MANOR CARE INC/NEW
SC 13D/A, 1998-02-25
SKILLED NURSING CARE FACILITIES
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                                 UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                 SCHEDULE 13D

                   Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                              (Amendment No. 11)*

                                MANOR CARE, INC.
             -----------------------------------------------------
                                (Name of Issuer)

                                 COMMON STOCK
             ------------------------------------------------------
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   564054104
             -----------------------------------------------------
                                 (CUSIP Number)

                  Linda S. Martinson, Esq. (212) 583-2000
                767 Fifth Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10153
             -----------------------------------------------------
                 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
                Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

                            February 18, 1998     
             -----------------------------------------------------
            (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box [ ].

Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement [ ].
(A fee is not required only if the filing person: (1) has a previous  statement
on file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of
securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.)
(See Rule 13d-7.)

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities,
and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see
the Notes).

                                                    SEC 1746 (12-91)

<PAGE>
                         Amendment Number 11 to Schedule 13D (continued)
CUSIP No.  564054104                        Page 2 of 11 Pages

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
    
       Baron Capital Group, Inc.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                             (a)  [ X ]
                                                             (b)  [   ]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   3   SEC USE ONLY

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   4   SOURCE OF FUNDS

       00
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   5   CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS
       2(C) OR 2(E)    [ ]

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   NUMBER OF      7    SOLE VOTING POWER
     SHARES               880,000
  BENEFICIALLY    --------------------------------------------------------------
    OWNED BY      8    SHARED VOTING POWER
      EACH             11,760,866
   REPORTING      --------------------------------------------------------------
     PERSON       9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
      WITH                880,000
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
                  10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                       11,760,866
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

       12,640,866
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

        19.8%
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

       HC, CO
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT


<PAGE>
                         Amendment Number 11 to Schedule 13D (continued)
CUSIP No. 564054104                         Page 3 of 11 Pages

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
    
       BAMCO, Inc.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                             (a)  [ X ]
                                                             (b)  [   ]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   3   SEC USE ONLY

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   4   SOURCE OF FUNDS

       OO
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   5   CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS
       2(C) OR 2(E)    [ ]

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   NUMBER OF      7    SOLE VOTING POWER
     SHARES            
  BENEFICIALLY    --------------------------------------------------------------
    OWNED BY      8    SHARED VOTING POWER
      EACH              10,455,000
   REPORTING      --------------------------------------------------------------
     PERSON       9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
      WITH              
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
                  10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                        10,455,000
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

        10,455,000
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

       16.4%
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

       IA, CO
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT


<PAGE>
                         Amendment Number 11 to Schedule 13D (continued)
CUSIP No.564054104                        Page 4 of 11 Pages

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
    
       Baron Capital Management, Inc.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                             (a)  [ X ]
                                                             (b)  [   ]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   3   SEC USE ONLY

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   4   SOURCE OF FUNDS

       OO
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   5   CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS
       2(C) OR 2(E)    [ ]

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   NUMBER OF      7    SOLE VOTING POWER
     SHARES              880,000
  BENEFICIALLY    --------------------------------------------------------------
    OWNED BY      8    SHARED VOTING POWER
      EACH             1,305,866
   REPORTING      --------------------------------------------------------------
     PERSON       9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
      WITH               880,000
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
                  10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                       1,305,866
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

       2,185,866
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

       3.4%
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

       IA, CO
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT


<PAGE>
                         Amendment Number 11 to Schedule 13D (continued)
CUSIP No. 564054104                        Page 5 of 11 Pages

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
    
       Baron Asset Fund
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                             (a)  [ X ]
                                                             (b)  [   ]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   3   SEC USE ONLY

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   4   SOURCE OF FUNDS

       OO
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   5   CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS
       2(C) OR 2(E)    [ ]

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   NUMBER OF      7    SOLE VOTING POWER
     SHARES            
  BENEFICIALLY    --------------------------------------------------------------
    OWNED BY      8    SHARED VOTING POWER
      EACH             9,730,000
   REPORTING      --------------------------------------------------------------
     PERSON       9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
      WITH             
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
                  10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                       9,730,000
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

