Friendship Village News

With our President and CEO Terry Walsh at the helm of a great evening, we held our annual Captain’s Dinner. The night featured a scrumptious tenderloin and seafood dinner, a pianist and a fantastic excuse to get dressed up!

Happy New Year!  2022 is coming in with a bang! With the increased prevalence of COVID all around, we are making a temporary policy change for residents, guests and staff of the Villages as a mitigating precautionary measure. Both campuses have had several residents report that they have been exposed to friends and family who have subsequently tested positive for COVID-19.  A few of these residents have now tested positive, though generally the symptoms have been relatively minor, and we thank our Good Lord for that. Effective Tuesday, January 4th, […]

Happy Holidays!  We hope everyone had a good Christmas, celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.  We hope you are looking forward to a fresh start in 2022, as are we. With the increased news about the high prevalence of COVID all around, we wanted to provide an update as to where Friendship Villages stand currently (understanding that this is a constantly fluid situation).  Please note that we do not have data on which variant of COVID a person might have.  All are cared-for in the same manner. As […]

Welcome to the Friendship Villages’ December 20, 2021 COVID-19 update. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Friendship Villages! As we recall, virtually all residents received the full regimen of vaccinations last winter and, since then, more than 1,000 residents, including all levels of care on both campuses, have received COVID vaccination booster shots.  Many others sought boosters on their own and would add to this number. Still, COVID-19 remains a challenge. We have had a bit of a spate of COVID on the Chesterfield campus.  Recently and currently, several […]

Welcome to the Friendship Villages’ December 13, 2021 COVID-19 update. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Friendship Villages! As we recall, virtually all residents received the full regimen of vaccinations last winter and, since then, more than 1,000 residents, including all levels of care on both campuses, have received COVID vaccination booster shots.  Many others sought boosters on their own and would add to this number. While residents seem to be relatively well-protected, there have been a small and isolated number of positive cases on each campus. Currently, Sunset […]

A conversation about a move to a Senior Living Community can be made easier with the right approach. Here’s great article on the topic. Click HERE to give it a look!

We loved our recent visit to the Missouri’s National Veterans Memorial in Perryville and we hope it is part of a wonderful Veterans Day for everyone, our nation’s Greatest Generation at Friendship Village! Click here to watch the video of our visit!

CLICK HERE to see our own Trula VanDeven mentioned on KSDK News News Channel 5 On Your Side. Trula recently turned 106 and we really appreciate Channel 5 celebrating with us. Happy birthday, Trula!