Hoist the mainsail, smell the salt air, and feel the wind in your face! Retirement has always been an adventure, but with the economy in a state of transition, there are a lot of people sailing unfamiliar waters. So remember rule number one of exploration – whenever possible, find a native who can help out [...]
Laclede Commons (the residential care apartments at Laclede Groves) welcomed residents, families and friends to a special black-tie affair Tuesday night, as it hosted “Dining Under the Stars”. Staff members decorated the entirety of the Commons building, inviting guests to dine by the fireplace, or to enjoy music and refreshments in the upstairs Starlight Lounge. [...]
Late September turned out to be a wet and cold affair in St. Louis, but that didn’t stop the stouthearted residents of LSS’ Breeze Park community from taking a river cruise down the Mississippi on the SS Tom Sawyer. Below, see just a few of the sights they took in on their maiden voyage.
The expansion at Lenoir Woods – LSS’ community in Columbia, Missouri — is now in full swing! As reported in the St. Louis Business Journal recently, Paric Construction of St. Louis is now beginning work on a five-year, $50 million project that will bring new independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing buildings to campus, [...]
For one night only, Meridian Village activity staffers transformed the community’s Bistro Room into the Starlight Ballroom, recalling the elegant jazz palaces of yesteryear. With champagne and martinis served all night, residents were treated to the vocal stylings of area crooner Mr. Gary Bennett, whose repertoire includes the very best of the Rat Pack era. [...]
Meramec Bluffs staffers put the community room on lockdown Saturday, Aug. 24, and the residents couldn’t have been happier. The community’s annual Jailhouse Rock party brought local Johnny Cash tribute band One More Round to campus, “and everyone just loved it,” reports activity director Sharon Kruse. “Any time we offer dancing here, the residents go [...]
Singing, dancing, vaudeville-style comedy stylings…there was something for everyone at Lutheran Hillside Village‘s most recent variety show. Held in the community chapel, the biannual event brings together all of LHV’s biggest hams stars center stage to amuse and delight their friends and neighbors. Click below to see images from the day’s performances. ________________________ We’d love [...]
The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center recently conducted the first-ever blood drive at LSS’ Meramec Bluffs community. Thanks to Meramec Bluffs employees, residents and family members, Blood Center representatives were able to collect 16 units of blood, each of which has the potential to save three lives. With the success of this drive, plans are [...]
From Chris Baker at Meridian Village: Residents and staff of Meridian Village‘s assisted living enjoyed a trip through the decades during Assisted Living Week, September 12 – 16. Activity Associate Tammy Williams and Nurse Clerk Ashley Young worked together to plan events featuring a different decade each week. Monday saw the community’s common areas transformed [...]
The hardest conversations always seem to center around the facts of life, don’t they? When your children were growing up, chances you or your spouse sat them down for The Big Talk. It was time to discuss some of the changes they were experiencing and what those changes meant for them. It wasn’t an easy [...]
