rest home

noun

Definition of rest home

: an establishment that provides housing and general care for the aged or the convalescent

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Many of those veterans had passed their last days in Dixie Manor, a Confederate rest home in San Gabriel, just outside L.A. Five hundred people gathered for the dedication of the home in April 1929. — Kevin Waite, The New Republic, "California’s Forgotten Confederate History," 19 Aug. 2019 Glastonbury rest homes, volunteered at the South Glastonbury Library, and assisted at various functions at the Congregational Church of South Glastonbury and never said no when asked to volunteer for a worthy cause. — courant.com, "Janet H. Watson," 25 June 2019 Desperate searchers called in a drone to look for a mentally disabled man who wandered from a Lincoln County rest home more than a week ago. — Joe Marusak, charlotteobserver, "NC searchers call in drone to search for disabled man | Charlotte Observer," 31 Jan. 2018 Glastonbury rest homes, volunteered at the South Glastonbury Library, and assisted at various functions at the Congregational Church of South Glastonbury and never said no when asked to volunteer for a worthy cause. — courant.com, "Janet H. Watson," 25 June 2019 Shortly after the interview, Mike put her in a rest home. — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, "'60 Minutes' charts Alzheimer's devastation over decade," 19 Apr. 2018 Perdue was last seen leaving the rest home around 8:30 p.m. Jan. 22, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said. — Joe Marusak, charlotteobserver, "NC searchers call in drone to search for disabled man | Charlotte Observer," 31 Jan. 2018 Desperate searchers called in a drone to look for a mentally disabled man who wandered from a Lincoln County rest home more than a week ago. — Joe Marusak, charlotteobserver, "NC searchers call in drone to search for disabled man | Charlotte Observer," 31 Jan. 2018 Zervas has watched people eat some of their lunch and take the rest home for dinner. — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "A new part of the Hart: Meet the new director of Wauwatosa Hart Park Senior Center," 20 Sep. 2017

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