Nursing home

A nursing home is a long term hospital for those too sick and or frail to take care of themselves. These facilities are for those who need intensive hospital-like care for longer than the typical recovery hospital stay. Nursing homes are primarily geared towards older people or senior citizens and 3 to 5 months is the average length of stay. Nursing homes provide more intensive care than most typical assisted living facilities.

Elder abuse happens more in nursing homes than elsewhere.^[1]

Nursing Home Media

Mennonites visiting a nursing home in 1961
Poorhouses/workhouses were the first implemented national framework to provide a basic level of care to the old and infirm. Pictured, is "The workroom at St James's workhouse" from The Microcosm of London (1808).

References

↑ Eubank, Kathryn J.. Hospital Care. Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Geriatrics (2014). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education. Retrieved 2021-09-13.

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[1] Eubank, Kathryn J.. Hospital Care. Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Geriatrics (2014). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education. Retrieved 2021-09-13.

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