<PAGE>   1





    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 1995.

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO.
                                                               ---------------
********************************************************************************

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                MANOR CARE, INC.
              -------------------------------------------------
              (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

            Delaware                                            52-1200376
         -------------                                         ------------
(State or other jurisdiction                                (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)                           Identification No.)

10750 Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, Maryland                                            20901
(Address of Principal                                              (Zip Code)
Executive Offices)

                                MANOR CARE, INC.
                    KEY EXECUTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN of 1993
                    ---------------------------------------
                            (Full title of the plan)

                              James H. Rempe, Esq.
              Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
                              10750 Columbia Pike
                            Silver Spring, MD  20901
                           --------------------------
                    (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (301) 905-4265
                                ----------------
         (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)


                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
********************************************************************************

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
*                                       Proposed      Proposed
Title of                               Maximum       Maximum        Amount
Each Class of         Amount           Offering      Aggregate       Of
Securities            To Be            Price Per     Offering       Registration
To Be Registered      Registered       Share*        Price*         Fee*
- ----------------      -----------      ------        ------         ----
<S>                   <C>              <C>           <C>            <C>
Common Stock,         2,000,000 Shs.   $30.56        $61,120,000    $21,075.86
par value of $.10
per share
</TABLE>

********************************************************************************

(*)      Estimated pursuant to Rule 457 solely for the purpose of calculating
         the registration fee.  Estimate based on the average of the high and
         low share prices reported on the New York Stock Exchange for April 27,
         1995.
<PAGE>   2

                                    PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

         Except as set forth below with respect to Items 4, 7, 8 and 9 of Form
S-8, the contents of the registration statements on Registrant's Annual Report
and Form 10-K for fiscal year ended May 31, 1994 containing audited financial
statements for the fiscal year ended May 31, 1994, Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarters ended May 31, 1994, August 31, 1994, November 30, 1994, and February
28, 1995, and the description of the Registrant's common stock appearing in the
Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A filed pursuant to Section 12(b)
of the Exchange Act of 1934 on July 30, 1981, are incorporated by reference
into this registration statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.  Not Applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Officers and Directors.

         Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
(the "DGCL") provides, in summary, that directors and officers of Delaware
corporations such as the Registrant are entitled, under certain circumstances,
to be indemnified against all expenses and liabilities (including attorneys'
fees) incurred by them as a result of suits brought against them in their
capacity as a director or officer, if they acted in good faith and in a manner
they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if they
had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful; provided, that
no indemnification may be made against expenses in respect of any claim, issue
or matter as to which they shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action
or suit was brought shall determine upon application that despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case,
they are fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which
such court shall deem proper.  Any such indemnification may be made by the
corporation only as authorized in each specific case upon a determination by
the stockholders or disinterested directors that indemnification is proper
because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct.  Article VII
of the Registrant's By-Laws entitles officers, directors and controlling
persons of the Registrant to indemnification to the full extent permitted by
Section 145 of DGCL, as the same may be supplemented or amended from time to
time.






                                       2

<PAGE>   3

         Article VII of the Bylaws of Manor Care, Inc. provides:

                               INDEMNIFICATION OF
                   OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS

         Section 1.  Action, Other Than by or in the Right of the Corporation.
The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal or administrative,
and whether external or internal to the Corporation (other than a judicial
action or suit brought by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the
fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or trustee of the
Corporation, or that, being or having been such a director, officer, employee or
trustee, he is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director,
officer, employee, trustee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise (all such persons being referred to hereafter
as an "Agent"), against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgements, fines
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding, or any appeal therein, if he
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct
was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding -- whether by
judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or
its equivalent -- shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did
not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, that he had reasonable cause to believe that his
conduct was unlawful.

         Section 2.  Action, by or in the Right of the Corporation.  The
Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed judicial action or suit
brought by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgement in its
favor by reason of the fact that he is or was an Agent (as defined above)
against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
him in connection with the defense, settlement or appeal of such action or suit
if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, except that no indemnification
shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged to be liable for gross negligence or misconduct in the
performance of the duty of the Corporation unless and only to the extent that
the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought
shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but
in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery
or other such court shall deem proper.





