old people's home

Example Sentences

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Three Austrian nuns in their 80s who ran away from the old people's home where they were placed have been told they can stay in their former convent "until further notice".

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

One old people's home in Hagen had to be evacuated, while across the region firemen were busy pumping out hundreds of cellars.

From Reuters • Jul. 14, 2021

I must get around six a day sometimes," he said. "My wife is in an old people's home.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2017

The same is true of your parents who, because of cutbacks to social care, can no longer live in an old people’s home.

From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 2016

She was in bed in an old people’s home called Pine Knoll on the edge of Ilium.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut