REACH Short Stay at St. Joseph’s Bluffs

What We Offer

REACH Short Stay at St. Joseph’s Bluffs offers all the comforts of home, plus so much more. You’ll find 59 private rooms and companion suites amidst comfortable surroundings including living rooms, verandas, and dining areas. A spa and beauty/barber shop are also available.

Amenities

• Interdisciplinary expertise from a team that includes licensed nursing, therapy, nutritional management, social services, and spiritual care.
• Physical, occupational, and speech therapy provided according to your plan of care.
• A therapy room dedicated to short-term rehabilitation to help you practice daily activities.
• A focus on improving activities of daily living to your highest potential.
• Licensed nursing care as well as medication assistance.
• An urgent call system for convenient access to medical help.
• Transportation service for doctors visits.
• Diverse social, cultural, and educational services year round.
• Beautiful countryside surroundings.
• Superb dining services with options to fit your lifestyle.
• A faith inspired community with onsite chaplain and spiritual services.

Services

REACH Short Stay is Medicare-certified and delivers the same level of exceptional, person-centered care found throughout Heisinger Bluffs & St. Joseph’s Bluffs. From delicious meals to individualized attention, our staff is dedicated to getting to know you and meeting your needs, no matter how long or short your stay.
Here, we provide:

• Neurological rehabilitation
• Orthopedic rehabilitation
• Fall management and balance training
• Pain management
• Home management skills
• Home safety assessment
• Dysphasia (communication) therapy
• Dysphagia (swallowing) therapy
• Cognitive therapy
• Urinary incontinence and pelvic floor retraining
• Edema control

Our Promise To You

St. Joseph’s Bluffs is part of Lutheran Senior Services, one of the largest not-for-profit senior care networks of its kind in the country. Our goal is to create the highest quality Continuing Care Retirement Communities possible, with a full array of personalized features to customize the retirement living experience for each person. Here, we honor and cherish people of all faiths, respecting their beliefs and helping them stay in touch with their personal faith practices.

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Our Staff

Greetings!

Welcome to Heisinger Bluffs and St. Joseph's Bluffs! We offer seniors an active lifestyle and the peace of mind that comes with knowing that help is available if you need it. Located in Jefferson City, Missouri, our personal services and on-site conveniences allow you to lead a maintenance-free lifestyle. We are the only community in Jefferson City offering a range of services from independent living apartment homes to comprehensive skilled nursing care. When you arrive at Heisinger Bluffs and St. Joseph's Bluffs, you’ll feel right at home.

As part of the Lutheran Senior Services family of communities, we combine a faith-based approach and a respect and dignity for all who call Heisinger Bluffs home. Whether you or your loved one is looking for a maintenance-free, independent living apartmentor requires varying stages of assistance, our senior living communities are the best choice. Please contact us with questions or to set up a time to visit. We look forward to meeting you!

Sherry King
Executive Director

Members of our Team

Sherry King
Executive Director
ph 573.634.5042, x2603

As Executive Director for Heisinger Bluffs and St. Joseph’s Bluffs, Sherry King has 30 years of long-term care experience. She joined Lutheran Senior Services in 2000 after serving in a variety of senior living positions. Sherry attended Northeast Missouri State University. She lives in Jefferson City with her husband and enjoys being a grandmother to one grandson and surrogate grandmother to her two grandnieces and one grandnephew.

Grace Hoffmann
Administrator of Independent Living
ph 573.634.5042, x2602

The administrator of independent living and senior living counselor of Heisinger Bluffs, Grace Hoffmann has more than 36 years of experience in senior care. She joined Lutheran Senior Services in 2004 after working in a variety of senior living administrative positions. She and her husband live in the Jefferson City area.

Mary Simpson
Director of Dining Services
ph 573.634.5042, x2516

With Lutheran Senior Services since 2006, Director of Dining Services at Heisinger Bluffs Mary Simpson worked for 32 years as a general manager in the restaurant industry. She enjoys bringing a new perspective to dining services. Mary lives in Jefferson City with her husband of 35 years. She has 3 children and 5 grandchildren who all live in the area.

Rev. James Mueller
Chaplain
ph 573.634.5042, x2606

The chaplain at Heisinger Bluffs and St. Joseph's Bluffs since 2008, Rev. James (Jim) Mueller entered the seminary at Concordia Theological Seminary in St. Louis in 2003 and completed his Master of Divinity Studies in 2008. He completed his vicarage at Laclede Groves senior living community in St. Louis from 2006 to 2007. Before entering the seminary, Jim was a farmer and greenhouse operator in southeast Missouri. Jim lives in Jefferson City with his wife, Cindy. They have two grown children, Anna and Jacob.

Pricing

Costs for REACH Short Stay are assessed on a daily basis. For specific pricing, contact our health services counselor by calling 573.644.6352 or by email. Some costs for our health care services can be covered by Medicare, managed care, or private insurance.