Press Releases

• Elder Care Alliance Communities Among Best Again by U.S. News & World Report 

  

  Two Elder Care Alliance communities are recognized again this year, and a third joins them among the top in senior living. We are excited to announce AlmaVia of Camarillo and AlmaVia of San Francisco have earned the honor for a second consecutive year, and Mercy Retirement & Care Center joins them in being named best by……

  April 17, 2024
• Elder Care Alliance and Transforming Age Join Forces to Enhance Senior Living Services

  

  August 7, 2023 – Seattle, Wash. – Today, Transforming Age and Elder Care Alliance (ECA) are excited to announce that they are affiliating, and ECA is joining the Transforming Age network in a strategic move that brings together the two nonprofit organizations to enhance their shared commitment to enrich the lives of older adults. By……

  August 7, 2023
• U.S. News & World Report Names Two Elder Care Alliance Communities Among Best for 2023-2024

  

  Elder Care Alliance has two communities recognized among the best by U.S. News & World Report in the 2023-2024 Best Senior Living Ratings. AlmaVia of Camarillo was named Best Assisted Living and Best Memory Care. AlmaVia of San Francisco was named Best Assisted Living.  The ratings offer a look at the best senior living communities……

  May 8, 2023
• Mercy Care Center Receives Five-Star Rating

  

  Mercy Retirement & Care Center is proud to announce that our Care Center has been recognized by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) as a Five-Star Overall Rated facility. Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) are rated from one to five stars based on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Mercy Care Center If you……

  November 10, 2022
• Celebrating 150 Years of Care and 40 Years of Seniors Helping Seniors

  

  Mercy Retirement and Care Center celebrated 150 years of senior care in the San Francisco Bay Area and 40 years of seniors helping seniors and the Mercy Brown Bag Program during a virtual Heart of Mercy celebration on October 13, 2022. This event kicked off our Year of Celebration, honoring our donors and our Heart……

  September 19, 2022
• Moving Mercy Forward For The Next Generation

  

  We’ve been hard at work moving Mercy forward. Ground broke on our $36.2 million revitalization project in 2018 at Mercy Retirement & Care Center and will be completed in Spring 2022. The Moving Mercy Forward Revitalization Project is focused on accessibility, sustainability and quality of life for our current and future residents. Enhancing Quality of……

  March 16, 2022
• Mercy Brown Bag Director Wins Jefferson Award

  

  The two words “thank you” are not enough to express the gratitude thousands of East Bay seniors and we at Elder Care Alliance have for the Mercy Brown Bag Program and its director, Krista Lucchesi. Lucchesi and Brown Bag provides more than a million pounds of groceries to low-income older adults across Alameda County. Since……

  October 27, 2021
• Making Green Strides at AlmaVia of Camarillo

  

  As we celebrate Earth Day, we are reminded sustainability is central to our mission at Elder Care Alliance.  A mission devoted to making smart changes that will help us adapt to and be good stewards of the environment so we can serve our communities in a greater capacity now and for generations to come. Living……

  April 22, 2021
• Whitney LaBrie named CALA 2020 Outstanding Department Director

  

  Congratulations to AlmaVia of Camarillo Sales and Marketing Director, Whitney LaBrie, for being named Outstanding Department Director by the California Assisted Living Association (CALA). Outstanding is an understatement when describing Whitney. Her job title may be “Sales and Marketing Director,” but you’ll find her working beyond her job description. Hairdresser, maintenance worker are just a……

  December 16, 2020
• UC Berkeley Honors Students Lead PPE Gown Project for Elder Care Alliance

  

  As the Fall 2019 semester began, a team of UC Berkeley Fung Fellowship students started the quest to employ human-centered design to address the pain point of getting dressed as an older adult with mobility challenges. The four students, dubbed “Team Adapt,” worked within Elder Care Alliance and several of their communities doing research and……

  August 7, 2020