- rest home
- an institution for the aged or mentally illNot punning on the fact that its residents will spend the rest of their lives there. For geriatrics:A ninety-two-year-old who died in a rest home. (J. Mitford, 1963)and for those with mental illness:This is a discreet private loony bin. A rest home, it's called. (Atwood, 1988)
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.