nursing home
Noun: 1. A residential institution providing long-term personal and medical care: A "nursing home" is a facility for individuals, typically elderly or infirm, who require constant nursing care and assistance with daily activities but do not need to be in a hospital. 2. A home for the elderly requiring care: It specifically refers to a place offering a combination of housing, support services, and healthcare for older adults who can no longer live independently.
The term "nursing home" is used to describe a specific type of care facility. It is more medically oriented than an "assisted living facility" but less acute than a hospital. * Example: After her fall, she needed more care than her family could provide, so she moved into a nursing home. * Example: The nursing home has a full-time staff of nurses and aides.
- "skilled nursing home": A more specific term emphasizing that the facility provides 24-hour skilled nursing care, often for rehabilitation or complex medical conditions.
- Example: He was transferred from the hospital to a skilled nursing home for physical therapy after his surgery.
- Care home (noun, chiefly British English): A general term for a residence where care is provided, which can include nursing homes.
- Convalescent home (noun): A facility for people recovering from illness or surgery, often providing similar care to a nursing home but sometimes for shorter durations.
- Long-term care facility (noun): A broader, more formal term that encompasses nursing homes and similar institutions.
- Rest home: An older, somewhat dated synonym.
- Old people's home: A more general and informal term.
- Geriatric care facility: A more clinical term.
- To be placed in a nursing home: To be admitted to a nursing home, often through a formal process involving family and medical professionals.
- Example: It was a difficult decision for the family to place their father in a nursing home.
- Nursing home care: The type of care provided by such a facility.
- Example: The cost of nursing home care can be very high.
- an institution where people are cared for
- a home for the elderly