life communities type not for profit industry health care headquarters west point pennsylvania u.s. key people mark j. vanderbeck ceo ; gerald t. grant president & coo number of employees 6 200 website actsretirement.org acts retirement life communities acts based out of west point pennsylvania is the largest not for profit owner operator and developer of continuing care retirement communities ccrcs in the united states . 1 acts life care communities provide independent living residences for people age 62 and above with guaranteed access to assisted living and skilled nursing care services usually on the same campus . 2 contents 1 history 2 organization 3 locations 3.1 alabama 3.2 delaware 3.3 florida 3.4 georgia 3.5 maryland 3.6 north carolina 3.7 south carolina 3.8 pennsylvania 4 references 5 external links history edit acts began in the early 1970s when a suburban philadelphia pastor and members of the church of the open door a nondenominational church sought a new and better way of living for the retired church members . fulfilling instruction of the scriptures their idea was to provide a fulfilling and meaningful independent living lifestyle with a quality skilled health care environment that would be available if ever needed . using their own resources this group built the first part of what today is known as fort washington estates which opened in 1972 . organization edit acts is divided into four regions northeast includes pennsylvania with six campuses mid atlantic includes pennsylvania delaware and maryland with six campuses mid south includes alabama georgia north and south carolina with five campuses southeast includes florida with six campuses locations edit alabama edit magnolia trace huntsville delaware edit country house greenville manor house seaford cokesbury village hockessin florida edit azalea trace pensacola edgewater pointe estates boca raton indian river estates vero beach st. andrews estates boca raton georgia edit lanier village estates gainesville maryland edit heron point chestertown north carolina edit plantation estates matthews tryon estates columbus south carolina edit park pointe village rock hill pennsylvania edit brittany pointe estates lansdale fort washington estates fort washington pennsylvania granite farms estates media gwynedd estates ambler lima estates media normandy farms estates blue bell southampton estates originally called open door estates southampton spring house estates lower gwynedd references edit http www.bizjournals.com prnewswire press releases 2012 06 20 dc27863 http www.actsretirement.org external links edit official website definition of a skilled nursing facility fitch rates acts retirement life communities obligated group pa ser 2012 revs a ; outlook stable permanent dead link v t e philadelphia area corporations including the delaware valley list of companies based in the philadelphia area philadelphia based fortune 500 corporations rank in the 2015 list comcast 43 aramark 207 crown holdings 318 delaware valley based fortune 500 corporations rank in the 2015 list amerisourcebergen 16 dupont 87 lincoln national 223 universal health services 324 campbell soup 342 ugi 349 burlington stores inc. 500 other notable philadelphia based businesses amoroso s beneficial bank chemtura day & zimmermann fmc corporation independence blue cross pennsylvania real estate investment trust pep boys philadelphia media network radian group urban outfitters notable philadelphia based professional partnerships ballard spahr blank rome cozen o connor dechert drinker biddle & reath duane morris morgan lewis & bockius pepper hamilton saul ewing white and williams other notable delaware valley based businesses actua corporation airgas alliedbarton ametek aqua america asplundh bentley systems brandywine realty trust boscov s carpenter technology cephalon chemours christiana care health system crozer keystone health system david s bridal epam systems enersys hamilton lane liberty property trust penn mutual penn national gaming rita s italian ice sei investments slm sungard susquehanna international group vanguard toll brothers triumph group unisys viropharma vishay intertechnology vwr wawa wilmington trust w. l. gore and associates wsfs bank notable delaware valley based us headquarters of foreign businesses aberdeen asset management ace agustawestland astrazeneca delaware investments glaxosmithkline ing group keystone foods sap america siemens medical shire pharmaceuticals subaru teva pharmacueticals td bank notable delaware valley based division headquarters of us corporations acme cerberus capital management centocor johnson & johnson colonial penn conseco delmarva power exelon gsi commerce ebay hercules ashland mab paints sherwin williams mcneil laboratories j & j neoware hewlett packard peco exelon qvc liberty media rohm and haas dow chemical sunoco energy transfer tasty baking flowers foods retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title acts retirement life communities & oldid 742000930 categories health care companies of the united statescompanies established in 1979hidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2016articles with permanently dead external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 01 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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