- nursing home
- noun Date: 1896 a privately operated establishment providing maintenance and personal or nursing care for persons (as the aged or the chronically ill) who are unable to care for themselves properly
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
nursing home
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Nursing home — A residential facility for persons with chronic illness or disability, particularly older people who have mobility and eating problems. Also called a convalescent home, long term care facility. * * * A convalescent home or private facility for… … Medical dictionary
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