特とく養よう

noun

special nursing home; intensive-care old people's home

Abbreviation of 特別養護老人ホーム. Used in social welfare and caregiving contexts to refer to public long-term care facilities for elderly people requiring high-level support.

See also: 特別養護老人ホーム

• 祖そ母ぼは特とく養ように入にゅう所しょしている。

  My grandmother is in a special nursing home.

• 特とく養ようの待たい機き者しゃが増ふえている。

  The number of people on the waiting list for special nursing homes is increasing.