Funny how one thing leads to another. When Brandon Mason joined City High, he was into sports (baseball, basketball, football… even rowing), which led him to consider going into sports training or physical therapy as a career. His City High … Read Full Article

Laurie Cannella started as vice president of clinical excellence at Vincentian, a Catholic nonprofit health care organization with a focus on senior care, in January 2020, just before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. In February 2022, she added the … Read Full Article

Leaders of the Pennsylvania departments of Health and Military and Veterans Affairs, along with the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, announced four long-term care regional support sites to relieve pressure on hospitals and skilled nursing facilities due to a high number … Read Full Article

The state is sending strike teams to four long-term care regional support sites to help relieve the strain of COVID-19 on hospitals and frontline workers. Vincentian Home in McCandless will house one of the support sites, the Wolf administration announced … Read Full Article

Vincentian Home in McCandless is among four skilled care facilities in the state that will be getting temporary help to expand the number of beds, relieving hospitals that have been crowded with COVID-19 patients. Vincentian, which has a 180-bed skilled … Read Full Article

When Pennsylvania officials searched western Pennsylvania for facilities that could provide skilled-nursing beds to relieve the stress on acute-care hospitals that are backed up with patients needing discharge, Vincentian was happy to answer the call. Vincentian Home, a skilled nursing … Read Full Article

Dean Owrey to lead Vincentian as next CEO Vincentian announced today the appointment of Dean Owrey as the organization’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Owrey’s appointment follows an extensive internal and external search and became effective November 1, 2021. Owrey … Read Full Article

Vincentian Vice President of Clinical Excellence Laurie Cannella is sending out a big CONGRATULATIONS to Vincentian caregivers across the organization. The 2021 annual survey results are in, and Vincentian shined again. Highlights include FIVE STARS at Vincentian Home and Vincentian … Read Full Article

While a major nationwide nursing home owner with operations in western Pennsylvania is requiring employees to get Covid-19 vaccinations, a number of others in the industry are not following suit yet. Genesis HealthCare announced last week it would institute a … Read Full Article

It takes a special kind of empathy for a health care worker to coordinate the inner machinations of an entire system while also providing award-winning individual care. That’s Josy Dusabe for you, Vincentian Collaborative System’s tireless 34-year-old director of clinical … Read Full Article

A frontline nurse is sharing her surprise and joy after being told she won a McKnight’s Women of Distinction Rising Star Award, one of only 17 in the country. But Josy Dusabe said she would instead nominate every member of … Read Full Article

Monday brought a tremendous sense of relief to those who have loved ones in long-term senior care facilities. Family members say this is essential, as the senior population continues to be impacted daily by the COVID-19 pandemic. “To prevent disease, … Read Full Article

Vincentian Home Medical Director Dr. Christopher Koman was one of the first to get the shot on Monday morning. “You felt a slight pinch from a needle and that was it,” said Dr. Koman. A slight pinch in just a … Read Full Article

Preschoolers from the Vincentian Child Development Center dressed up in their favorite characters to help lift the spirits of residents at Terrace Place at Vincentian on Tuesday with a Halloween parade. The kids circled the grounds of the independent living … Read Full Article

Officers from Allegheny County Police Department, Pittsburgh Police Department and Green Tree Boro Police Department surprised the workers at the Vincentian Marian Manor personal care home in Green Tree. Even state police joined in. KDKA’s Lindsay Ward was there while … Read Full Article

“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I am always looking for ways to grow and put myself out there, and I thought this program would do just that, she said. The Shaler resident shares her Vincentian apartment with fellow student Natasha Ngwande. … Read Full Article

Vincentian Home, a short- and long-term retirement community, has repurposed a wing of its McCandless facility to treat recovering COVID-19 patients. The home, which has not yet reported a positive case of the virus, is calling the wing the COVID-19 … Read Full Article

McCandless, Pa. — The Vincentian Home, a retirement community in McCandless, is working to keep its residents and staff safe amid the coronavirus pandemic. It is also working to help those who have tested positive to get back on their … Read Full Article

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It is a rarity to make it to 100 years old. Lysette Kamzelski is the Administrator at the Vincentian Personal Care Home in the North Hills. She and her staff worked to help Eleanor Orlowski’s family celebrate … Read Full Article

When his friends at La Roche University pressed Ricardo Serrano Perez about his new living arrangements, they wondered what kind of deal he made to get free room and board. Would he have to lift or bathe people? Might it … Read Full Article

Ricardo Serrano-Perez is a senior at La Roche University in McCandless. He’s working toward an accounting degree while holding down a part-time job at a restaurant, all the while making time to hang out with his buddies in his building … Read Full Article

