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COVID-19

Welcome to the Friendship Villages’ February 24, 2022 COVID-19 update. As we approach the second anniversary of encountering COVID-19 in our area, we are pleased to report that there has been a significant reduction in the number of COVID cases on campus.  Virtually zero new cases, except in the increasingly rare instance when someone brings it back from a stay in the hospital. For this reason, Friendship Villages has now changed the mask and screening policy that pertains to Independent Living on our campuses. Masks are now optional for all […]

March 28th COVID-19 Protocol Update

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 […]

March 14th Coronavirus Message from Terry Walsh

Thank you for your interest in Friendship Villages of St. Louis. Every day, and especially during the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak, we are exceptionally focused on the health and well-being of all of our residents at every level of care, as well as for our employees who serve them. To meet the challenge of protecting our residents, rest-assured that we are working to meet or exceed the guidance provided to us by the federal and state governments. Below, you will find some of the specific measures in place at each level of care. If […]

100 Lunches Donated to Employees at Friendship Village Sunset Hills!

A HUGE THANK YOU to Bill Letchworth and all the folks at Soccer Master who donated 100 meals (WITH a frozen treat from Culver’s!) to our Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation employees today (April 24th) at Friendship Village Sunset Hills! Soccer Master has been coordinating a donation effort for the last several weeks as they have been selling “#ThankYouSTLMedicalHeroes” t-shirts for $20 and donating $10 from each sale to be able to buy meals to donate to HEALTHCARE HEROES who have been working in the fight against COVID-19. Friendship Village Sunset […]

Friendship Village Senior Services’ Update and Response to COVID-19 as of Tuesday, June 16th, 2020

Friendship Village Senior Services’ Update and Response to COVID-19 as of Tuesday, June 16th, 2020 Dear Friends, Residents and Families of Friendship Village: We are enjoying a beautiful day at Friendship Villages on this Tuesday, June 16th, 2020. While Friendship Villages enjoyed an entire week having no COVID-19 Residents on our campuses, this status has changed somewhat since then. On the Sunset Hills campus, a new rehabilitation patient was admitted from a local hospital who had previously tested negative twice before leaving the hospital. Upon admission, our staff detected a […]

Policy for Visitors as of June 22nd

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 […]

Friendship Village Senior Services’ Update and Response to COVID-19 as of Tuesday, November 10th, 2020

Friendship Village Senior Services’ Update and Response to COVID-19 as of Tuesday, November 10th, 2020 Dear Friends, Residents and Families of Friendship Village: The start of colder weather is on our doorstep as November rolls along here at Friendship Villages on this Tuesday, November 10th, 2020. At the outset, we will note that the well-known surge of COVID-19 throughout the communities around us has caused some effects within our campuses but, praise God, to a lesser extent than the community at large and our residents and staff continue to team-up […]

Our Old Chesterfield Care Center Being Demolished!

Our accountant Danielle started working at the Chesterfield Care Center’s front desk in 1989 and got to do the honors of beginning the demolition of the old Care Center! The building has served us well, but our beautiful, new structure (which serves residents’ Assisted Living, Memory Care, Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation needs) is open and we’re absolutely thrilled to have it as an addition to our campus! IN WITH THE NEW! Click here to watch the video!

We Are Friendship Village: Carl Schaeffer, resident Friendship Village Sunset Hills

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, […]