                                       3
<PAGE>   4

         Section 3.  Determination of Right of Indemnification.  Any
indemnification under Section 1 or 2 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made
by the Corporation unless a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by
the Board by a majority vote or a quorum consisting of directors who were not
parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (ii) if such a quorum is not
obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested directors so
directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iii) by the
stockholders, that such person acted in bad faith and in a manner that such
person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation, or, with respect to any criminal proceeding, that such person
believed or had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

         Section 4.  Indemnification Against Expenses of Successful Party.
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article, to the extent that an
Agent has been successful on the merits or otherwise, including the dismissal of
an action without admission of liability, in defense of any proceeding or in
defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, or on appeal from any such
proceeding, action, claim or matter, such Agent shall be indemnified against all
expenses incurred in connection therewith.

         Section 5.  Advances of Expenses.  Except as limited by Section 6 of
this Article, expenses incurred in any action, suit, proceeding or investigation
or any appeal therein shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final
disposition of such matter, if the Agent shall undertake to repay such amount in
the event that it is ultimately determined, as provided herein, that such person
is not entitled to indemnification.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no advance
shall be made by the Corporation if a determination is reasonably and promptly
made by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested
directors, or (if such a quorum is not obtainable or, even if obtainable, a
quorum of disinterested directors so directs) by independent legal counsel in a
written opinion, that, based upon the facts known to the Board or counsel at the
time such determination is made, such person acted in bad faith and in a manner
that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the Corporation, or, with respect to any criminal proceeding, that such
person believed or had reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.  In
no event shall any advance be made in instances where the Board or independent
legal counsel reasonably determines that such person deliberately breached his
duty to the Corporation or its shareholders.

         Section 6.  Right of Agent to Indemnification Upon Application;
Procedure Upon Application.  Any indemnification under Sections 1, 2, and 4, or
advance under Section 5 of this Article, shall be made promptly, and in any
event within ninety days, upon the written request of the Agent, unless with
respect to applications under Sections 1, 2, and 5, a determination is
reasonably and promptly made by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a
quorum of disinterested directors that such Agent acted in a manner set forth in
such Sections as to justify the Corporation's not indemnifying or making an





                                       4
<PAGE>   5

advance to the Agent.  In the event no quorum of disinterested directors is
obtainable, the Board of Directors shall promptly direct that independent legal
counsel shall decide whether the Agent acted in the manner set forth in such
Sections as to justify the Corporation's not indemnifying or making an advance
to the Agent.  The right to indemnification or advances as granted by this
Article shall be enforceable by the Agent in any court of competent
jurisdiction, if the Board or independent legal counsel denies the claim, in
whole or in part, or if no disposition of such claim is made within ninety
days.  The Agent's expenses incurred in connection with successfully
establishing his right to indemnification, in whole or in part, in any such
proceeding shall also be indemnified by the Corporation.

         Section 7.  Contribution.  In order to provide for just and equitable
contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in this
Article is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an
indemnitee in whole or in part, the Corporation shall, in such an event, after
taking into account, among other things, contributions by other directors and
officers of the Corporation pursuant to indemnification agreements or otherwise,
and in the absence of personal enrichment, acts of intentional fraud or
dishonesty or criminal conduct on the part of the agent, contribute to the
payment of Agent's losses to the extent that, after other contributions are
taken into account, such losses exceed:  (i) in the case of a director of the
Corporation or any of its subsidiaries who is not an officer of the Corporation
or any of such subsidiaries, the amount of fees paid to him for serving as a
director during the 12 months preceding the commencement of the suit, proceeding
or investigation; or (ii) in the case of a director of the Corporation or any of
its subsidiaries who is also an officer of the Corporation or any of such
subsidiaries, the amount set forth in clause (i) plus 5% of the aggregate cash
compensation paid to said director for service in such office(s) during the 12
months preceding the commencement of the suit, proceeding or investigation; or
(iii) in the case of an officer of the Corporation or any of the subsidiaries,
5% of the aggregate cash compensation paid to such officer for service in such
office(s) during the 12 months preceding the commencement of such suit,
proceeding or investigation.

