Good Samaritan explores merger in era of ‘unprecedented change’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 23, 2018
One of the country’s largest senior living operators may be on the verge of getting even bigger in an effort to meet the challenges of an era of “unprecedented change” in healthcare.
Wandering tech
By
John Hall
Aug 01, 2016
New breakthroughs could make elopement risk a thing of the past.
Hurricane preparedness new experience for Sanford Health after Good Sam affiliation
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 09, 2019
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...
Assisted living, post-acute providers have ‘room for progress’ in four key areas, HHS secretary...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 06, 2018
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,...
Southeast operators prepare for Hurricane Dorian
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 30, 2019
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.
Leaders pushing for greater tech role
By
John O'Connor
Apr 01, 2015
Members of the National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) recently joined federal agency leaders and industry experts to push for the adoption of health information technology by senior living operators.
National Senior Campuses retains top spot on 2021 LeadingAge Ziegler 200 list
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 25, 2021
Wellesley Hills, MA-based National Senior Campuses has retained the top spot on the LeadingAge Ziegler 200 list of largest not-for-profit multi-site senior living and care providers for the sixth straight...
‘Game-changing’: Senior living giant Good Sam joins growing list of providers mandating COVID-19...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 26, 2021
The Sioux Falls, SD-based Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society is the latest senior living and care organization — and one of the largest yet — to mandate COVID-19 vaccination as a condition...
LeadingAge Ziegler 150 has new #1 for 2015
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 04, 2015
A new system tops the LZ 150 list of the country’s largest not-for-profit multi-site senior living organizations for the first time in the list’s history.
AHCA/NCAL gives first Not for Profit Trustee of the Year award
Oct 06, 2015
Neil Gulsvig, immediate past chairman of the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society Board of Directors, has received the inaugural Not for Profit Trustee of the Year award from the Not for Profit...