       9,730,000
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

       15.3%
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

       IV, OO 
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT


<PAGE>
                         Amendment Number 11 to Schedule 13D (continued)
CUSIP No.564054104                        Page 6 of 11 Pages

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1   NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
       S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
    
       Ronald Baron
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   2   CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
                                                             (a)  [ X ]
                                                             (b)  [   ]
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   3   SEC USE ONLY

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   4   SOURCE OF FUNDS

       OO
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   5   CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDING IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS
       2(C) OR 2(E)    [ ]

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   6   CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   NUMBER OF      7    SOLE VOTING POWER
     SHARES             1,033,620
  BENEFICIALLY    --------------------------------------------------------------
    OWNED BY      8    SHARED VOTING POWER
      EACH             11,760,866
   REPORTING      --------------------------------------------------------------
     PERSON       9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
      WITH              1,033,620
                  --------------------------------------------------------------
                  10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                       11,760,866
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

       12,794,486
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

       20.1%
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

       HC, IN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT


<PAGE>
                                             Page 7 of 11 Pages

Item 1.   Security and Issuer

          (a)  Name of Issuer:
               Manor Care, Inc.

          (b)  Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
               11555 Darnestown Road
               Gaithersburg, MD 20878

          (c)  Title and Class of Securities:
               Common Stock

Item 2.   Identity and Background

          (a)  Name:
               Baron Capital Group, Inc. (?BCG?)
               BAMCO, Inc. (?BAMCO?)
               Baron Capital Management, Inc. (?BCM?)
               Baron Asset Fund (?BAF?)
               Ronald Baron

          (b)  Business Address:
               767 Fifth Avenue
               24th Floor
               New York, NY 10153

          (c)  Present Principal Business or Employment:
               No material change.

          (d)  Record of Convictions:				
               No material change.

          (e)  Record of Civil Proceedings:
               No material change.

          (f)  Citizenship:
               No material change.

Item 3.    Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
           BAMCO directed the purchase of 10,455,00 shares of the issuer
           for its investment advisory clients for an aggregate purchase
           price of $295,277,429. Of those shares, 9,730,000 were 
           purchased for the account of BAF, for a total purchase price of
           $277,247,982. BCM directed the purchase of 1,305,866 shares of
           the issuer for its investment advisory clients for an aggregate
           purchase price of $18,118,237 and 880,000 shares for two
           investment partnerships for an aggregate purchase price of
           $20,950,300. All of the shares were paid for by cash assets
           in the respective clients? accounts and by margin borrowings
           for the account of one BCM client pursuant to standard margin
           agreements with Spear, Leeds & Kellogg. 

  Item 4.  Purpose of Transaction
           No material change.

<PAGE>
                                               Page 8 of 11 Pages
        
  Item 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer
           (a) Amount and percentage beneficially owned:
               BCG:            12,640,866        19.8%*
               BAMCO:          10,455,000        16.4%*
               BCM:             2,185,866         3.4%*
               BAF:             9,730,000        15.3%
               Ronald Baron:   12,794,486        20.1%*
                *Disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares

           (b) Number of shares as to which such person has:
               (i)   sole power to vote or direct the vote:
                     BCG*:              880,000
                     BAMCO*:                  0
                     BCM*:              880,000
                     BAF:                     0
                     Ronald Baron*:   1,033,620
               (ii)  shared power to vote or direct the vote:
                     BCG*:           11,760,866
                     BAMCO*:         10,455,000
                     BCM*:            1,305,866
                     BAF:             9,730,000
                     Ronald Baron*:  11,760,866
              (iii)  sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition:
                     BCG*:              880,000
                     BAMCO*:                  0
                     BCM*:              880,000
                     BAF:                     0
                     Ronald Baron*:   1,033,620
               (iv)  shared power to dispose or direct the disposition:
                     BCG*:           11,760,866
                     BAMCO*:         10,455,000
                     BCM*:            1,305,866
                     BAF:             9,730,000
                     Ronald Baron*:  11,760,866

