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nursing home

NOUN
special care facility for elderly
Synonyms
WEAK
assisted living facility convalescent home convalescent hospital old folks home old folks' home old people's home old soldiers' home rest home retirement facility retirement home

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The national median rate for a private room at a nursing home tops $129,000 a year.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

McOsker also is concerned about some 70 elderly residents at a nursing home on the property, Ocean View Living, who could be removed from the property or find themselves new neighbors to rehabilitation residents.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Laura works 12-hour weekend night shifts as a carer in a nursing home and her husband is also in employment but, she says, the family struggles to make ends meet.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Instead the Health Department told us it is “committed to following state law, which provides nursing home residents certain rights protecting against discrimination including, but not limited to, gender identity or expression.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Any more time traveling and her health would have started declining until she looked like one of the fragile Glitchers who lived in the nursing home on the edge of the Academy.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin