Assisted Living in Maryland Handbook

ASSISTED LIVING

IN MARYLAND

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

A cooperative effort of: The Legal Aid Bureau, Inc.

- Assisted Living Project Maryland Attorney General's Office

Maryland Department of Aging Maryland Department of Health

and Mental Hygiene Maryland Department of Human Resources Maryland State Bar Association University of Maryland School of Law - Law and Health Care Program

ASSISTED LIVING IN MARYLAND:

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

A cooperative effort of: The Legal Aid Bureau, Inc.

- Assisted Living Project Maryland Attorney General's Office

Maryland Department of Aging Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Maryland Department of Human Resources Maryland State Bar Association

University of Maryland School of Law - Law and Health Care Program

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Copyright 2002

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 An Introduction to Assisted Living ............................................... 3

Chapter 2 Choosing an Assisted Living Provider ........................................ 11

Chapter 3

What Will It Cost and How to Pay for Assisted

Living Services .......................................................................... 21

Chapter 4 Before You Sign a Contract . . . Read This ................................. 27

Chapter 5 Your Rights Under the Law ........................................................ 33

Chapter 6

How to Complain When Quality of Care Is

Lacking ..................................................................................... 37

Chapter 7

Enabling Others to Make Health Care and Financial

Decisions for You ...................................................................... 39

Chapter 8 Alternatives to Assisted Living ................................................... 47

Chapter 9 Where to Get Help .................................................................... 53

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ASSISTED LIVING IN MARYLAND:

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Joan L. O'Sullivan, Committee Chair University of Maryland School of Law 515 W. Lombard Street Baltimore, MD 21201

Denise Adams Senior Assisted Living Program Manager Maryland Department of Aging 301 W. Preston Street, Room 1007 Baltimore, MD 21201

Elizabeth Binckes Department of Health and Human Services Aging and Disability Services 410 Hungerford Drive, 3rd floor Rockville, MD 20850

Rachel Cohen Assistant Attorney General Maryland State Retirement & Pension System 120 E. Baltimore Street Baltimore, MD 21202

Stephanie Edelstein ABA Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly 740 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20005-1022

Morris Klein, Esq. 4550 Montgomery Avenue, Suite 601N Bethesda, MD 20814

William Dorrill Office of Health Care Quality Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Spring Grove Hospital Bland Bryant Building 55 Wade Avenue Catonsville, MD 21228

April Seitz Department of Human Resources 311 W. Saratoga Street, Room 259 Baltimore, MD 21201

Kevin Simpson Office of the Attorney General Health Education and Advocacy Unit 200 St. Paul Place Baltimore, MD 21202-2022

Susan Shubin Chief Attorney Nursing Home and Assisted Living Program 29 W. Susquehanna Avenue Towson, MD 21204

Tamara Z. Catchpole Assistant Attorney General Maryland Department of Aging 301 W. Preston Street, Room 1007 Baltimore, MD 21201

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