         Section 8.  Other Rights and Remedies.  The indemnification provided
by this Article shall not be deemed exclusive of, and shall not affect, any
other rights to which an Agent seeking indemnification may be entitled under any
Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise,
both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity
while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to
be an Agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such a person.  All rights to indemnification under this
Article shall be deemed to be provided by a contract between the Corporation and
the Agent who serves in such capacity at any time while these bylaws and other
relevant provisions of the general corporation law and other modification
thereof shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing.





                                       5
<PAGE>   6

         Section 9.  Insurance.  Upon resolution passed by the Board, the
Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is
or was an Agent against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him
in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the
Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under
the provisions of this Article.  The Corporation may create a trust fund, grant
a security interest or use other means (including, without limitation, a letter
of credit) to ensure the payment of such sums as may become necessary to effect
indemnification as provided herein.

         Section 10.  Constituent Corporations.  For the purposes of this
Article, references to "the Corporation" include all constituent corporations
absorbed in a consolidation or merger as well as the resulting or surviving
corporation, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employees,
or trustee of such a constituent corporation or who, being or having been such
a director, officer employee or trustee, is or was serving at the request of
such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee, trustee of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article with
respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would if he had served
the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity.

         Section 11.  Other Enterprises, Fines, and Serving at Corporation's
Request.  For purposes of this Article, references to "other enterprises" in
Sections 1 and 7 shall include employee benefit plans; references to "fines"
shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any
employee benefit plan; and references to "serving at the request of the
Corporation" shall include any service by Agent as director, officer, employee,
trustee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves
services by, such Agent with respect to any employee benefit plan, its
participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in the interests of the participants and
beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a
manner "not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation" as referred to in
this Article.

         Section 12.  Savings Clause.  If this Article or any portion hereof
shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then
the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each Agent as to expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgements, fines and amounts paid in settlement
with respect to any action, suit, appeal, proceeding or investigation, whether
civil, criminal or administrative, and whether internal or external, including
a grand jury proceeding and an action or suit brought by or in the right of the
Corporation, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this
Article that shall not have been invalidated, or by any other applicable law.





                                       6
<PAGE>   7

         The Registrant has entered into separate indemnification agreements
with directors and officers of the Registrant, pursuant to which the Registrant
will indemnify such directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by
Delaware law, as the same may be amended from time to time.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or persons
controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant
has been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is
therefore unenforceable.

Item 7.          Exemptions from Registration Claimed.  None.

Item 8.          Exhibits.

4                Key Executive Stock Option Plan of 1993 of Registrant.

5                Opinion regarding legality of shares to be offered.

23(i)            Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

23(ii)           Consent of James H. Rempe, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5)

24               Powers of Attorney authorizing execution of registration
                 statement of Form S-8 on behalf of certain directors of
                 Registrant.

Item 9.          Undertaking.

                 (a)      Rule 415 Offering.

                 The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

                 (1)      To file, during any period in which offers or sales
                          are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
                          registration statement;

                 (i)      To include any prospectus required by Section 10 (a)
                          (3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

                 (ii)     To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
                          arising after the effective date of the registration
                          statement (or the most recent post-effective
                          amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
                          aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
                          information set forth in the registration statement;





                                       7
<PAGE>   8
                 (iii)    To include any material information with respect to
                          the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
                          the registration statement or any material change to
                          such information in the registration statement;

         provided, however, that paragraphs (a) (1) (i) and (a) (1) (ii) do not
apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

         (2)     That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.

         (3)     To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

         (b)     Filings incorporating subsequent Exchange Act documents by
reference.

         The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13 (a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (c)     Request for acceleration of effectiveness or filing of
registration statement on Form S-8.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.





