April 5, 2020 Friendship Village Senior Services’ Visitor Policy In the effort to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, Friendship Village is implementing the following actions regarding visitors: No visitors have been allowed inside the Village Care Centers (skilled nursing facilities) or Assisted Living since early March. No visitors have been allowed inside our independent living buildings for the past 2-3 weeks. While “window” and “balcony” visits had previously been allowed for Care Center and Assisted Living visits, they are no longer permitted. In accordance with the new Missouri […]

Friendship Village Senior Service’s Update and Response to COVID-19 as of Sunday, April 5, 2020 Dear Friends, Residents and Families of Friendship Village: NO Resident on either the Chesterfield or the Sunset Hills campuses have been diagnosed with the COVID-19 coronavirus as of Sunday morning, April 5, 2020. This status applies to all Residents at all levels of care. We urge families of Residents to heed “Stay at Home” orders and completely refrain from coming to the campus. We need your cooperation to prevent exposure to COVID-19. As noted on […]

Friendship Village Senior Services’ April 4, 2020 Response to COVID-19 Dear Friendship Village residents, staff and families, On Friday evening we learned that an employee of our Friendship Village Chesterfield skilled nursing community tested positive for Covid-19. The employee went to a local hospital with symptoms of asthma after leaving work on Thursday.  The employee did not work on Friday. As of Saturday morning, no residents have exhibited any COVID-19 symptoms. Immediately after being made aware of the employee’s diagnosis, we informed the local Departments of Health as well as the […]

Friendship Village Senior Services COVID-19 Coronavirus Operations and Update, April 3rd, 2020 As of April 3rd, 2020, Residents and Staff of Friendship Villages thank God that both of our campuses, Chesterfield and Sunset Hills, remain free of the COVID-19 Coronavirus. Our Residents and Staff are working together to remain vigilant, practicing all of the measures that have been implemented, and looking out for each other as we do our best to fend off this invisible enemy. Working with our in-house, CDC-trained Infection Prevention Specialist, local and State Departments of Health […]

Friendship Village Senior Services’ March 28th Response to COVID-19 Who we are: Friendship Villages are two non-profit faith-based senior living communities rooted and grounded in the Christian faith that were established in the Chesterfield and Sunset Hills areas since the late 1970s. Our Villages are comprised of every level of senior living. What does that mean? While we do have nursing homes (what we call our Village Care Centers or skilled nursing facilities), our campuses are comprised of far more than just this, and also include tremendous offerings of Independent […]