| Duquesne conference views aging through Catholic lens |
The coming age boom has implications for every sector of American society. Families, employers, government, consumer goods makers, the housing industry and health care providers alike will feel the full force of demographic change as baby boomers gain senior status and then enter advanced old age. |
| St. John's Mercy puts developmentally disabled employees on career track |
| It's not unusual for college-age kids to accept summer jobs or internships at a company in the hope of gaining enough experience and goodwill to land a long-term position at the same firm. |
| Ministry systems aim to maximize impact of grant dollars |
| With limited resources and tight margins the norm in Catholic health care, providers strive to make sure that they allocate funds in the most strategic way possible. |
| New CHA resource compares ministry principles to reform law |
| CHA has a new resource for comparing the ministry's "Our Vision for U.S. Health Care" to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that became law in March. |
| Proceeds from hospital sale launch entrepreneurs, boost community |
| Last summer, a vacant Pittsburgh lot once known as a site for drug transactions buzzed with the type of legal commerce that breathes life into a struggling neighborhood. |
| Saint Joseph opens replacement hospital in London, Kentucky |
| Saint Joseph Health System of Lexington, Ky., opened a $152 million campus in London, Ky., this summer that replaced its Saint Joseph – London hospital. |
| Ascension Health hospitals in Milwaukee, Murfreesboro move to new facilities |
| Two hospitals within the St. Louis-based Ascension Health system completed large-scale campus construction projects in October. |
| Guyana's St. Joseph Mercy continues its rebound after devastating fire |
| More than five months after a fire destroyed part of the campus of St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Georgetown, Guyana, the facility is continuing to restore services and is making plans to rebuild. |
| St. John's Mercy receives gift for NICU |
| Emerson, an international technology company based here, has donated $2.5 million to the newly expanded neonatal intensive care unit at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, part of the Sisters of Mercy Health System of Chesterfield, Mo. |
| Women religious continue service in retirement and infirmity |
| Elderly women religious may fear that a move to a retirement or long-term care facility will mean the end of their ministries. |
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