The Independent Living Community
at Heisinger Bluffs

Retiring in Style

Heisinger Bluffs’ personal services and on-site conveniences help you lead an independent, stimulating lifestyle filled with endless opportunities for fun and friendship. Our 65 spacious senior living apartments offer a full range of first-class amenities and services. Surrounded by warm, friendly neighbors and a caring, professional staff, you’re sure to feel right at home.

There are many special and unique features offered at Heisinger Bluffs, including:

• Diverse social, cultural and educational services all year round
• Active senior living with a sense of community and friendship
• A wide range of onsite health care services for mind, body, and soul
• Full service building, grounds, and appliance maintenance
• Exceptional housekeeping service
• Regularly scheduled activities for many different interests
• A variety of floor plans to choose from
• Many utility costs included
• Superb dining services with options to fit your lifestyle
• Beautiful countryside surroundings
• Move-In Resources to assist you with the moving process
• Financial options – a range of payment plans to suit your needs
• Located just down the street from the Missouri Capitol Building, with nearby opportunities for shopping and dining
• An active community of resident artists
• Onsite transportation services, beauty shop, and barber shop
• A faith-inspired community with an onsite chaplain and spiritual services

Health Care

Heisinger Bluffs is a continuing care retirement community, offering a full range of licensed health services. This includes residential care, memory care assisted living, skilled nursing, and our REACH Short Stay rehabilitation program. To learn more about these programs, click here.

Activities

Our full time activities staff is always coming up with fun and exciting new day trips, games, celebrations, and opportunities for live entertainment right here on campus. Plus, Heisinger Bluffs is home to a wide variety of clubs, from community government to volunteer groups to recreational table game teams. Got an idea for a new activity? Propose it at our monthly events planning meeting. We’re here to make sure you’re having a great time!

Wellness activities abound as well – be sure to make use of our senior-friendly fitness equipment and year-round exercise programs. All of these come together through our REACH Wellness program, which incorporates health clinics and short-term therapies.

Dining

Our dining services staff works to provide a variety of dishes to excite every palate. From home cooking to more exotic cuisine, there’s always something new to try, and something familiar to savor.

Independent living residents can enjoy meals in our beautifully appointed dining rooms, or take a meal back to enjoy in the comfort of their own homes. Our attentive dining services staff is always ready to assist you! Click here for a sample menu.

Pastoral Care

At the heart of Heisinger Bluffs’ philosophy of service is our Christian mission: Older Adults Living Life to the Fullest. Here, we honor and cherish people of all faiths, respecting their beliefs and helping them stay in touch with their personal faith practices.

We strive to serve the entire person—body, mind, and soul. To that end, we have a full time chaplain on staff to host weekly worship services, teach Bible classes, and to provide spiritual support when needed.

Our Promise To You

Heisinger Bluffs & 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.

We look forward to showing you our beautiful campus here in Jefferson City. At Heisinger Bluffs, we’re more than a retirement home — we’re a community of close friends.

Photo Gallery

Here’s just a small sample of what awaits you at Heisinger Bluffs. Click on the pictures below to enlarge the images.

Floorplans

Retire in style — Heisinger Bluffs offers a variety of floorplans for apartment homes. Click on the pictures below to enlarge images of a few samples.

Apartment Homes

Healthcare

Heisinger Bluffs offers a full continuum of options for retirement living, from independent living and residential care to memory care and skilled nursing, plus short stay rehabilitation. To learn more about any of the health care options listed below, click here.

REACH Short Stay

If you need short-term rehabilitation following a qualifying hospital stay, you can find it next door in St. Joseph’s Bluffs’ REACH Short Stay household. Here, you can benefit from our team of licensed nurses, therapists, nutritional managers, social service workers, and chaplains as you work to reach your highest potential in a comfortable, homelike setting. Click here to learn more.

Residential Care

Need a little extra help to maintain your independence? We offer private residential care apartments featuring access to our friendly, professional nursing staff. Here, residents find help with personal care, medication assistance, weekly housekeeping, linen service, and three daily meals. Click here to learn more.

Memory Care Assisted Living

Our Memory Care neighborhood provides assisted living apartments in an innovative living space created especially for residents living with Alzheimer’s disease or other memory impairments. Click here to learn more.

Skilled Nursing

Our community provides multiple options for 24-hour professional nursing care. Heisinger Bluffs’ neighborhood-style care center offers traditional nursing home service, while St. Joseph’s Bluffs new state-of-the-art households provide long-term care for small groups of residents in an environment modeled after a family home. Click here to learn more.

