Technology, Industry, and Agriculture

Homes for the Aged

Geriatric long-term care facilities which provide supervision and assistance in activities of daily living with medical and nursing services when required.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Geriatric long-term care facilities which provide supervision and assistance in activities of daily living with medical and nursing services when required.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Old Age Homes
  • Residential Aged Care Facility
  • Senior Housing
  • Home, Old Age
  • Homes, Old Age
  • Housing, Senior
  • Old Age Home

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

nursing homes for the aged: coord IM with NURSING HOMES (IM); check also tag AGED

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History Note

68; was OLD AGE HOMES 1963-67

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Tree Numbers

  1. J03.775.462w
  2. N02.278w.825.462w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Homes for the Aged. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006707. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006707
  2. Homes for the Aged. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retirement_home
  3. Homes for the Aged. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22908