Faith Presbyterian Hospice, a subsidiary of the nonprofit senior housing operator Forefront Living, is transferring its patients and most of its staff to the Visiting Nurse Association of Texas (VNA).
VNA is expanding its census and its footprint through a deepened partnership with Forefront, with which the organization has had a longstanding relationship. Faith Presbyterian is currently winding down its operations, allowing VNA and Forefront to focus on their own core competencies while leveraging each other’s expertise.
“We completed basically an asset purchase where we purchase certain assets from them. It’s not a change of ownership, and they are very graciously allowing VNA to take over where our core strengths are,” Olivia Rogers, vice president and chief nursing officer of VNA, told Hospice News. “Our core strength is providing end of life care to the Fort Worth community, whether that’s adults or pediatrics.”
Established in 1934, the nonprofit VNA provides adult and pediatric hospice and palliative care, as well as a Meals on Wheels program, to patients in 16 northern Texas counties. The absorption of Faith Presbyterian will make the organization the largest nonprofit hospice in the Dallas region, according to Chris Culak, CEO of VNA.
“This partnership/acquisition allows VNA to be one of the largest nonprofit hospice providers in north Texas. What we’re mostly working towards is being able to provide that best possible experience for our clients and patients,” Culak told Hospice News. “Having the ability to grow with this partnership, and having the ability to continue to provide even more care to more people in this region. That is the reason why we wanted to do this partnership.”
The hospice and palliative care provider first partnered with Forefront in 2025, through a contract to provide General Inpatient Care (GIP) on one of the senior living company’s campuses. Discussions of this partnership first began in 2020 but were derailed by the pandemic. Last autumn, the agreement was finalized, Rogers said.