old folks home
Retirement living facility
An old folks home is a residential facility where elderly people live and receive care.
The term is informal and increasingly considered dated or dismissive; nursing home, assisted living facility, or senior living community are now preferred in formal contexts.
Grandma moved to an old folks home after her hip surgery.
- medical careProfessional treatment of illness
- assisted living facilitySupervised housing for elderly
- caregiversThose who tend others
- retirement communityHousing development for elderly
- golden yearsLater life stage
old age · senior citizen · volunteers · aging population · memory care · social workers · nurses · physical therapy · meal preparation · recreational activities · family members · bingo · card games · rocking chair · geriatricians · therapists · loneliness · administrators
- residential facilitiesassisted living, senior living, residential facility, halfway house, boarding house
old folks homenursery
Room for infants
orphanage · children's home · daycare · maternity ward · neonatal unit
old folks homeindependent living
Managing without assistance
private residence · bachelor pad · single-family home · homeownership · living alone
older, oldest, olden, oldster, oldish, folk, folks, folksy, folkish