Congregations opening facilities to the public.
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.
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