Ascension Living has named a seasoned health care and senior housing and care industry veteran to its top leadership role. The St. Louis-based senior living operator, which is part of non-profit Catholic health system Ascension, on Tuesday announced Christopher Caserta has taken the reins as CEO. By taking the CEO role, Caserta is assuming a […]
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Former Ascension Living President Danny Stricker launched Chapters Living last August, and in the time since, he has been putting the pieces together on a long-term strategy. Stricker, the co-founder and president of the St. Louis-based senior living operator backed by Green Street Real Estate Ventures, is poised to close the acquisition of a seven-community […]
Amazon Care and St. Louis-based health system Ascension are helping to launch a new home-based care policy alliance with at least five other health care and home-based care companies. The alliance, called Moving Health Home, has a stated goal of “working to change federal and state policy to enable the home to be a clinical […]
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“Last year, we thought that the 2020s would be a transformative decade — what an understatement. 2021 will set forth a new era in health care and senior living at large as a result of the pandemic.” These are the words of Ascension Living President Danny Stricker, but numerous other top executives in the industry […]
Ascension Living knows the value of health care services in senior living. The organization, the senior care subsidiary of St. Louis-based health system Ascension, has leaned on its parent organization for help sourcing crucial resources and broadening telehealth access for its residents during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ascension Living is also evaluating its communities for new […]
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed many senior living providers to think about new ways to include health care partners in their operations. For Ascension Living — the senior care subsidiary of St. Louis-based health system Ascension — having the backing of a large health care player has been an advantage. When the Covid-19 hit earlier […]
Covid-19 has changed the state of play, but that doesn’t mean other long-term forces have stopped shaping the senior living industry. In addition to a deadly pandemic, senior living providers must also contend with the evolving preferences of the baby boomers, along with the lingering effects of recent supply-demand imbalances in markets across the country […]
Though the year is new, the top issues worrying the industry’s leaders are not — particularly the workforce crisis. Staffing is still top-of-mind for executives at companies such as Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD), National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) and Senior Star. Labor expenses are climbing for many senior living companies across the U.S., and […]
One of the largest senior living providers in the nation is making a push to also have the most innovative assisted living care model. Hickory, North Carolina-based Affinity Living Group hired Dr. Kevin O’Neil as its chief medical officer (CMO) about eighteen months ago. O’Neil is no stranger to the senior living world. He served […]