| 1. | a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill. |
| 2. | Chiefly British. a small private hospital; a small hospital owned by one person or a group of individuals and supported solely by the fees of patients. |

| nursing home n. A private establishment that provides living quarters and care for the elderly or the chronically ill. |
nursing home n.
A private establishment that provides living quarters and care for the elderly or the chronically ill.