nursing home resident
Long-term care patient
A nursing home resident is a person who lives in a facility providing long-term care for those who cannot live independently, typically elderly or chronically ill individuals requiring ongoing medical attention or assistance with daily activities.
The term emphasizes their status as inhabitants rather than patients: Her grandmother has been a nursing home resident for three years.
Residents may have varying levels of autonomy depending on their physical and cognitive condition.
- elderlyAdvanced in age
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- bedriddenUnable to leave mattress
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
- Alzheimer'sDegenerative brain disease
frail · walker · medication · bingo · activity room · visiting · visiting hours · loneliness · roommate · bedside · personal belongings · meal tray · call button · medical alert · assisted · dependent · long term care · family photo
- occupantsoccupant, tenant, dweller, inhabitant, occupier
- residentsinhabitants, inhabitant, local, locals, denizens
- seniorssenior citizens, senior, elderly, old woman, old lady
- invalidsinvalid, invalids, infirm, bedridden, incapacitated
- patientspatient, inpatients, inpatient, outpatients, outpatient
- Octogenariansoctogenarian
nursing home residenthomeowner
Property title holder
young professional · head of household · free agent · aging in place · empty nester
nursing home residentyoung child
newborn · infant · young adult · youth · teenager
nursing home residentcaregiver
One providing daily assistance
nurse · home health aide · attending physician · orderly · family caregiver
nursing, resident, nurse, nurses, nursed, nurser, nursery, homes, homed