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Nursing homes

Scope note

Use for long-term residential care facilities providing as their primary and predominant function round-the-clock skilled nursing care for the elderly or chronically ill. Distinguished from "rest homes" which have less emphasis on comprehensive nursing care and are residential, rather than institutional, environments.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30006709

Broader Terms used

extended care facilities

Term used for

homes, nursing

Equivalent Terms used

nursing home

Created

13yrs ago

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