Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani acted as exclusive legal counsel to WRC Senior Services and its Board of Directors, a non-profit providing senior living and acute care services to aging adults with respect to its signing of a definitive agreement to integrate into the Penn Highlands Healthcare system. The Gordon & Rees team was led by Chicago partner Jonathan Boulahanis and Pittsburgh partner Matt Horgan, with significant assistance and contributions by partner Chris Haselhof, senior counsel Tyler Duff, and associates Matthew Deluzio and Elizabeth Hitt.
The affiliation with Penn Highlands Healthcare, anticipated to take effect in fall of 2021, is designed to strengthen the delivery of healthcare services in the community, specifically to aging adults. The board’s key objectives that guided the search for a new partner included:
- continue the spirit of the mission, vision, and values of WRC Senior Services;
- maintain and expand key programs to WRC Senior Services residents;
- attract and retain high-quality staff members;
- preserve jobs in the area while providing competitive wages and benefits.
WRC, which dates back to 1883 as the Women’s Relief Corps, has grown to provide a full continuum of care for residents with facilities in Clarion, Clearfield, Elk and Jefferson counties. WRC Senior Services is a non-profit organization.
Penn Highlands Healthcare was officially formed in 2011 and is comprised of six hospitals — Penn Highlands Brookville, Penn Highlands Clearfield, Penn Highlands DuBois, Penn Highlands Elk, Penn Highlands Huntingdon and Penn Highlands Tyrone. Its business continuum also includes a home care agency, Penn Highlands Community Nurses; two long-term care facilities, Pinecrest Manor and Penn Highlands Jefferson Manor; and a senior residential living facility, Elco Glen.
Through this partnership, Penn Highlands Healthcare has evolved into an organization with approximately 4,700 workers in 120-plus locations throughout 13 counties in North Central/Western Pennsylvania that include community medical buildings, outpatient facilities, surgery centers and physician practices.