nursing home
noun
: a public or private residential facility providing a high level of long-term personal or nursing care for persons (such as the aged or the chronically ill) who are unable to care for themselves properly
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Check with churches, schools, libraries, nonprofit organizations, food banks, nursing homes — the list is endless.
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Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
Residents at the nursing home were informed of the news Wednesday, when they were told by nursing home co-owner Jon McPike that the state of Texas had mandated the shutdown, said resident Nona Taggart.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2024
Nearly 30 pharmacists and pharmacy technicians work at the Omnicare location, which fills prescriptions for nursing homes across Nevada and is not a public-facing pharmacy like most of the chain's more than 9,600 locations.
—USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
Edelman’s low-key ease and self-aware humor makes this nursing home escapee a beguiling yet clear-eyed guide to the long-ago past and to this fascinating circus caravan.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
Changes to voting in nursing homes and rules for incompetent voters
Evers vetoed two bills that would have overhauled how residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities could cast ballots, and for voters who are determined to be incompetent.
—Journal Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2024
Gradually, other structures were added near it—a hospital, a nursing home and a school.
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2024
Her lab deployed a fleet of Peppers into eight nursing homes in Minnesota in 2022.
—Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
Among the provisions in the bills, nursing home officials could not bar such poll workers from their facilities in the future, except during a public health emergency.
—Journal Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2024
Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
Residents at the nursing home were informed of the news Wednesday, when they were told by nursing home co-owner Jon McPike that the state of Texas had mandated the shutdown, said resident Nona Taggart.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2024
Nearly 30 pharmacists and pharmacy technicians work at the Omnicare location, which fills prescriptions for nursing homes across Nevada and is not a public-facing pharmacy like most of the chain's more than 9,600 locations.
—USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
Edelman’s low-key ease and self-aware humor makes this nursing home escapee a beguiling yet clear-eyed guide to the long-ago past and to this fascinating circus caravan.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
Changes to voting in nursing homes and rules for incompetent voters
Evers vetoed two bills that would have overhauled how residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities could cast ballots, and for voters who are determined to be incompetent.
—Journal Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2024
Gradually, other structures were added near it—a hospital, a nursing home and a school.
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2024
Her lab deployed a fleet of Peppers into eight nursing homes in Minnesota in 2022.
—Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
Among the provisions in the bills, nursing home officials could not bar such poll workers from their facilities in the future, except during a public health emergency.
—Journal Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2024
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