SAINT CHARLES, Missouri—Approved Senior Network (ASN) announced the expansion of Care Across America, a national online resource helping older adults, family caregivers and senior care professionals explore care options and find support close to home. Available at CareAcrossAmerica.info, the platform combines a searchable provider directory with interviews, educational articles, care cost information and state-specific resources.

ARLINGTON, Virginia—Ennoble Care, a home-based primary, palliative and hospice care provider, announced its expansion into five new communities in Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio and Texas to deliver more care for medically frail and homebound patients.

FORT MYERS, Florida—Merits Health Products announced the grand opening of The Hangar, its new manufacturing and operations facility in Fort Myers, Florida, on Oct. 22. The opening marks the official transition of Pilot Navigator Curved Stairlift production from Asia to the United States.

SAN FRANCISCO—Ferry Health launched out of stealth with an AI personal assistant that handles healthcare tasks for patients, starting with finding a medical provider and getting an appointment. The company said it has raised $9 million in seed funding from a variety of donors, including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Index Ventures, Avid Ventures, Layout Ventures, SV Angel, Box Group and Asymmetric Capital.

DARDANELLE, Arkansas—Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Secretary of the Department of Human Services (DHS) Janet Mann announced a framework to assist families on the Community and Employment Support (CES) Waiver waitlist. DHS said it will begin work on providing supportive living services to families currently on the CES waitlist, all of whom are automatically enrolled in the Provider-Led Arkansas Shared Savings Entity (PASSE).

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee—LivTech, a provider of comprehensive healthcare tech solutions specifically designed for long-term post-acute care, has appointed three new executives to its in-home division to lead commercial operations and scale point-of-care solutions.

Brad Savon, chief technology officer, in-home division

CINCINNATI—Home Helpers Home Care, a provider of in-home care services, has promoted Bobby Kelley to chief development officer. 

Kelley, a member of the company’s franchise development team for more than 20 years, will join the organization’s executive leadership team and lead the franchise development sales team. 

WASHINGTON—LeadingAge, the association of nonprofit and mission-driven providers of aging services, announced that president and CEO Katie Smith Sloan will step down, effective March 31, 2027.

NEW YORK—PHI National's authoritative annual report, "Direct Care Workers in the United States: Key Facts 2026," shows direct care jobs themselves are still paying a median of $17.99 per hour—with annual earnings leaving nearly half of the workforce reliant on public assistance to make ends meet.  

IRVING, Texas—LifeCare Home Health & Hospice Family has launched a new corporate website designed to make it easier for patients, families, referral partners and healthcare professionals to understand LifeCare's growing family of companies and connect with home health, hospice and in-home care services in their communities.