Mass Senior Care is reminding nursing facilities that any nursing home that advertises or holds itself out as providing specialized services and programming for dementia special care units must: meet the requirements for dementia special care units at 105 CMR 150.022 through 150.029 and complete a disclosure statement that is available to the public and filed annually on March 1 with the Department of Public Health, regardless of whether the information previously reported in the form has changed. The DPH released Dementia Special Care Unit Disclosure Statement – Updated Instructions on August 21, 2015 to assist nursing facilities with submission of the required disclosure.