BUSINESS
By Steve Kilar, The Baltimore Sun | March 31, 2013
Broadmead, a continuing-care retirement community in Hunt Valley, has "been so much than just a place to work," said retiring CEO Rich Compton. He has served as the company's leader for almost three decades. During that time, his parents came to live at Broadmead and his children worked their first jobs there. He's seen the aged-care business transformed into a highly regulated business. He's also witnessed how the different expectations each generation has for a retirement facility shape how they are marketed and run. As he prepares to leave Broadmead at the end of June, The Baltimore Sun asked him to share his thoughts on the state of the continuing care industry and its future.
NEWS
By Alison Knezevich, The Baltimore Sun | March 14, 2013
At Baltimore County's animal shelter this week, dozens of animals were waiting for someone to adopt them. Among them were Cisco, a year-old pit bull terrier, a bulldog named Ivan and Sugar Pie, a tricolor cat. But judging by shelter statistics, potential pets are more likely to be put down than placed in a home. Now, under pressure from animal advocates and some lawmakers, county officials are looking for an animal-oriented nonprofit to take over the shelter. "Much like most animal-control agencies, their focus is really on protecting people from animals," said Ron Lambert, a board member of the Maryland Feline Society.
SPORTS
By Mike Klingaman, The Baltimore Sun | March 9, 2013
He sits quietly in a wheelchair at a long-term care facility in his native Guelph, Ontario. Aldo Guidolin doesn't talk - multiple strokes have robbed him of his speech - but his brown eyes follow ice hockey games on TV and the movements of those who call on the aging defenseman. At 80, life is a struggle for Guidolin, whose brawling 17-year career included four seasons with the New York Rangers and six as a popular player and coach with the Baltimore Clippers of the American Hockey League.
BUSINESS
Andrea K. Walker, The Baltimore Sun | September 13, 2012
Baltimore-based Remedi SeniorCare, which provides pharmaceutical services to long-term care facilities, has bought an Ohio company in a deal that expands its Midwestern customer base. With its acquisition of Cornerstone Pharmacy in northeast Ohio, Remedi now serves more than 15,000 long-term care residents from pharmacies in Cleveland and Troy, Ohio. That adds to the 31,000 residents across nine states and Washington, D.C., that Remedi already counted as clients. Cornerstone President Brad Pinkerton joins Remedi as president of the Midwestern region.
NEWS
By Yvonne Wenger, The Baltimore Sun | August 30, 2012
Nearly 70 elderly patients and vulnerable adults must find new homes because of the planned closure of Harborside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Baltimore, a sprawling facility with numerous fire hazards uncovered in a recent state inspection. The nursing home - the first in Maryland to accept AIDS patients in 1985 - will shut down within the next month after Medicaid and Medicare stop paying for patient care. The federal health care programs decided to cut off funding after a March inspection by the state found more than 30 safety violations, primarily due to structural problems.
SPORTS
By Mary Gail Hare, The Baltimore Sun | August 4, 2012
The Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System is expanding its Loch Raven complex with a long-term care center and an exercise and robotics center that will allow research into rehabilitation for wounded and aging veterans. The $13 million project is scheduled to open later this year on the nearly 15-acre campus at the intersection of Loch Raven Boulevard and the Alameda in the Original Northwood neighborhood of Baltimore. "Where we have room to grow, we must continue to grow so we can provide our veterans with the best care," said Nancy Quailey, associate director of operations for the health care system.