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 opening film is about the first woman to climb Everest; the centerpiece, Tokyo Taxi, is about the journey of an elderly woman from her house to a nursing home; and the closing film is Hamnet, directed by Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao, about Shakespeare’s wife. —Gavin J Blair, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025

Of course, that’s exactly what Governor Maura Healey and Mayor Michelle Wu and the developer want; A knockdown, drag out, talk radio donnybrook over a shelter being shoehorned into a tiny former nursing home nestled among a family neighborhood in the Holy Name parish. —Lou Murray, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025

Holland Lake Softball Fields can be seen in the background just across the street from the nursing home. —Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2025

In nursing homes, Robin plays memory games with people suffering from dementia, takes them through breathing exercises on difficult days and offers them a form of companionship that resembles a grandchild with a grandparent. —Hallie Golden The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2025

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