               *Reporting Persons may be deemed to share power to vote and
                dispose of shares referred to herein as a result of control
                relationships (BCG and Ronald Baron with respect to all of
                the shares; BAMCO with respect to the BAF shares) and
                pursuant to investment advisory relationships with 
                advisory clients and they disclaim beneficial ownership for 
                these shares. The shares reported above for
                sole power are attributable to investment partnerships
                for which BCM and Ronald Baron serve as general partners.

           (c) A schedule of transactions effected in the past twenty-eight
               days is attached hereto.


<PAGE>
                                              Page 9 of 11 Pages


           (d) Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person:

               The investment advisory clients have the right to receive the
               dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of the securities
               in their respective accounts. To the best of Reporting Persons?
               knowledge, other than the shares reported herein, no person has
               such interest relating to more than 5% of the outstanding class
               of securities.

           (e) Ownership of Less than Five Percent:
               Not applicable.

Item 6.   Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with
          Respect to Securities of the Issuer

          By virtue of their investment advisory agreements with their
          clients, BCM and BAMCO have been given the discretion to dispose
          or direct the disposition of the securities in the advisory 
          accounts.  All such agreements are, however, revocable. The 
          advisory agreements for the Baron Funds have been approved by their
          Board of Trustees.  The agreements of the Baron Funds are filed as
          exhibit 99 to Form N1-A for Baron Asset Fund and are incorporated
          by reference herein. All the advisory agreements are pursuant
          to a standard form.

Item 7.   Material to be Filed as Exhibits

          Exhibit 99 - 28 days of trading.

 Signature

       After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
  certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete
  and correct.

  Date:     February 24, 1998

 Baron Capital Group, Inc., BAMCO, Inc.,
                             Baron Capital Management, Inc.
                             and Baron Asset Fund
                             By: 


                                /s/ Ronald Baron
                                _______________________________________
                                    Ronald Baron, President

                                Ronald Baron, Individually
                                By:

                                /s/ Ronald Baron
                                _______________________________________
                                    Ronald Baron



                                      Page 11 of 11 Pages

      Acct			       Exec.
Date	      ID	Trans	  Qty	       Price
- --------	----	-----	---------	-------
01-26-98	baf	buy	  10,200	33.8830
01-26-98	baf	buy	 113,100	33.8750
01-27-98	baf 	buy	  43,400	34.0000
01-27-98	baf	buy	   5,000	33.9638
01-28-98	baf	buy	  45,000	34.0000
01-28-98	baf	buy	  20,000	33.8441
01-29-98	baf	buy	  20,000	34.4844
01-30-98	baf 	buy	  30,000	34.4558
02-02-98	baf	buy	  10,000	33.9513
02-03-98	baf	buy	  37,900	35.7398
02-04-98	baf	buy	  30,000	36.4444
02-05-98	baf 	buy	  42,500	36.3309
02-06-98	baf	buy	  49,600	36.8251
02-09-98	baf	buy	  27,500	36.3182
02-12-98	baf	buy	   2,500	37.0000
02-12-98	baf	buy	   6,700	36.9049
02-12-98	baf	buy	  30,000	36.8750
02-13-98	baf	buy	  13,300	36.7317
02-13-98	baf	buy	  15,000	36.8750
02-13-98	baf	buy	   5,000	36.7500
02-17-98	bcm	sell	   1,400	36.8125
02-18-98	baf	buy	 150,000	37.0625
02-19-98	baf	buy	  20,000	36.9209
02-19-98	baf	buy	  20,000	36.8125
02-19-98	bcm	sell	   1,300	36.7500
02-20-98	baf	buy	  50,000	37.0000
02-20-98	bcm	sell	     200	36.9476
02-20-98	bcm	sell	   3,500	36.9476


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