The Hebrew Home of Greater Washington in Rockville, Maryland, made it to the top of Newsweek’s 2025 list of nursing homes in Maryland. Photo courtesy of Charles E. Smith Life Communities

• Share

PRINT

New law protects Maryland renters

If you rent your home and your landlord decides to sell it, a new Maryland law grants you first rights to buy the property.

The Renters’ Rights and Stabilization Act, which Gov. Wes Moore signed last fall, allows tenants a 30-day window to make an offer before the property can be put on the real estate market. Landlords who don’t comply will be fined $1,000 per violation.

The act also lowers security deposit maximums and bans evictions during extreme weather, among other changes.

Lawmakers designed the act to prevent displacement, and to preserve affordable housing in the state, allowing homes to be sold to tenants’ groups before developers.

For more information, call (301) 429-7462 or email customerservice.dhcd@maryland.gov.

Kudos to Hebrew Home

According to Newsweek magazine, the top nursing home with over 150 beds in Maryland is the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington. The magazine’s 2025 rankings were announced in October.

Located in Rockville, Maryland, Hebrew Home also earned a “high performing” rating for both short-term rehabilitation and long-term care from U.S. News & World Report. Only 5% of the 15,000 nursing homes surveyed won that rating in both categories of care.

“Our commitment to service excellence extends back more than a century,” said Bruce J. Lederman, president and CEO of Charles E. Smith Life Communities, which operates the 1,100-bed property.

“While we maintain high standards regardless of appraisals by others, it’s always rewarding to receive such recognition,”

For more information about the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, call (301) 770-8496.

Best U.S. places to live

Each year, AARP analyzes American cities and towns for the “services and amenities that affect people’s lives the most as they age,” according to its website.

Last fall, AARP announced the Top 100 Places to live for older adults in 2024. In Virginia, the top 10 places were Falls Church, Arlington, Vienna, Alexandria, Charlottesville, Herndon, Fairfax City, Fairfax County, Vinton and Blacksburg.

In Maryland, Montgomery County, Rockville and Takoma Park made the list.

To see where your community was ranked, visit livabilityindex.aarp.org.

Golden intern program launches

Who says internships are only for young people? Last year Naborforce, an on-demand caregiver company for older adults, launched a Golden Interns program. Its first interns are 70 and 81 years old.

Golden Interns are paid to work in Naborforce’s technology and business development departments. They learn to use office tools such as Slack, Zoom and Google Sheets.

About 30% of the company’s independent contractors, who provide companionship, transportation, light housekeeping, meal preparation, etc., are over age 50.

“Older workers are the heart of Naborforce,” founder Paige Wilson said in a statement. “By enriching the lives of our older adult clients, they are enriching their own lives.”

For more information about Naborforce, visit naborforce.com.