ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WBFF) — Maryland’s future is already written into its population charts. Within the next two decades, more than a quarter of the state’s residents will be 65 or older, marking a transformation largely driven by the aging Baby Boomer generation and one that state leaders openly acknowledge will reshape everything from housing to healthcare.
What remains far less clear is whether Maryland is prepared, not in theory, but in practice, to protect its most vulnerable older residents amid a prevalence of unlicensed assisted living facilities going unchecked by state regulators.
A Spotlight on Maryland investigation has found more than 115 suspected unlicensed assisted living facilities in Baltimore, despite a 2023 law that made it a felony to operate such facilities. Some lawyers and advocates have referred to it as senior “trafficking.”…