Nursing Home

Definition: Nursing Home

Nursing Home

Noun

1. An institution where people are cared for; "a home for the elderly".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Nursing Home

Crosswords: Nursing Home

More amazing than the time you saved those old people from that nursing home fire, right? (The Goonies; writing credit: Steven Spielberg; Chris Columbus)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Nursing Home Care (reference)

• The 2001 Report on Nursing Home Care: World Market Segmentation by City (reference)

• The 2001 Long-Run Global Growth Prospects for Nursing Home Care: A Physioeconomic Perspective (reference)

• The 2000-2005 Outlook for Nursing Home Care in Asia (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Beat the Nursing Home Trap: A Consumer's Guide to Choosing & Financing Long-Term Care (reference)

• Medical Care of the Nursing Home Resident: What Physicians Need to Know (reference)

• Star Wreck V: The Undiscovered Nursing Home (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Canadian Nursing Home (reference)

• Nursing Home Directory (reference)

• Nursing Home Law Letter (reference)

• Nursing Home Legal Insider (reference)

• Nursing Home Litigation Reporter (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• HOW TO CHOOSE THE BEST NURSING HOME (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Opening Of The New Nursing Home And Medical College Of The London Hospital By The Prince and Princess Of Wales [Three Scenes].Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Architectural drawing for an Episcopalian nursing home ("Epiphany Church Home"), 1221 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. Front perspective.Credit: Library of Congress.

Windsor Park Nursing Home, 212-40 Hillside Ave., Jamaica, New York. Corridor.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Health

More than 50 percent of all nursing home admissions result from incontinence. (references)

I worry about being put in a nursing home because of bladder control problems. (references)

Whether and when to turn to a nursing home is the first and some say the most difficult decision. (references)

Business

At present, approximately two-thirds of nursing home residents are edentulous. (references)

Economic History

Norway

Around 40 percent of population aged 67 and above require and receive help in the home, while 8 percent live in a nursing home. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Albanian

spital privat, shtëpi pleqsh. (various references)

Arabic 

‏مستشفي خاص, ‏مستشفي الأمراض العقلية, ‏دار النقاهة, ‏دار الإستجمام, ‏دار الشفاء. (various references)

Bulgarian 

частна клиника, частна болница. (various references)

Czech

sanatorium (clinic, sanatorium, sanitarium). (various references)

Dutch

verpleeghuis. (various references)

Finnish

sairaskoti, sairaala (field hospital, hospital, infirmary, sick-bay). (various references)

French

service hospitalier de long séjour, polyclinique, maison de soins, maison de santé, maison de retraite, maison de repos, maison de convalescence, clinique. (various references)

German

pflegeheim (foster home, hospice, rest home, sheltered flat, sheltered housing accommodation). (various references)

Hebrew 

בית חולים פרטי. (various references)

Hungarian

szanatórium (convalescent hospital, rest home, sanatorium, sanitaria, sanitarium). (various references)

Italian

casa di cura (hospital, medical institution, mental hospital, psychiatric clinic, psychiatric hospital, sanitarium). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

養護ホー� . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

よう�"ホー� . (various references)

Manx

thie lheeys privaajagh, thie cour shenn sleih. (various references)

Pig Latin

ursingnay omehay

Portuguese

mamadeira (babies' bottle, baby bottle, baby's bottle, bottle, feeding), casa de saúde, casa de repouso (convalescent home, rest home). (various references)

Romanian

sanatoriu particular. (various references)

Russian 

частная лечебница (nursing-home), дом престарелых (home for the elderly). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

starački dom (home for the elderly, nursing-centre). (various references)

Spanish

clínica privada, asilo de ancianos (almshouse, home for elderly, old people's home). (various references)

Swedish

vårdhem, privatklinik. (various references)

Thai

สถาน�"ูแลคนชราหรือคนไม่แข็งแรง. (various references)

Turkish

klinik (clinic, clinical, institute), huzurevi (eventide home, home for the aged, rest home), doğumevi (maternity hospital), bakımevi (home, hospital, nursery). (various references)

Vietnamese 

nh� thương (infirmary), nơi an dưỡng, bệnh xá (infirmary, policlinic). (various references)

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