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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Riki had worked at the nursing home for almost two and a half years, from age twenty-one to twenty-three.
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Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
The Cost Essentially, OG is providing the equivalent of hospital or nursing home care at home, and paying out of pocket for everything his wife must have.
—Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Inside is an invoice from a nursing home.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
The nursing homes are still inspected by commissioners, who make unannounced visits.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
The Cost Essentially, OG is providing the equivalent of hospital or nursing home care at home, and paying out of pocket for everything his wife must have.
—Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Inside is an invoice from a nursing home.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
The nursing homes are still inspected by commissioners, who make unannounced visits.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 9 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 13 Sep. 2025.
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