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Definition 2024

nursing_home

nursing home

English

Noun

nursing home ‎(plural nursing homes)

A place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living, such as the elderly and younger adults with physical disabilities.

Synonyms

care home
old-age home
old folks' home (US)
old people's home
rest home
senior citizens' home (US)

Translations

place of residence

Arabic:
Armenian: (for elderly) ծերանոց (hy) ‎(ceranocʿ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 療養院 (zh), 疗养院 (zh) ‎(liáoyǎngyuàn), 養老院 (zh), 养老院 (zh) ‎(yǎnglǎoyuàn)
Finnish: hoitokoti (fi)
French: maison de repos (fr) f
German: Pflegeheim (de) n
Greek: γηροκομείο (el) n ‎(girokomeío), οίκος ευγηρίας (el) m ‎(oíkos evgirías)
Icelandic: hjúkrunarheimili (is) n
Irish: teach altranais m
Italian: casa di riposo
Japanese: (for elderly) 老人ホーム ‎(rōjin hōmu), 養護ホーム ‎(yōgo hōmu)

Korean: 요양원 ‎(yoyang-won)
Luxembourgish: Fleegeheem n
Portuguese: asilo (pt) m, casa de repouso f
Russian: (for elderly) дом престаре́лых m ‎(dom prestarélyx), ча́стная лече́бница f ‎(částnaja lečébnica)
Scottish Gaelic: taigh-altraim m
Serbo-Croatian: starački dom, dom za starije i nemoćne osobe
Spanish: asilo (es) m
Swedish: ålderdomshem (sv) n (for elderly), äldreboende (sv) n, åldringshem (sv) n (Finland Swedish)
Welsh: cartref nyrsio m