nursing home
Noun
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Noun
nursing home (plural nursing homes)
- A place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living, such as the elderly and younger adults with physical disabilities.
- care home
- old-age home
- old folks' home (US)
- old people's home
- rest home
- senior citizens' home (US)
- French: maison de repos
- German: Pflegeheim
- Italian: casa di riposo
- Portuguese: asilo, casa de repouso
- Russian: (for elderly) дом престаре́лых
- Spanish: asilo, cotolengo (Latin America)
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