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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 28, 2000

                                MANOR CARE, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

         Delaware                        1-10858                34-1687107
(State  or other Jurisdiction      (Commission File           (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)                  Number)            Identification No.)


333 North Summit Street, 16th Floor                               43604
Toledo, Ohio                                                   (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (419) 252-5500



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Item 1.  Not Applicable.

Item 2.  Not Applicable.

Item 3.  Not Applicable.

Item 4.  Not Applicable.

Item 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

         On December 28, 2000, In Home Health, Inc. pursuant to the closing of
the merger and related transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and
Plan of Merger, dated as of September 13, 2000, among ManorCare Health Services,
Inc., IHHI Acquisition Corp. and In Home Health, Inc., became a wholly owned
subsidiary of ManorCare Health Services, Inc. On December 28, 2000, In Home
Health, Inc. and Manor Care, Inc. issued a joint press release announcing the
completion of the Merger of IHHI Acquisition Corp. with and into In Home Health,
Inc.

Item 6.  Not Applicable.

Item 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.

         Exhibit 99.1    Press Release dated December 28, 2000.



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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                         MANOR CARE, INC.

Date: December 28, 2000                  By: /s/ R. Jeffrey Bixler
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                                             R. Jeffrey Bixler
                                             Vice President, General Counsel
                                             and Secretary