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.

Giving

Volunteering:
Giving A Gift of Time

At Heisinger Bluffs & St. Joseph's Bluffs, service-minded individuals find many opportunities to give of their time and talents. We match each volunteer with residents and their families depending upon skills, interests, and availability.

Volunteering can include any number of activities, including:

• Clerical work
• Assistance with resident activities
• Support for special events and fundraisers

If you are interested in volunteering at Heisinger Bluffs & St. Joseph's Bluffs, click here to email our volunteer coordinator.

Stewardship:
Giving a Gift of Treasure

Lutheran Senior Services is a not-for-profit organization that is built on financial stability and sound stewardship. We invite you to share our mission of serving seniors at Heisinger Bluffs & St. Josephs' Bluffs by making a gift that will advance our Christian mission of honoring and cherishing those we serve. Your gift will be used to directly help people.

Make your legacy part of the Lutheran Senior Services legacy. Select a specific area for your gift or make a gift to the area of greatest need. You may give now, or contact our gift consultant for free and confidential advice about how your gift can help others.

Click here to make a donation online using our secure online system powered by E-Service.

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Ron Freiburghaus
Director of Stewardship
ph 573.634.5042, x2513

Director of Stewardship Ron Freiburghaus is committed to building the benevolent care endowment for residents who have outlived their resources. With 20 years of experience in fund development and estate planning at organizations such as Yale University, Missouri State Teachers Foundation and the University of Missouri, Ron holds a bachelor’s and law degree from the University of Missouri. He works closely with volunteers and residents to offer wonderful opportunities to experience the joy of giving. Many of the financial options he proposes provide tax-advantaged, fixed income for life at an attractive rate of return or do not involve current assets. His wife, Mary, is an advanced practice nurse at the Cosmopolitan Diabetes Center at University Hospital.

Giving Opportunities

Benevolent Care
Contributions to our Benevolent Care Fund endow future financial assistance for residents who have exhausted their financial resources and are no longer able to afford service at their care level.

Good Samaritan
Good Samaritan donors support residents who are currently in need of additional funding to maintain their present level of care.

Christ Care
Donations to the Christ Care Fund help provide relief for Lutheran Senior Services staff members who are experiencing emergency financial needs.

Christian Artwork
Donors to the Christian Artwork fund help to purchase inspirational decorations for LSS communities, adding to a feeling of home for our residents.

The Heisinger Hope Foundation
When you support the Heisinger Hope Foundation, you support the residents and staff of Heisinger Bluffs. The Foundation consists of volunteers who are passionate about providing the best possible environments and care for older adults in the Jefferson City area.

Pastoral Care
Supporting Pastoral Care aids the efforts of our specially trained chaplains. The Pastoral Care team provides comfort and spiritual guidance to our residents, families and staff.

Staff Scholarships
Donations to the staff scholarships assist with educational opportunities that keep staff throughout the Lutheran Senior Services organization current on the most advanced methods for caring for and supporting seniors.

Area of Greatest Need
Your unrestricted gift will go directly to the area of greatest need.

Other Designated Area

Moving In

Think about everything you spend on your home in a given month – mortgage, utilities, repairs, landscaping and more. Now think about how much you spend on eating out, entertainment, a health club membership, and transportation.

At Heisinger Bluffs, most (if not all) of these expenses are covered with a single monthly payment. And when you compare it to what you’re paying now, you may be surprised at how reasonable a move to Heisinger Bluffs can be.

Pricing

When you move into an independent living apartment home, you pay a one-time refundable Entrance Fee. This amount helps keep your monthly service fees lower. When you move out, you receive up to 95% of your Entrance Fee, depending on the refund option you choose.

For specific pricing on independent living apartments, contact our senior living counselor by calling 573.636.6288 or by email.

For price information on assisted living, memory care assisted living, or skilled nursing, contact our Health Services Counselor by calling 573.644.6352 or by email.

LSS Move-In Resources

Lutheran Senior Services offers a host of resources to make the move to Heisinger Bluffs as smooth and carefree as possible. Through the LSS Move-In Resources Service, you can find help to organize, rightsize, move, and enjoy!

Our Move-In Resources Service can provide…

• Help with managing the home sale process.
• Assistance with transforming a new space so it becomes home.
• Advice on what to take, sell, or give away.
• Preapproved resources to help make the transition easy.

To learn more, contact our senior living counselor by calling 573.636.6288 or by email.