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August 4, 2020
CCRC Life Enrichment Programs Add Extra Value During Pandemic
July 29, 2020
Friendship Village Construction Manager uses Lifetime of Experience with Seniors to Create Homelike Atmosphere in New State-of-the-Art Building Assisted Living and Memory Care to Open in September in Chesterfield For Jill Frein, construction project manager for Friendship Village, September 8 will be a big day to celebrate. After more than a year of construction, she and her team will open the doors to one of the most inviting and advanced assisted living and memory care buildings in the St. Louis area. The West County Friendship Village senior living campus is […]
July 21, 2020
Our partners at MyLifeSite have started a new audio podcast to complement the information they publish about senior living on their website. The YouTube link is shown below and you only need to click on it to be able to listen to MyLifeSite founder Brad Breeding’s interviews. This week’s podcast is entitled “Aging is a Trip,” and takes a candid, but lighthearted look at numerous aspects of aging and retirement. We hope you enjoy it!
June 22, 2020
Policy for Visitors as of Monday, June 22nd, 2020 We are very happy and excited to open our buildings to our visitors in Sunset Hills and Chesterfield once again! Effective Monday, June 22, 2020, beginning at 12:00 noon, we will begin to allow visitors in the buildings and in residents’ apartments. We must still keep in mind the threat of COVID-19. It has not diminished. For us to be safe and be able to allow visitors we ask that all visitors comply with the following: Maintain social distancing while waiting […]
June 22, 2020
Here’s an interesting story posted this month in the St. Louis Business Journal discussing the challenges facing senior living communities locally and nationwide. The publication spoke with Friendship Village as well as other local communities. Our own Chief Strategy Officer and Chesterfield Interim Executive Director Carmen Fronczak was interviewed for the story and talked about how Friendship Village’s two campuses have fared during the pandemic as some have put off their plans to move. Despite the recent challenges since March and April, Fronczak noted Friendship Village has filled 80 new […]
June 2, 2020
Jennifer Russell, the Community Life Services Director of Friendship Village Chesterfield, has been an employee of the Village for 25 years! In her time here, the positive change Jen has affected in seniors’ lives is endless. Over the course of her tenure, she has grown the activities department to be more robust than ever before. Beginning with 12 volunteers in 1994, Jen now has 173 that have combined provided 12,328 hours in the last calendar year. Since embarking on what has been the largest renovation project for a senior living […]
June 2, 2020
Meet our Community Life Services Director of Friendship Village Sunset Hills, Bobbie Liverar! Bobbie will have been with Friendship Village 30 years come October! She started off in food service, where she stayed for 12 years. She began her journey as a server before becoming the dining room manager, and eventually the food service office manager. From there she moved from food service to community life. As the Director of Community Life, Bobbie’s department has grown from 2 to 14 people. “I have a team of amazing people who also show […]
June 2, 2020
Ron Denny has been with Friendship Village for over 11 years. Making the move from construction, Ron’s first role was as a carpenter at our Sunset Hills location. Ron’s services were needed in Chesterfield, so he started splitting his time between the two campuses before working permanently in Chesterfield. His job title went from Carpenter, to Refurbishment Manager, to Maintenance Manager, and finally just this past December he was promoted to Director of Maintenance! “What has kept me here is honestly really the residents,” Ron said. “I truly have a heart […]
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