nursing home

home for elderly people who can no longer care for themselves

SNF redirects here. For the sports show, see NBC Sunday Night Football. A nursing home or skilled nursing facility (SNF), also known as a rest home, is a type of care of residents: it is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living. Residents include the elderly and younger adults with physical disabilities. Adults 18 or older can stay in a skilled nursing facility to receive physical, occupational, and other rehabilitative therapies following an accident or illness.
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Noun
1. an institution where people are cared for; "a home for the elderly"
(synonym) home, rest home
(hypernym) institution

A residence that provides a room, meals, and help with activities of daily living and recreation. Generally, nursing home residents have physical or mental problems that keep them from living on their own. They usually require daily assistance.

A finding that a nursing home failed to meet one or more federal or state requirements.

An establishment that provides living quarters and care for the elderly and the chronically ill. This includes assisted living outside a nursing home.