Updating the disaster preparedness plan may not be the first order of business that comes to mind when contemplating an affiliation with another organization. But it’s an issue Sioux Falls, SD-based Sanford Health had to confront when Hurricane Dorian recently threatened Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society communities in Florida.
Brentwood, TN-based Brookdale Senior Living tops the 2019 ASHA 50 list of largest U.S. senior housing operators, and Toledo, OH-based real estate investment trust Welltower tops this year’s ASHA 50 list of largest owners.
As much of the country prepared for a long Labor Day weekend, senior living operators in Florida and nearby states were preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Dorian.
Sioux Falls, SD-based Sanford Health, which finalized its affiliation with the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society earlier this year, now has signed a letter of intent to explore merging with Des Moines, IA-based Unity Health, the organizations announced Friday.
The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society and Sanford Health have officially combined, the Sioux Falls, SD-based organizations announced Wednesday.
The annual LeadingAge Ziegler list of the largest not-for-profit senior living providers grew by 50 organizations and saw some changes at the top for 2018.
Brookdale Senior Living once again tops the American Seniors Housing Association’s lists of largest senior living owners and operators, which were released Wednesday.
The leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society and Sanford Health are planning to combine their organizations on Nov. 1, earlier than previously expected, now that the affiliation has cleared regulatory hurdles without objection, they announced Friday.
The merger of one of the country’s largest senior living and care organizations with one of the country’s largest healthcare systems will have a “ripple effect” throughout the sector, according to one industry expert.
Assisted living and post-acute care providers “will play a key role in the healthcare system over the next several decades,” HHS Secretary Alex M. Azar II said Tuesday. Both industries, however, have “a great deal of room for progress” in four areas, he said.
