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LANCASTER COUNTY COMMUNITIES TEAM UP TO AD
John Sauder, President, Tandem Living and Dale Weaver, CEO of Calvary Homes, Lancaster
John Sauder, president of Tandem Living, and Dale
Weaver, CEO of Calvary Homes, faced the same problem at
their Manheim Township, Lancaster County, continuing-
care retirement communities (CCRC): a chronic lack of
Medicaid funding support from the state government.
So, they decided to work together.
In August 2024, Calvary
Homes, a Christian
nonprofit, became part
of Tandem Living. Also a
Christian organization,
Tandem Living was
founded in 1903 as the
Mennonite Home. Its
facilities now include
Woodcrest Villa, Trillium
Place and Calvary Homes.
nursing and personal care services
at Trillium Place. It was nothing less
than a tremendous achievement.
Together, the two leaders
identified $3 million in savings
by combining skilled
Sadly, Pennsylvania’s broken
Medicaid funding system for nursing
homes doesn’t allow $3 million to
go very far. In fact, it really isn’t a
system. Providers are at the mercy
of annual state budgets. In the last
decade, those budgets have seen
only modest increases for Medicaid.
Tandem Living is facing a $7 million
annual deficit without even an
increase to address inflationary costs.
“No on
prioritizing
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JOHN SAUDER
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