in nursing homes during that period have long blamed Mr. Cuomo, citing a March 2020 state directive that ordered the facilities to accept Covid patients from hospitals.
—Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 21 May 2025
The finding suggests that there could be tens of thousands of people like Ian in the United States—many in nursing homes where caretakers might have no clue that their patients silently understand and think and feel.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 16 May 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 30 May. 2025.
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