title: Congregations opening facilities to the public.
abstract: Roman Catholic congregations are seeking innovative, cost-effective ways to address the growing long-term-care retirement needs of their sisters. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in St. Louis have adopted one popular strategy--opening the congregation's retirement and nursing facilities to the private-paying public, which will allow the group to lower its retirement costs and offer a broader range of services.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Greene
mesh_terms: D002410:Catholicism; D005260:Female; D016852:Housing for the Elderly / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D012179:Retirement; D014481:United States; D014930:Women