nursing home
noun
: a public or private residential facility providing a high level of long-term personal or nursing care for persons (such as the aged or the chronically ill) who are unable to care for themselves properly
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April 28-May 3, 2026 — ‘The Notebook’ Like the 2004 hit movie starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, this stage version tells the story — through notebook passages read aloud in a nursing home — of a young couple who overcome all kinds of divides to find lasting love.
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Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
The filming location is at Hilltop Park Rehabilitation and Care Center, an actual nursing home in Weatherford.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2025
After that, options are limited: Make more money, win the lottery or end up at a nursing home, Wolff tells us.
—Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 25 Mar. 2025
One commenter said the nursing home wouldn’t even want the flowers.
—Colson Thayer, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
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Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
The filming location is at Hilltop Park Rehabilitation and Care Center, an actual nursing home in Weatherford.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2025
After that, options are limited: Make more money, win the lottery or end up at a nursing home, Wolff tells us.
—Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 25 Mar. 2025
One commenter said the nursing home wouldn’t even want the flowers.
—Colson Thayer, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Nursing home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nursing%20home. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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