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介護施設 (かいごしせつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

介かい護ご施し設せつ

Meanings

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noun

nursing home; care facility; rest home

General term for a facility providing long-term care for the elderly or disabled. Often used in formal contexts.

祖そ母ぼは介かい護ご施し設せつで穏おだやかに暮くらしている。
My grandmother lives peacefully in a nursing home.
この地ち域いきには新あたらしい介かい護ご施し設せつが建けん設せつされる予よ定ていだ。
A new care facility is planned to be built in this area.

Kanji

介jammed in, shellfish, mediate
護safeguard, protect
施give, bestow, perform
設

establishment, provision, prepare

Similar words

老ろう人じんホーム
老人ホーム is a more colloquial term for a home for the elderly, while 介護施設 emphasizes the care aspect and is often used in official or medical contexts.
特とく別べつ養よう護ご老ろう人じんホーム
A specific type of public nursing home providing intensive care, often abbreviated as 特養. 介護施設 is a broader category.

Etymology

Compound of 介護 (かいご, 'nursing care') and 施設 (しせつ, 'facility').