The Independent Living Community
at Meridian Village.

Retiring in Style

Located 18 miles east of St. Louis in scenic Glen Carbon, Illinois, Meridian Village is filled with endless opportunities for fun and friendship. This senior living community offers the best of both worlds – the beautiful surroundings of the countryside, with the conveniences and attractions of a big city just a short drive away.

Our 129 spacious senior living apartment homes and 34 patio homes offer a full range of first-class amenities. Surrounded by warm, friendly neighbors and a caring, professional staff, you’re sure to feel right at home. Here, you’ll find:

• 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
• A community center with regularly scheduled activities for many different interests
• A variety of patio home and apartment 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
• A Veterans Affairs office on site as well as transportation services, beauty shop, and barber shop
• A faith-inspired community with an onsite chaplain and spiritual services

Health Care

Meridian Village is a continuing care retirement community, offering a full range of licensed health services. This includes assisted living, 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, Meridian Village is home to more than 20 different clubs, from community government to volunteer groups to our award-winning water volleyball team. 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, indoor swimming pool, outdoor walking paths, 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 lunch or dinner in our beautifully appointed dining rooms, or bring 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 Meridian Village’s 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

Meridian Village 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 Continuum of 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 community, and hope you’ll consider making Meridian Village your retirement oasis.

Photo Gallery

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

Floorplans

Retire in style — Meridian Village offers a variety of floorplans for apartment homes and patio homes. Click on the pictures below to enlarge images of a few samples.

Apartment Homes

Patio Homes

Assisted Living

Activities and Dining at Meridian Village

What does an active lifestyle look like at Meridian Village? What do you want it to look like?

Our activities team designs a unique and varied calendar of events each and every month, with an eye toward helping you expand your horizons socially, culturally, and educationally. There’s always something new happening at Meridian Village, from shopping trips off campus to movies in the Media Room, from exercise classes in the pool to discussion groups in the Chapel. And if there’s ever something you want to do that’s not on the calendar, let us know! We’re always looking for new ideas.

One of the most popular features of life at Meridian Village is our fabulous on-site dining. Our attentive dining services staff is always ready to assist you! Residents in our independent living apartments can enjoy meals in our beautifully appointed dining room, with meals plans included in their monthly service fee. (Click here to see sample menus for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.) Our residential care, memory care, and care center dining areas provide table service for three meals a day.

To see what’s going on today at Meridian Village, scroll down to see our current independent living activities calendar.

Upcoming Activities

Healthcare

Meridian Village offers a full continuum of options for retirement living, from independent living and assisted living 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 in Meridian Village’s 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.

Assisted Living

Need a little extra help to maintain your independence? We offer private assisted living 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 Hummingbird Lane household provides 14 assisted living apartments created especially for residents living with Alzheimer’s disease or other memory impairments. Designed to function like a real family home, Hummingbird Lane offers all the amenities of our assisted living in an innovative living space, where residents and staff interact in a warm, comfortable, relationship-based setting. Click here to learn more.

Skilled Nursing

Meridian Village provides private and companion rooms for residents who need 24-hour professional nursing care. Our “neighborhood”-style care center offers traditional nursing home service, while our two 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.

Testimonials

Norm Armstrong

When I was living in my house in Swansea, it was costing a lot just to keep the house up. And keeping the house up was all I did. I just looked at the four walls and I never saw anybody.

Now, for just a little more each month, I have people to talk to every day, great meals fixed for me, most of my utilities covered, transportation wherever I need to go, someone to help clean the place twice a month, and fun things to do going on all the time. Where else can you find service like that on a school teacher’s pension?

Most people wait too long – they wait until they’re physically unable to take part in things. It’s so much better when you can get out on your own and enjoy what they have here. There’s constantly something going on. I play water volleyball twice a week. I work out in the weight room. I sing in the choir.

This is a place for active people, and I’m here to stay.

Norm Armstrong
Retired Teacher, Belleville School District

Anamelia Eden

Harry & Lynn Thiel

 

Our Staff

Greetings!

Greetings from our family here at Meridian Village!

It's so easy to get to know your neighbors here. Whether you're taking part in one of our many leisure events, enjoying dinner in our top-rated dining room, or just walking down the hall, new friends have a way of presenting themselves every time you open your door.

Here, you can be as busy as you want to be. Swim in our heated pool. Relax in our hot tub. Attend one of our fitness classes. Explore our library. Go on one of our many day trips. Join a Wii contest. Or just enjoy a quiet night in with family or friends. The possibilities are endless!

We invite you to come visit us at Meridian Village, where our residents aren't our top priority--they're our ONLY priority.

Sincerely,
Colleen Bottens
Executive Director

Our Staff

Volunteering:
Giving A Gift of Time

At Meridian Village, 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 Meridian Village, 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 Meridian Village 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 Service 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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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, helping create a feeling of home for our residents.

Clinical Pastoral Education
Funds donated to LSS' CPE program help support future ministry workers as they train for specialized ministries related to pastoral care, counseling, and/or older adult ministry.

Good Neighbor Program
Funds donated to the Good Neighbor Program help ensure that older adults who need access to low-cost, non-medical care in their own homes can be linked to independent caregivers.

Affordable Housing
Donations to LSS' Affordable Housing communities help provide housing and services for older adults with fewer economic resources.

Hospice Care
Giving to LSS Hospice Care helps patients and their families with items and services, that are beyond the scope of reimbursed care in order to increase their comfort and decrease their stress at the end of life.

Outreach Services
Donors to this LSS program ensure that economically-challenged older adults have access to social workers who can connect them to resources that maintain or improve their living situation through in-home assessment and/or on-going care management.

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.

Volunteer Money Management
Supporting Volunteer Money Management fosters independence for older adults by funding recruitment, training, and support for volunteers who assist seniors with day-to-day financial tasks such as balancing a checkbook or paying bills.

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

Other Designated Areas

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 Meridian Village, most (if not all) of these expenses are covered with just 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 Meridian Village can be.

Pricing

When you move into an independent living apartment home or patio 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, contact our senior living counselor by calling 618.288.3700 or by email.

For price information on REACH Short Stay, assisted living, memory care assisted living, or skilled nursing, contact our health services counselor by calling 618.205.2126 or by email.

LSS Move-In Resources

Lutheran Senior Services offers a host of resources to make the move to Meridian Village 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 618.288.3700 or by email.