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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Cohen said rising nursing home and home health aide costs often land disproportionately on people who pay for their own care.
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Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
Some senior veterans on Long Island are travelling the world again without leaving their nursing home.
—Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
For women in nursing homes, a little bit of vaginal estrogen could have prevented recurrent urinary tract infections.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2026
In January, she was transferred from the hospital to a nursing home.
—Jenisha Watts, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
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Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
Some senior veterans on Long Island are travelling the world again without leaving their nursing home.
—Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
For women in nursing homes, a little bit of vaginal estrogen could have prevented recurrent urinary tract infections.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2026
In January, she was transferred from the hospital to a nursing home.
—Jenisha Watts, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
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 16 Mar. 2026.
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