Nursing home care
![Christmas 2012 at a nursing home in Norway.](/Images/godic/202502/07/Nursing_home2641.JPG")
![Poorhouses/workhouses were the first implemented national framework to provide a basic level of care to the old and infirm. Pictured, is](/Images/godic/202502/07/Workroom_at_St_James_Workhouse2641.jpg")
![Eventide: A Scene in the Westminster Union (workhouse), 1878, by Sir Hubert von Herkomer](/Images/godic/202502/07/Hubert_von_Herkomer_1878_-_Eventide2641.jpg")
![Nurse at a nursing home in Norway](/Images/godic/202502/07/Nursing_home_corridor2641.JPG")
A nursing home, convalescent home, skilled nursing facility (SNF), care home, rest home or intermediate care provides a type of residential care. It is a place of residence for people who require continual nursing care and have significant difficulty coping with the required activities of daily living. Nursing aides and skilled nurses are usually available 24 hours a day.