By Monty Siekerman
Aaron Maidlow is the new administrator of Vancrest of Ada. Today, he was found serving pancakes for National Senior Citizens Day. Vancrest invited the community and its residents to a full breakfast at the $6 million facility that opened in May of 2016 and filled rapidly.

Maidlow comes to Ada having served with Autumn Court Healthcare Center in Ottawa and Cridersville Healthcare Center. He and his wife Andrea are the parents of three children, Kaedence, 6, Emmett, 4, and Camry, 1. The family lives in Ottawa.

The new administrator is a graduate of Pandora-Gilboa High School and Bowling Green State University.

He said that Vancrest of Ada has 35 assisted-living apartments, all now occupied. He said the long-term care/rehabilitation side has 50 beds with 4 currently open.

Aaron follows Randy Cox who retired. Randy served as administrator during Vancrest construction. The 56,000 square foot facility, which is situated on 18 acres near the Ada Schools, opened in May of 2016.

Mark White, a 1985 ONU graduate, is president of Vancrest, a regional company with 13 facilities.