Nursing home - Yoroin

Japanese: 養老院 - ようろういん
Nursing home - Yoroin
〘noun〙 A facility that houses and cares for elderly people who have no relatives or who cannot live a normal home life due to social, economic, or physical reasons. In 1963 , with the establishment of the Elderly Welfare Law, the name was changed to "Nursing Home". ※Beio Kairan Jikki (1877)〈Kume Kunitake〉2 "There is a nursing home in front of the school, and craftsmen who are old and unable to work are placed there and cared for."

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Japanese:
〘名〙 身寄りのない老人や社会的、経済的、身体的理由などで一般家庭生活を過ごせない老人を収容し世話をする施設。昭和三八年(一九六三)老人福祉法の制定により、「老人ホーム」と改称。※米欧回覧実記(1877)〈久米邦武〉二「校の前に養老院あり、職人の老衰して用をなさざるものは、此に入れて恤養す」

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