                                       8
<PAGE>   9

                                   SIGNATURES

                 The Registrant.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Silver Spring, State of Maryland, on this 28th day of April, 1995.

                                       MANOR CARE, INC.



                                       By:  /s/ James H. Rempe
                                            -----------------------------------
                                            James H. Rempe
                                            Secretary

                 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons
in the capacities and on the date indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Signature                                  Title                                     Date
- ---------                                  -----                                     ----
<S>                                        <C>                                       <C>
*                                          Chairman, President,                      April 28, 1995
- --------------------------------           Chief Executive Officer
Stewart Bainum, Jr.                        and Director



*                                          Vice Chairman and                         April 28, 1995
- --------------------------------           Director
Stewart Bainum



*                                          Director                                  April 28, 1995
- --------------------------------                                                                   
Jack R. Anderson



*                                          Director                                  April 28, 1995
- --------------------------------
Regina E. Herzlinger
</TABLE>





                                       9
<PAGE>   10


<TABLE>
<S>                                        <C>                                       <C>
*                                          Director                                  April 28, 1995
- --------------------------------                                                                   
William H. Longfield




*                                          Director                                  April 28, 1995
- --------------------------------                                                                   
Frederick V. Malek



*                                          Director                                  April 28, 1995
- --------------------------------                                                                   
Jerry E. Robertson



/s/ James A. MacCutcheon                   Senior Vice President,                    April 28, 1995
- --------------------------------           Chief Financial Officer,
James A. MacCutcheon                       and Treasurer (Principal
                                           Financial Officer)



/s/ Margarita A. Schoendorfer              Vice President and Controller             April 28, 1995
- --------------------------------           (Principal Accounting Officer)
Margarita A. Schoendorfer
</TABLE>


*   By:  /s/ James H. Rempe
       ------------------------
    James H. Rempe
    Attorney-in-fact





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<PAGE>   11
                                EXHIBIT INDEX


4                Key Executive Stock Option Plan of 1993 of Registrant.

5                Opinion regarding legality of shares to be offered.

23(i)            Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

23(ii)           Consent of James H. Rempe, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5)

24               Powers of Attorney authorizing execution of registration
                 statement of Form S-8 on behalf of certain directors of
                 Registrant.
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1

    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 1995.

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO.
                                                               ---------------
********************************************************************************

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                MANOR CARE, INC.
              -------------------------------------------------
              (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

            Delaware                                            52-1200376
         -------------                                         ------------
(State or other jurisdiction                                (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)                           Identification No.)

10750 Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, Maryland                                            20901
(Address of Principal                                              (Zip Code)
Executive Offices)

                                MANOR CARE, INC.
                    KEY EXECUTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN of 1993
                    ---------------------------------------
                            (Full title of the plan)

                              James H. Rempe, Esq.
              Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
                              10750 Columbia Pike
                            Silver Spring, MD  20901
                           --------------------------
                    (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (301) 905-4265
                                ----------------
         (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
********************************************************************************
*                                       Proposed      Proposed
Title of                               Maximum       Maximum        Amount
Each Class of         Amount           Offering      Aggregate       Of
Securities            To Be            Price Per     Offering       Registration
To Be Registered      Registered       Share*        Price*         Fee*
- ----------------      -----------      ------        ------         ----
Common Stock,         2,000,000 Shs.   $30.56        $61,120,000    $21,075.86
par value of $.10
per share
********************************************************************************

(*)      Estimated pursuant to Rule 457 solely for the purpose of calculating
         the registration fee.  Estimate based on the average of the high and
         low share prices reported on the New York Stock Exchange for April 27,
         1995.
2

                                    PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

         Except as set forth below with respect to Items 4, 7, 8 and 9 of Form
S-8, the contents of the registration statements on Registrant's Annual Report
and Form 10-K for fiscal year ended May 31, 1994 containing audited financial
statements for the fiscal year ended May 31, 1994, Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarters ended May 31, 1994, August 31, 1994, November 30, 1994, and February
28, 1995, and the description of the Registrant's common stock appearing in the
Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A filed pursuant to Section 12(b)
of the Exchange Act of 1934 on July 30, 1981, are incorporated by reference
into this registration statement.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.  Not Applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Officers and Directors.

         Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
(the "DGCL") provides, in summary, that directors and officers of Delaware
corporations such as the Registrant are entitled, under certain circumstances,
to be indemnified against all expenses and liabilities (including attorneys'
fees) incurred by them as a result of suits brought against them in their
capacity as a director or officer, if they acted in good faith and in a manner
they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if they
had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful; provided, that
no indemnification may be made against expenses in respect of any claim, issue
or matter as to which they shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action
or suit was brought shall determine upon application that despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case,
they are fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which
such court shall deem proper.  Any such indemnification may be made by the
corporation only as authorized in each specific case upon a determination by
the stockholders or disinterested directors that indemnification is proper
because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct.  Article VII
of the Registrant's By-Laws entitles officers, directors and controlling
persons of the Registrant to indemnification to the full extent permitted by
Section 145 of DGCL, as the same may be supplemented or amended from time to
time.

                                       2
3

         Article VII of the Bylaws of Manor Care, Inc. provides:

                               INDEMNIFICATION OF
                   OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS

         Section 1.  Action, Other Than by or in the Right of the Corporation.
The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal or administrative,
and whether external or internal to the Corporation (other than a judicial
action or suit brought by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the
fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or trustee of the
Corporation, or that, being or having been such a director, officer, employee or
trustee, he is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director,
officer, employee, trustee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise (all such persons being referred to hereafter
as an "Agent"), against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgements, fines
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding, or any appeal therein, if he
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct
was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding -- whether by
judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or
its equivalent -- shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did
not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, that he had reasonable cause to believe that his
conduct was unlawful.

         Section 2.  Action, by or in the Right of the Corporation.  The
Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed judicial action or suit
brought by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgement in its
favor by reason of the fact that he is or was an Agent (as defined above)
against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
him in connection with the defense, settlement or appeal of such action or suit
if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, except that no indemnification
shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged to be liable for gross negligence or misconduct in the
performance of the duty of the Corporation unless and only to the extent that
the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought
shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but
in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery
or other such court shall deem proper.

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         Section 3.  Determination of Right of Indemnification.  Any
indemnification under Section 1 or 2 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made
by the Corporation unless a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by
the Board by a majority vote or a quorum consisting of directors who were not
parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (ii) if such a quorum is not
obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested directors so
directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iii) by the
stockholders, that such person acted in bad faith and in a manner that such
person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation, or, with respect to any criminal proceeding, that such person
believed or had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

         Section 4.  Indemnification Against Expenses of Successful Party.
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article, to the extent that an
Agent has been successful on the merits or otherwise, including the dismissal of
an action without admission of liability, in defense of any proceeding or in
defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, or on appeal from any such
proceeding, action, claim or matter, such Agent shall be indemnified against all
expenses incurred in connection therewith.

         Section 5.  Advances of Expenses.  Except as limited by Section 6 of
this Article, expenses incurred in any action, suit, proceeding or investigation
or any appeal therein shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final
disposition of such matter, if the Agent shall undertake to repay such amount in
the event that it is ultimately determined, as provided herein, that such person
is not entitled to indemnification.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no advance
shall be made by the Corporation if a determination is reasonably and promptly
made by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested
directors, or (if such a quorum is not obtainable or, even if obtainable, a
quorum of disinterested directors so directs) by independent legal counsel in a
written opinion, that, based upon the facts known to the Board or counsel at the
time such determination is made, such person acted in bad faith and in a manner
that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the Corporation, or, with respect to any criminal proceeding, that such
person believed or had reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.  In
no event shall any advance be made in instances where the Board or independent
legal counsel reasonably determines that such person deliberately breached his
duty to the Corporation or its shareholders.

