Senate OKs extensive plan for nursing home reforms; State would increase oversight and provide more money for staff FINAL Edition

The state Senate approved a sweeping package of nursing home reforms yesterday aimed at strengthening Maryland's regulation of the facilities in the wake of a sharply critical task force report. By unanimous votes, senators passed six bills that would require the state's 261 nursing homes...

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Published inThe Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837)
Main Author Timothy B. Wheeler and William F. Zorzi
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore, Md Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 22.03.2000
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Summary:The state Senate approved a sweeping package of nursing home reforms yesterday aimed at strengthening Maryland's regulation of the facilities in the wake of a sharply critical task force report. By unanimous votes, senators passed six bills that would require the state's 261 nursing homes to improve the care given their 30,000 elderly residents, while also increasing state oversight. "This is an exciting and far-reaching package that will really make the life of the frail elderly much better," said Sen. Michael J. Collins, a Baltimore County Democrat who has championed nursing home reform. His father, now dead, spent 10 years in one.
ISSN:1930-8965