Nursing home is a facility for people who have suffered injuries and illness that did not need to stay at the hospital but can’t be cared for at home due to lack of knowledge to handle patients. So they send them to a nursing home for better recovery therapy. Nursing homes will have doctors and skilled nurses on hand 24 hours a day to take care of them. Some nursing homes are set up like a hospital. The staff provides medical care, as well as physical, occupational therapy etc for the patients.