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(09/09) Maryland assisted living facility loses license

The license of AAA Warmcare, an eight-bed assisted living facility in Potomac, Maryland, was suspended and all of the residents were removed following an unannounced complaint survey by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene that found residents restrained without physicians’ orders.  The state found that one resident “‘had taped [sic] applied over her mouth and a cloth rag tied over her mouth’” on “one or more times between April and July.”  Erin Donaghue, “Assisted living facility shut down in Potomac,” The Gazette (Sep. 4, 2009).  Three other facilities in Montgomery County, Maryland are owned by the same owners.  Alan Suderman, “Washington Examiner” (Sep. 4, 2009).

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  • Developing a definition of "assisted living" that adequately informs consumers and others as to the type of care that can be provided, while allowing for appropriate variations from one assisted facility to another;
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  • Developing high, universal standards relating to services, staffing, residents' rights, and other important aspects of assisted living care;
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  • Promoting affordable and accessible assisted living, including equal treatment of those consumers receiving financial assistance from Medicaid or other public programs; and
  • Protecting consumers' civil liberties, including freedom from discrimination based on real or perceived disability, race or sexual orientation.
 
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