Old soldiers' home Old soldiers' home An old soldiers' home is a military veteran's retirement home, nursing home, or hospital, or sometimes even an institution for the care of the widows and orphans of a nation's soldiers, sailors, and marines, etc. In the United Kingdom the Royal Hospital Chelsea was established by King Charles II in 1682 as a retreat for veterans. The provision of a hostel rather than the payment of pensions was inspired by Les Invalides in Paris. The Royal Hospital Chelsea, often called simply Chelsea Hospital, is a retirement home and nursing home for some 300 veterans of the British
Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow million, 256 bed, Royal Hospital for Sick Children will be integrated with the refurbished Maternity unit at the Southern General Hospital as well as a new 1109 bed Adult Hospital and the existing specialist Institute of Neurological Sciences. The hospital closed on 10 June 2015, with services transferring to the new Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow. The hospital building reopened on 4 December 2015, becoming West Glasgow Ambulatory Care Hospital. West Glasgow Ambulatory Care Hospital was created to house the remaining outpatient service's and the minor injury unit previously housed at the Western Infirmary. Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow