| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
the nursing home, the care home | la residencia |
My grandmother has lived in a nursing home since last year. | Mi abuela vive en una residencia desde el año pasado. |
At the nursing home, the elderly go out into the garden in the afternoon. | En la residencia, los ancianos salen al jardín por la tarde. |
We don't want Grandpa to go to a nursing home. | No queremos que el abuelo vaya a una residencia. |
pending, outstanding | pendiente |
Grandpa has an operation pending. | El abuelo tiene una operación pendiente. |
The nursing home's bill is still outstanding. | La factura de la residencia sigue pendiente. |
We still have a lot of things pending. | Todavía tenemos muchas cosas pendientes. |
to keep an eye on, to be waiting for | estar pendiente de |
My mother always keeps an eye on Grandma. | Mi madre siempre está pendiente de la abuela. |
I'm keeping an eye on the phone, because the nursing home is going to call. | Estoy pendiente del teléfono, porque va a llamar la residencia. |
We are waiting for the doctor's results. | Estamos pendientes de los resultados del médico. |
to hold (up), to support (weight) | sostener |
Grandpa can't walk anymore if we don't hold him up. | El abuelo ya no puede andar si no lo sostenemos. |
The nurse (female) holds him up when he gets up. | La enfermera lo sostiene cuando se levanta. |
My legs don't hold me up anymore. | Mis piernas ya no me sostienen. |
temporary | temporal |
It's a temporary solution until we find something better. | Es una solución temporal hasta que encontremos algo mejor. |
My uncle has found a temporary job at the nursing home. | Mi tío ha encontrado un trabajo temporal en la residencia. |
Grandpa's memory problems are not temporary. | Los problemas de memoria del abuelo no son temporales. |
in the long term | a largo plazo |
In the long term, Grandma is going to need more help. | A largo plazo, la abuela va a necesitar más ayuda. |
We have to think in the long term. | Tenemos que pensar a largo plazo. |
Walking is good for health in the long term. | Caminar es bueno para la salud a largo plazo. |
the benefit | el beneficio |
Walking has many benefits for older people. | Caminar tiene muchos beneficios para los mayores. |
Music has benefits for memory. | La música tiene beneficios para la memoria. |
One benefit of the nursing home is that there are doctors day and night. | Un beneficio de la residencia es que hay médicos día y noche. |
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