sickrooms
Where patients convalesce
Sickrooms are rooms where ill people are confined during recovery or treatment.
The word evokes an earlier era when the sick were cared for at home rather than in hospitals: She spent weeks in the sickroom with scarlet fever.
The term carries connotations of hushed voices, drawn curtains, and the particular stillness of convalescence.
Those receiving medical treatment
- illnessState of poor health
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- bedrestPrescribed horizontal recovery
- feverElevated body temperature
convalescence · nursing · thermometer · medication · bedside · quarantine · invalid · infirmary
patients
Those receiving medical treatment
fever · convalescence · nursing · thermometer · medication · bedside · quarantine · invalid · infirmary · doctors
hospital
Medical treatment facility
- wardProtected person; division
- clinicOutpatient treatment facility
- sanatoriumFacility for prolonged recovery
asylum · hospice · isolation · beds · nurses · orderlies · rounds · charts · ventilation · disinfectant
home care
Assistance provided at residence
children · soup · compresses · pillows · blankets · curtains · quiet · water pitcher · bell · visitors
sickroomsgymnasiums
Indoor fitness facilities
fitness centers · health spas · wellness centers · recovery rooms · sports facilities
sickroomsballrooms
Large formal dancing spaces
playrooms · party rooms · recreation rooms · game rooms · dance halls