         Section 6.  Right of Agent to Indemnification Upon Application;
Procedure Upon Application.  Any indemnification under Sections 1, 2, and 4, or
advance under Section 5 of this Article, shall be made promptly, and in any
event within ninety days, upon the written request of the Agent, unless with
respect to applications under Sections 1, 2, and 5, a determination is
reasonably and promptly made by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a
quorum of disinterested directors that such Agent acted in a manner set forth in
such Sections as to justify the Corporation's not indemnifying or making an

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advance to the Agent.  In the event no quorum of disinterested directors is
obtainable, the Board of Directors shall promptly direct that independent legal
counsel shall decide whether the Agent acted in the manner set forth in such
Sections as to justify the Corporation's not indemnifying or making an advance
to the Agent.  The right to indemnification or advances as granted by this
Article shall be enforceable by the Agent in any court of competent
jurisdiction, if the Board or independent legal counsel denies the claim, in
whole or in part, or if no disposition of such claim is made within ninety
days.  The Agent's expenses incurred in connection with successfully
establishing his right to indemnification, in whole or in part, in any such
proceeding shall also be indemnified by the Corporation.

         Section 7.  Contribution.  In order to provide for just and equitable
contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in this
Article is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an
indemnitee in whole or in part, the Corporation shall, in such an event, after
taking into account, among other things, contributions by other directors and
officers of the Corporation pursuant to indemnification agreements or otherwise,
and in the absence of personal enrichment, acts of intentional fraud or
dishonesty or criminal conduct on the part of the agent, contribute to the
payment of Agent's losses to the extent that, after other contributions are
taken into account, such losses exceed:  (i) in the case of a director of the
Corporation or any of its subsidiaries who is not an officer of the Corporation
or any of such subsidiaries, the amount of fees paid to him for serving as a
director during the 12 months preceding the commencement of the suit, proceeding
or investigation; or (ii) in the case of a director of the Corporation or any of
its subsidiaries who is also an officer of the Corporation or any of such
subsidiaries, the amount set forth in clause (i) plus 5% of the aggregate cash
compensation paid to said director for service in such office(s) during the 12
months preceding the commencement of the suit, proceeding or investigation; or
(iii) in the case of an officer of the Corporation or any of the subsidiaries,
5% of the aggregate cash compensation paid to such officer for service in such
office(s) during the 12 months preceding the commencement of such suit,
proceeding or investigation.

         Section 8.  Other Rights and Remedies.  The indemnification provided
by this Article shall not be deemed exclusive of, and shall not affect, any
other rights to which an Agent seeking indemnification may be entitled under any
Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise,
both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity
while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to
be an Agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such a person.  All rights to indemnification under this
Article shall be deemed to be provided by a contract between the Corporation and
the Agent who serves in such capacity at any time while these bylaws and other
relevant provisions of the general corporation law and other modification
thereof shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing.

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         Section 9.  Insurance.  Upon resolution passed by the Board, the
Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is
or was an Agent against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him
in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the
Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under
the provisions of this Article.  The Corporation may create a trust fund, grant
a security interest or use other means (including, without limitation, a letter
of credit) to ensure the payment of such sums as may become necessary to effect
indemnification as provided herein.

         Section 10.  Constituent Corporations.  For the purposes of this
Article, references to "the Corporation" include all constituent corporations
absorbed in a consolidation or merger as well as the resulting or surviving
corporation, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employees,
or trustee of such a constituent corporation or who, being or having been such
a director, officer employee or trustee, is or was serving at the request of
such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee, trustee of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article with
respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would if he had served
the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity.

         Section 11.  Other Enterprises, Fines, and Serving at Corporation's
Request.  For purposes of this Article, references to "other enterprises" in
Sections 1 and 7 shall include employee benefit plans; references to "fines"
shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any
employee benefit plan; and references to "serving at the request of the
Corporation" shall include any service by Agent as director, officer, employee,
trustee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves
services by, such Agent with respect to any employee benefit plan, its
participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in the interests of the participants and
beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a
manner "not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation" as referred to in
this Article.

