nursing home

A private establishment that provides living quarters and care for chronically ill, usually elderly patients.

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nursing home

1. (Medicine) a private hospital or residence staffed and equipped to care for aged or infirm persons

2. (Medicine) Brit a private maternity home

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

nurs′ing home`

1. a residential institution caring for the aged or infirm.

2. Chiefly Brit. a small private hospital.

[1895–1900]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

nursing home - an institution where people are cared for; "a home for the elderly"

rest home, home

institution - an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated

Translations

دَارُ الْتِمْرِيضِ

sanatorium

plejehjem

Pflegeheim

γηροκομείο

ancianato hogar de ancianos

hoitokoti

maison de repos

starački dom

casa di cura casa di riposo

老人ホーム

양로원

verzorgingstehuis

pleiehjem

dom opieki

casa de repouso lar de terceira idade

дом престарелых

zasebna bolnišnica

sjukhem

สถานดูแลคนชรา

huzurevi

nhà dưỡng lão

疗养院

nursing home

n → casa di cura, clinica

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

nursing home

→ دَارُ الْتِمْرِيضِ sanatorium plejehjem Pflegeheim γηροκομείο ancianato, hogar de ancianos hoitokoti maison de repos starački dom casa di riposo 老人ホーム 양로원 verzorgingstehuis pleiehjem dom opieki casa de repouso, lar de terceira idade дом престарелых sjukhem สถานดูแลคนชรา huzurevi nhà dưỡng lão 疗养院

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

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He exclaimed, "Schlegels again!" and as if to complete chaos, Dolly said, "Oh no, the matron of the nursing home has written instead of her."

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She got twice or three times into the nursing home. Presumably she is awaiting developments."

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Long-term care

"In Manhattan, we structured a $14 million loan for an upper east side nursing home located on 79th Street to refinance existing debt and for capital improvements; we also provided $5.25 million in property acquisition financing to the operators of a New Rochelle nursing home located on Pelham Road," according to Richard Rubin, who heads up real estate lending at the midtown-based, nationally chartered institution.

Bank filling gap in nursing home lending

"Nursing home residents have better care and are better off than when we began the program," Thomspon said.

Government's report card on nursing homes shows improvement

In fiscal year 2003, VA spent 73 percent of its nursing home resources on VA nursing homes--almost $1.7 billion of about $2.3 billion--and the remaining 27 percent on community and state veterans' nursing homes.

VA Long-Term Care: Oversight of Nursing Home Program Impeded by Data Gaps

Thanks in part to bipartisan pressure from Congress to improve the quality of Medicaid- and Medicare-certified nursing homes, Medicare has added a "Deficiencies" category to the "Nursing Home Compare" feature of its Web site.

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The study examined the loss costs for 12 for-profit nursing home chains representing 35% of licensed nursing home beds in Florida and 20% of those in the United States.

Driven Out

Health care regulation of the nursing home industry is a joint state and federal function.

Nursing home care ensuring quality. (Health Policy Update)

I've mostly talked to people in their twenties or thirties who are going to school and have jobs," says Maureen Griffin, the admissions coordinator for City View nursing home in Madison.

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