What is "ecumen"

Ecumen is one of the United States largest and oldest non-profit senior housing and services companies. Affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Ecumen was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Shoreview, Minnesota. Ecumen is governed by a 17-member board of trustees, and its president and CEO is Kathryn Roberts.

Ecumen operates more than 70 senior housing and long-term care centers in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota and Idaho. This includes approximately 4,000 housing and care center units. Ecumen’s housing and service options include independent living, at-home residential services and home care, adult day services, assisted living housing, memory care housing and nursing homes that provide long-term care and short-term rehabilitative services.

In addition to direct-to-consumer services, Ecumen provides national senior housing development services, clinical consulting and management services to third parties. Ecumen has more than 12,000 customers and employs approximately 4,000 people. Its 2009 revenues were $125.8 million. Ecumen has been named six straight years (2004 to 2010) as one of Minnesota’s “Best Places to Work” by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.