: 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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Recent Examples on the WebFlooding at the Peach Tree Village nursing home in Brandon, Miss., following a morning of torrential rains Aug. 24, 2022. Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 29 Aug. 2022 Courtney Ingle's grandmother lives at the nursing home. Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2022 The nursing home is in a 140-year-old monastery next to a chapel surrounded by new apartments. Robert Weisman, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022 The reprieve comes less than two weeks after San Francisco sued the federal government to try and stop the nursing home closure altogether. Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Aug. 2022 But three years later, King was sued by the nursing home for $78,000 for the unpaid balance.CBS News, 11 Aug. 2022 Welsh did not specify when the nursing home began moving residents. Jodicee Arianna, The Arizona Republic, 11 Aug. 2022 At the Florida nursing home, his health declined rapidly. Jared Whitlock, STAT, 7 Aug. 2022 Nell lives on nine hundred and thirty-eight dollars a month from Social Security disability benefits, all but forty-five dollars of which goes to the nursing home. Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 See More