Vincentian Collaborative System, a not-for-profit healthcare and human services organization, has named Dean Owrey chief financial officer. Owrey has more than 30 years’ experience in financial leadership in Western Pennsylvania. He most recently served as vice president and chief financial … Read Full Article

Vincentian Collaborative System has named UPMC exec Dean Owrey as its CFO. Owrey had been the VP and CFO of UPMC Enterprises and UPMC Corporate Services, overseeing a $700 million budget. He has also worked at Ernst & Young. He’ll … Read Full Article

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and its readers have rightfully paid significant attention to Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposal to raise the minimum wage in Pennsylvania, an effort that I and my organization, Vincentian, wholeheartedly support (Dec. 8 editorial, “Reasonable and Humane” and … Read Full Article

Vincentian Collaborative System has been granted a full license to operate Schenley Gardens from the state Department of Human Services. The McCandless-based nonprofit elder care operator announced its new licensing for the Oakland facility today after it bought the 164-unit … Read Full Article

Elsie Henderson spent decades cooking for American royalty. She’s still dishing about her culinary journey. Henderson, who is 106 years old, was hired by several prominent Pittsburgh families, including the Heinzes and Mellons. Her most notable position was as the … Read Full Article

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Long-term care residents at a Pittsburgh nursing home got a special visit from two therapy mini-horses making a big impact: Jiminy Cricket and Tashi. The miniature horses from The Lovebug Therapeutic Horses, LLC made a visit to … Read Full Article

One of the region’s largest health care nonprofits is making a commitment to raise the wages of its direct-care employees to $15 an hour over the next 18 months. Vincentian Collaborative System will spend $3.8 million a year to raise … Read Full Article

La Roche University and Vincentian Collaborative System have partnered to offer Western Pennsylvania’s first intergenerational residency for college students and seniors. The Students in Residence program offers a unique opportunity for students to live and volunteer with seniors at Terrace … Read Full Article

Vincentian Collaborative System is offering free room and board to six students in a one-year intergenerational residency through LaRoche University, trading no-cost accommodations for their tech savvy skills. LaRoche president Sister Candice Introcaso says the program is part of the … Read Full Article

County Executive Rich Fitzgerald recently joined with community leaders and representatives of Vincentian Collaborative System for a ceremonial ribbon cutting at Terrace Place at Vincentian, a 91-unit, 55-plus community deploying groundbreaking smart technology powered by Amazon Alexa and K4Community. Located … Read Full Article

Vincentian to acquire senior care facility Schenley Gardens Vincentian, which operates multiple senior care facilities around the Pittsburgh region, announced Wednesday it will acquire Schenley Gardens, an assisted living community on Bigelow Boulevard in Oakland. Vincentian will spend more than … Read Full Article

Vincentian has acquired Schenley Gardens Senior Living Community, which has 164 units in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood. In the next year, Vincentian intends to invest more than $1 million in capital improvements, while providing professional development, training and career advancement opportunities … Read Full Article

Vincentian Collaborative System, the McCandless-based nonprofit elder care operator, has bought the 164-unit Schenley Gardens, taking over the Oakland complex from the publicly traded real estate investment trust that faced losing its license to operate it. Nick Vizzoca, president and … Read Full Article

It’s described as a next-generation “I Love Lucy” meets “The Jetsons” — a senior living facility with smart lighting and heat and other futuristic bells and whistles. Terrace Place at Vincentian in McCandless officially welcomed residents after its ribbon-cutting ceremony … Read Full Article

David Morehouse, president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Penguins, outlined his vision for the former Civic Arena site on June 6 at the VisionPittsburgh event hosted by the Pittsburgh Business Times at the Duquesne Club. To see who attended the … Read Full Article

Several local non-profit organizations are gathering Thursday morning at a senior community in McCandless to plant a mini “food forest” of fruit trees. “Fruit trees are magic. They feed us, provide clean air to breath and bring us together,” said … Read Full Article

The Pittsburgh Steelers Footballers Basketball team will take on the LLS Stompers in a basketball game fundraiser April 26 at La Roche University in McCandless to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia Chapter. The … Read Full Article

Sitting in her wheelchair in the library of the Vincentian Home in McCandless, 87-year-old Lois Wolff listened intently to music through the headphones placed over her ears for the first time. The nursing home resident’s palm contained an iPod Shuffle, … Read Full Article

While construction of new single-family homes and townhouses in McCandless isn’t expected to stop anytime soon, many of the developments currently in the pipeline are aimed at people of a different demographic — senior citizens. Three major multil-unit developments are … Read Full Article

Vincentian Collaborative System, a CMS five-star rated non-profit health care and human services organization with ministries across Allegheny County, and K4Connect, a mission-centered technology company that creates solutions that serve and empower older adults and individuals living with disabilities, today … Read Full Article