         Section 12.  Savings Clause.  If this Article or any portion hereof
shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then
the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each Agent as to expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgements, fines and amounts paid in settlement
with respect to any action, suit, appeal, proceeding or investigation, whether
civil, criminal or administrative, and whether internal or external, including
a grand jury proceeding and an action or suit brought by or in the right of the
Corporation, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this
Article that shall not have been invalidated, or by any other applicable law.

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         The Registrant has entered into separate indemnification agreements
with directors and officers of the Registrant, pursuant to which the Registrant
will indemnify such directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by
Delaware law, as the same may be amended from time to time.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or persons
controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant
has been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is
therefore unenforceable.

Item 7.          Exemptions from Registration Claimed.  None.

Item 8.          Exhibits.

4                Key Executive Stock Option Plan of 1993 of Registrant.

5                Opinion regarding legality of shares to be offered.

23(i)            Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

23(ii)           Consent of James H. Rempe, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5)

24               Powers of Attorney authorizing execution of registration
                 statement of Form S-8 on behalf of certain directors of
                 Registrant.

Item 9.          Undertaking.

                 (a)      Rule 415 Offering.

                 The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

                 (1)      To file, during any period in which offers or sales
                          are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
                          registration statement;

                 (i)      To include any prospectus required by Section 10 (a)
                          (3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

                 (ii)     To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
                          arising after the effective date of the registration
                          statement (or the most recent post-effective
                          amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
                          aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
                          information set forth in the registration statement;

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                 (iii)    To include any material information with respect to
                          the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
                          the registration statement or any material change to
                          such information in the registration statement;

         provided, however, that paragraphs (a) (1) (i) and (a) (1) (ii) do not
apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

         (2)     That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.

         (3)     To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

         (b)     Filings incorporating subsequent Exchange Act documents by
reference.

         The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13 (a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (c)     Request for acceleration of effectiveness or filing of
registration statement on Form S-8.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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                                   SIGNATURES

                 The Registrant.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Silver Spring, State of Maryland, on this 28th day of April, 1995.

                                       MANOR CARE, INC.

                                       By:  /s/ James H. Rempe
                                            -----------------------------------
                                            James H. Rempe
                                            Secretary

                 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons
in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature                                  Title                                     Date
- ---------                                  -----                                     ----
*                                          Chairman, President,                      April 28, 1995
- --------------------------------           Chief Executive Officer
Stewart Bainum, Jr.                        and Director

*                                          Vice Chairman and                         April 28, 1995
- --------------------------------           Director
Stewart Bainum

*                                          Director                                  April 28, 1995
- --------------------------------                                                                   
Jack R. Anderson

*                                          Director                                  April 28, 1995
- --------------------------------
Regina E. Herzlinger
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*                                          Director                                  April 28, 1995
- --------------------------------                                                                   
William H. Longfield

*                                          Director                                  April 28, 1995
- --------------------------------                                                                   
Frederick V. Malek

*                                          Director                                  April 28, 1995
- --------------------------------                                                                   
Jerry E. Robertson

/s/ James A. MacCutcheon                   Senior Vice President,                    April 28, 1995
- --------------------------------           Chief Financial Officer,
James A. MacCutcheon                       and Treasurer (Principal
                                           Financial Officer)

/s/ Margarita A. Schoendorfer              Vice President and Controller             April 28, 1995
- --------------------------------           (Principal Accounting Officer)
Margarita A. Schoendorfer
*   By:  /s/ James H. Rempe
       ------------------------
    James H. Rempe
    Attorney-in-fact

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                                EXHIBIT INDEX

4                Key Executive Stock Option Plan of 1993 of Registrant.

5                Opinion regarding legality of shares to be offered.

23(i)            Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

23(ii)           Consent of James H. Rempe, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5)

24               Powers of Attorney authorizing execution of registration
                 statement of Form S-8 on behalf of certain directors of
                 Registrant.