Erickson Senior Living celebrated the opening of its fourth community in Maryland, The Grandview, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on December 4. Photo by Greg Dohler

• Share

PRINT

The Grandview opens in Bethesda, Maryland

There’s a new Erickson Senior Living-managed community in Bethesda, Maryland. Residents started moving into The Grandview shortly before Thanksgiving and attended a ribbon-cutting on December 4.

“Our vision for The Grandview has always been clear: create a place where residents feel supported, inspired and truly at home,” said Will Nance, executive director of Erickson Senior Living. “We look forward to watching this community grow and thrive.”

The Grandview’s 33 acres include a fitness center, pool, bocce court, game room, salon, spa, top-floor restaurant, wine bar and several other restaurants. The Grandview’s first tower includes 245 one- and two-bedroom residences. Its second building, with 243 homes, is scheduled to open later this year.

Built on the site of the former Marriott headquarters, The Grandview is Erickson Senior Living’s fourth community in Maryland. It joins Charlestown in Catonsville, Oak Crest in Parkville and Riderwood in Silver Spring. —Margaret Foster

For more information, visit TheGrandviewSeniorLiving.com.

MD ranks high on climate, health and healthcare

Maryland ranks among the top states for its protections against climate impacts on its healthcare system. In fact, the state ranked seventh in the country, according to a report from the Commonwealth Fund, which evaluated all 50 states for vulnerabilities their healthcare systems face from climate change and their contributions to climate change itself.

Vermont achieved the best overall score, followed by New York, Washington, New Jersey and Maine. The lowest-ranked states overall are West Virginia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Florida and Mississippi.

Researchers measured a variety of factors, including average air quality, greenhouse gas emissions from the healthcare sector and risks to healthcare facilities from natural hazards.

Sara Collins, senior scholar for expanding coverage and access with the Commonwealth Fund, stressed that a main driver of a state’s higher ranking comes from its policies geared toward energy efficiency. Maryland ranks highly in that category.

“A state’s overall efforts to improve energy efficiency really matters,” she said. “It affects their greenhouse gas emissions, which also affects air quality. So, states like Maryland that rank higher on these measures just have better overall health environments for the people in their states.”

Maryland has passed a number of laws in the past few years aimed at energy efficiency. The Climate Solutions Now Act in 2022 established energy efficiency standards to help large buildings reach net-zero emissions by 2040.

But Maryland lags behind other states in the average emissions from the commute of its healthcare workers. Collins said the healthcare sector represents a sizable portion of the country’s emissions.

“The health sector contributes about 8.5% of the nation’s overall emissions. The longer it takes people to commute, the more greenhouse gas emissions you are getting.”

Read the full report at bit.ly/climateMD.

— Zamone Perez, Maryland News Collection, a bureau of Public News Service