Please join us in congratulating our very own President and CEO Terry Walsh for his being named a 2025 McKnight’s Pinnacle Award honoree! The McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards have recognized Terry Walsh as a Thought Leader and we can think of no one more deserving. As a leader he has driven innovation, set new standards, and inspired colleagues in senior care.

We’re thrilled and honored to receive recognition for all the great things happening at Friendship Village! This year’s list recognizes 1,050 nursing homes across the 25 states with the highest number of facilities, according to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data. The top nursing homes in each state were assessed and ranked based on four pillars: performance data, recommendations of medical professionals, accreditations and resident satisfaction. Click HERE to view the listing!

We’re so grateful to all the people who voted for Friendship Village. Those votes propelled FV to a clean sweep of all three of St. Louis Magazine’s A-List Awards in the Independent Living, Assisted Living and Home Health Categories. We so proud and thankful! Click HERE to view the awards on the St. Louis Magazine website.

Please join us in congratulating 2024 Leading Age Missouri winners Stacy Zerban (shown at left) and Bobbie Liverar! Stacey Zerban is our Vice President of Health Services and earned an Excellence in Service nod from Leading Age Missouri. Bobbie Liverar is our Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Administrator and was awarded Employee of the Year from Leading Age Missouri. We’re truly blessed to have these two exceptional leaders at Friendship Village!

Our very own Geri Gatewood has done a lot of living and we’re thrilled the Webster-Kirkwood Times is telling her story! Read all about it by clicking HERE!

Join us in sending a big congratulations to our own Emina Krajina, Executive Director of FV @ Home! Emina has been named to Aging Media Network’s Future Leaders Class of 2024! We are so proud of her and the leader she is for FV!

We would be truly grateful if you could take a minute to vote for Friendship Village for this great award! Voting is open now in the Assisted Living, Home Health Care, and Independent Living Categories. Everyone can vote once per day until June 16th. Click HERE to help spread the word about the great things happening at Friendship Village!

For the third consecutive year, we are proud to announce FV has earned ‘Best’ honors in multiple levels of care at each community for this year’s U.S. News & World Report’s rankings! Our Sunset Hills community also earned their highest honor, the ‘Best CCRC’ designation (click HERE to view). Our Chesterfield’s honors and descriptions can be views HERE. With this year’s honors, both communities continue to achieve a ‘Best’ rating in multiple levels of care EVERY YEAR since the rankings began. Only 43% of 4,000 communities nationwide earned a designation […]

We’re thrilled to announce that the The Kirkwood – Des Peres Area Chamber of Commerce has honored the staff of Friendship Village with the 2023 Commitment to Community Award for the positive impact that its team has made in our community. To see the great article published in Kirkwood Community Lifestyle CLICK HERE.