February 3, 2021
Question: What are your favorite hobbies? Answer: Oh, I like to read a lot. In fact, last year, I read seventy-five books. This year, I’m kind of behind because, since moving here, I started playing a lot of games, so that takes up my time. I’ve been playing rummikub, ponytail canasta and Chinese mahjong with other people. I’ve met quite a few new ladies. Before, when we lived in our villa, a lot of evenings, I stayed at home, so that’s why I read and I don’t like to watch […]
February 2, 2021
Question: You mentioned the 4-H Club was important to you. How so? Answer: Growing up, I belonged to a 4-H club. I was shy and wasn’t really sure what I was going to do in 4-H, but someone encouraged me and so I raised chickens, of all things. I got a little more interested from there, so I continued with it for several years and enjoyed it immensely. I actually met my wife Gloria through 4-H, as well. We were on a train to Chicago for a 4-H event when […]
February 1, 2021
Both of Friendship Village’s locations are thrilled to announce renewed 5-STAR RATING designations for Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation at both locations! The rating comes from CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services). CMS provides this rating as a consumer service which offers useful information to the public about the quality of care in thousands of nursing homes! Only 11 nursing homes out of 115 in our area received 5-Star Ratings and Friendship Village has 2 of those 11! CMS strives to limit 5-Star ratings to not more than ten percent […]
January 29, 2021
Question: If you could have one special talent, what would it be? Answer: I would have liked to be a pro baseball player in center field. I never played in high school because I had to go to work, but I played a lot of amateur ball. I belonged to the Southside Panthers for a long time. We had uniforms and everything. One of my biggest hobbies has been collecting baseball cards. At one time, I had over 40,000. And I’m a big Cardinal fan! I worked at the ballpark, […]
January 29, 2021
Friendship Village Senior Services’ Update and Response to COVID-19 as of Friday, January 29th, 2021
Friendship Village Senior Services’ Update and Response to COVID-19 as of Friday, January 29th, 2021 One week past the 1st dose of the Moderna vaccine for Assisted Living and Independent Living residents, all seems to be going well. The vast majority of reactions were minimal and on the order of the reaction from a typical flu shot. A very small number were anything more than that and those reactions have all now passed. The second dose clinic is scheduled for Thursday, February 18th. Skilled Nursing and Long-Term Care residents and […]
January 28, 2021
Question: What initially made you want to work in construction and once you were doing it, what did you enjoy about it? Answer: When I was in high school, I realized I liked to build things and that type of stuff. Being able to build something, what it took to build it, and then after it was built – getting to see what you did was gratifying. I came to like it because it was something new all the time. The longest I was ever on one job was two […]
January 25, 2021
It’s another great day in our fight against COVID as our employees at Friendship Village Sunset Hills got their second dose of the Moderna vaccine! Click below to watch the video!
January 22, 2021
Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center resident Trula braved the chilly temps along with family members and others Friday to officially cut the ribbon at the new Center! We’re so happy with this addition to our campus!
January 22, 2021
Vaccine Day at Friendship Village was an amazing day! Both Chesterfield and Sunset Hills Independent Living residents received their first dose of the Moderna vaccine! Thank you to Walgreens for providing and administering the vaccine today! We are ending COVID-19 one vaccine at a time! Click here to see more photos!