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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For example, people in nursing homes, schools and prisons – essentially any circumstance where people are together for a long period of time.
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William Schaffner, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025
After his release from prison, Lapointe began suffering from dementia, was placed in a nursing home in East Hartford and died after a battle with COVID-19, according to his lawyers.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 26 Jan. 2025
There is also a veterans’ nursing home that bears his name in Florida.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
After 31 years together, hot butch Stella (Olympia Dukakis) and cottagecore queen Dot (Brenda Fricker) find their relationship threatened when their granddaughter threatens to put Dot into a nursing home.
—Sadie Collins, Them, 24 Jan. 2025
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William Schaffner, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025
After his release from prison, Lapointe began suffering from dementia, was placed in a nursing home in East Hartford and died after a battle with COVID-19, according to his lawyers.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 26 Jan. 2025
There is also a veterans’ nursing home that bears his name in Florida.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
After 31 years together, hot butch Stella (Olympia Dukakis) and cottagecore queen Dot (Brenda Fricker) find their relationship threatened when their granddaughter threatens to put Dot into a nursing home.
—Sadie Collins, Them, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Nursing home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nursing%20home. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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