ACTS Retirement-Life Communities is proud to be a sponsor of AAHSA's CAST organization. ACTS is a not-for-profit faith-base corporation which also is our nation's largest builder/owner/manager of CCRCs with 17 communities in four states, 7,500 residents and 5,500 employees. All 17 ACTS communities are accredited representing the largest number of accredited communities under one corporation in the United States.

Honeywell products touch the lives of most people everyday, whether you're flying on a plane, driving a car, heating or cooling a home, furnishing an apartment, taking medication or playing a sport. The company is developing a product that transforms the home into an intelligent, supportive environment and makes this technology accessible for older Americans and those who care for them.

Johnson & Johnson is the world's most comprehensive and broadly based manufacturer of health care products, as well as a provider of related services, for the consumer, pharmaceutical, and medical devices and diagnostics markets. The more than 230 Johnson & Johnson operating companies employ approximately 115,700 men and women in 57 countries and sell products throughout the world.

The QuietCare® system was created by Living Independently, a next generation health and elder care company dedicated to helping seniors live with greater safety in any setting in which they choose to live. The QuietCare® system is used by senior housing staff, home care agencies, and family caregivers. Using unobtrusive and non-invasive motion sensors, it collects information about seniors’ vital behaviors and automatically "learns" the personalized norms for each senior. Through alerts and warnings, the system can enable professional and family caregivers to recognize potential problems and intervene before they become emergencies. QuietCare® is the only commercially available system that uses a "smart" vital behavioral indicator system for seniors.

The Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative (PMHI) is a research and education program dedicated to understanding and enhancing the patient-physician relationship. PMHI works to foster a balance between humane care and scientific expertise in the health care field and promotes compassion, understanding, and partnership as core values in health care.

SCAN Health Plan is a Medicare Advantage coordinated care plan serving more than 90,000 Medicare Beneficiaries in Southern California.  SCAN's principal focus is to provide a comprehensive series of medical and social benefits that facilitate our members remaining healthy and independent.  Nearly 30% of SCAN members have a combination of ADL and IADL impairments that meet the state's definition of Nursing Home Certifiable, yet less than 3% of this population generally reside in an institution.

Asbury Services, Inc. is one of the nation's largest not-for-profit retirement systems, consisting of retirement communities that align to share best practices and set new standards in order to provide exceptional services for seniors.

Founded in 1920, Beth Abraham Family of Health Services is a not-for-profit, continuing care organization established to care for poor, chronically ill and disabled adults of varying ages and backgrounds. In the forefront of continuing health care, Beth Abraham is an early adopter of some of the leading technology solutions in the long term care arena. Its services include four residential skilled nursing facilities, adult day health care, home care and AIDS home care and independent housing facilities for the elderly and disabled. Beth Abraham sponsors the nation's largest Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) through Comprehensive Care Management (CCM). Its world-renowned Institute for Music and Neurologic Function is dedicated to advancing scientific inquiry on music and the brain and to developing clinical treatments to benefit people of all ages. Beth Abraham serves nearly 5,000 people daily.

C. C. Young is a not-for-profit, faith-based continuing care retirement community serving over 750 residents and clients in Dallas, Texas.  We envision a community and society where all of life including the aging decades is a valued and integral part of the human experience of life-long development where each individual can find ample opportunities to make manifest natural creativity no matter the limitations. CAST plays an important role in this vision for we see applied technology as one of the tools essential to accessibility.

Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries is a health care and social services organization that annually serves more than 70,000 persons in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware. In addition to a wide range of adoption, foster care, counseling, and other supportive services for children, youths, and families, Diakon operates more than a dozen senior living communities, including Continuing Care Retirement Communities, assisted living residences, nursing and rehabilitative care centers, adult day services, and rental-assistance housing. With its name derived from a Greek term meaning one assigned by the church to minister to the needs of others, Diakon dates to 1868.

Ecumen is Minnesota's largest non-profit provider of housing and services for older adults. Our promise is to create "Home" for older adults wherever they choose to live.

The name Ecumen comes from the word Ecumenical, which in turn is derived from the root Greek word for house or home: "Oikos."

Eskaton is an independent nonprofit corporation which began in 1968 and serves seniors through more than 25 senior residences ranging from affordable housing to independent, assisted living and skilled care settings. Eskaton provides an array of community services and programs in northern California including home health care, adult day services, care management, moving coordination, information and referral, and telephone reassurance services. Additional settings are under construction or in the planning stages. Eskaton was drawn from the Greek language and interpreted to mean the "beginning of a new age". Eskaton's primary mission is to enhance the quality of life of seniors through innovative health, housing and social services.

Front Porch is a support system for a family of non-profit communities that meet the needs of individuals and families through retirement and affordable housing communities, skilled nursing centers, and related senior and human services. We view the pursuit of happiness and human dignity as central to the fabric of our communities. We create community by believing in the individual.

Front Porch consists of 11 full-service retirement communities that serve 3,000 people in California, and two independent living communities converted from military housing, serving 340 seniors in Louisiana and Florida. In addition, we also serve more than 3,800 individuals and families representing diverse populations through 32 affordable housing communities in California and Arizona through our CARING Housing Ministries division. Each Front Porch community has its own flavor, personality, history and setting. This diversity is an important part of understanding who we are: a community of communities.

Lutheran Life Communities is a faith-based, not-for-profit organization dedicated to compassionate response to long and short term residential and healthcare needs, providing faithful services to older adults and their families. For more information about Lutheran Life Communities and available services, please visit www.lutheranlifecommunities.org.

Metropolitan Jewish Health System (MJHS), is a leader in the field of integrated health care. MJHS' programs, including home care, hospice, subacute and long-term care, insurance and senior housing, service nearly 20,000 individuals and their families in the New York-metropolitan area.

Rest Haven Christian Services is a multi-campus, Midwest based nonprofit Christian organization serving the entire continuum of aging services. For over 90 years, Rest Haven has been committed to promoting independence and providing services to those entrusted to their care.

Founded in 1936 with the mission of assisting refugees from Nazi persecution, Selfhelp now provides extensive community-based programs and services at 23 sites across four boroughs of New York and Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Selfhelp's services are available to the elderly, homebound, and families in crisis, regardless of race, national origin, or religious affiliation. Selfhelp is the largest provider of services to Nazi victims in North America. Our extensive network of services provides critically needed support to approximately 20,000 primarily elderly New Yorkers and their families through individual case management, court-appointed guardianship, counseling, Alzheimer's social day care programs, financial management programs, meals-on-wheels, senior centers, home care, housekeeping, and emergency assistance services. Selfhelp is also the owner and operator of senior housing and the provider of supportive services to Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities in New York.

American Baptist of the West (ABHOW) runs affordable housing communities and retirement communities in several western states. ABHOW opened its first community in 1949 in Los Altos, Calif., that pioneered offering multiple levels of living and health care. Through industry leadership in the 1950s and 1960s, ABHOW helped establish the "continuing care retirement community" as an attractive lifestyle option for American seniors. Today, ABHOW continues to pioneer innovations in assisted living, memory support, and wellness throughout its 30 communities, located in four Western states. To meet the demands of a changing market, ABHOW is offering larger floor plans, restaurant dining, and flexible contracts. Our commitment to excellence has earned the respect of our profession. But our true aim is to earn our customers' trust. For that, we work hard every day. American Baptist Homes of the West, as an expression of Christian mission, seeks to enhance the independence, well-being and security of older people through the provision of housing, health care and supportive services.