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Facts at a Glance

Industry	Senior Housing
Founded	January, 1, 1996
Founder	Merger of Lutheran Charities Association and Lutheran Altenheim Society
Headquarters	St. Louis, Missouri , United States
Key people	John Kotovsky, President James Dankenbring, Chairman of the Board
Services	Continuum of Care, In-Home Services, Memory Care, Residential Care Apartments, Independent Living, Skilled Nursing, Senior Living Apartments and Patio Homes
Revenue	$123 million
Number of employees	2,351
Website	LSS Home

Lutheran Senior Services (LSS) is one of the United States’ largest nonprofit senior living organizations. It is the largest non-profit in Missouri, and is headquartered in St. Louis. LSS employs more than 2,300 employees to serve over 8,000 residents and clients. Its 10 senior living communities, nine affordable housing locations and eight in-home services help LSS rank as the 10th largest nonprofit multi-site senior housing network in the United States according to statistics gathered by the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA) and Ziegler Financial Services .

Mission Statement

Older Adults Living Life to the Fullest

Vision Statements

• The love of Jesus Christ can be seen and recognized in all that we are and do and inspires us to reach out to older adults and their families.
• The older adults we serve will experience the highest possible care and quality of life through an expanding network of supportive services and communities.
• A continued sound financial structure will ensure stability, support a highly qualified workforce, provide benevolent care, and encourage future ministry expansion.

Communities and Services

LSS offers a number of services at their various living communities, ranging from independent living to skilled nursing care.

Community	Year Became LSS Community	Location	Services Offered
Breeze Park	1996	St. Charles, Missouri	Senior Living Apartments and Patio Homes - Assisted Living Apartments - Memory Care - Skilled Nursing - In-Home Services
Concordia Village	2002	Springfield, Illinois	Senior Living Apartments and Patio Homes - Assisted Living Apartments - Skilled Nursing (starting in 2011)
Heisinger Bluffs	2002	Jefferson City, Missouri	Senior Living Apartments - Residential Care Apartments - Memory Care - Skilled Nursing
Hidden Lake	2001	St. Louis, Missouri	Senior Living Apartments and Patio Homes - Assisted Living Apartments - Memory Care - Skilled Nursing - In-Home Services
Laclede Groves	1984	St. Louis, Missouri	Senior Living Apartments and Patio Homes - Residential Care Apartments - Memory Care - Skilled Nursing - In-Home Services
Lenoir Woods	2005	Columbia, Missouri	Senior Living Apartments and Patio Homes - Assisted Living Apartments - Skilled Nursing
Lutheran Hillside Village	2007	Peoria, Illinois	Senior Living Apartments, Villas, and Patio homes - Licensed Assisted Living - Memory Care - Skilled Nursing
Meramec Bluffs	2002	Ballwin, Missouri	Senior Living Apartments and Patio Homes - Residential Care Apartments - Memory Care - Skilled Care - In-Home Services
Meridian Village	2001	Glen Carbon, Illinois	Independent Living - Memory Care Assisted Living - Assisted Living - Skilled Nursing
Richmond Terrace	2001	St. Louis, Missouri	Residential Care Apartments - In-Home Services

History - Before Lutheran Senior Services

Lutheran Senior Services was founded through the union of two Lutheran organizations in St. Louis - Lutheran Charities Association and Lutheran Altenheim Society.

Lutheran Charities Association

Lutheran Altenheim Society

1858 - Lutheran Charities Association founded Lutheran Hospital as the German Lutheran Hospital and Asylum of St. Louis, MO 1920 - Lutheran Convalescent Home Auxiliary dedicated Lutehran Convalescent Home (LCH) on Taft Avenue in south St. Louis 1967 - LCA took over the management of the Lutheran Convalescent Home 1972 - The Lutheran Convalescent Home moved to Laclede Groves on Laclede Station Road in Webster Groves 1984 - The first phase of Laclede Oaks Manor, Lacled Groves' senior living apartment building, was dedicated 1984 - LCA sold Lutheran Hospital (now Southpointe Hospital) 1985 - LCA formed two organizations under its umbrella: Lutheran Health Care Association (LHCA), which operated Laclede Groves, and Lutheran Charities Foundation (LCF), which continues to use invested money from the hospital sale to award grants for health and healing care to St. Louis area nonprofit organizations. 1986-1989 - Lutheran Convalescent Home is renovated and 104 units are added to Laclede Oaks Manor 1991 Laclede Groves master plan zoning and Certificate of Need (CON) approval obtained to make Laclede Groves into a full continuing care retirement community 1993 - Laclede Commons, a residential care facility, and Webster Child Care Center, opened at Laclede Groves 1994 - The Village of Laclede Oaks patio homes and the LCH south wing opened 1995 - The second phase of Laclede Commons was completed

1906 - Lutheran Altenheim Society (LAS) opened a boarding home in south St. Louis 1929 - A new building was constructed on Halls ferry road in north St. Louis City 1965 - LAS added a 208-bed nursing home in three phases 1970s - LAS started several ventures that still continue today. LAS developed the United Way-funded good Neighbor Program, which covers St. Louis County. LAS entered the Affordable Housing market with the purchase of Lutheran Apartments for the Elderly in south St. Louis, and began managing the Badenhaus/Badenfest Apartments in north St. Louis City for the St. Louis Housing Authority. 1984 - LAS completed their third phase of the 208-bed nursing home addition Late 1985 - LAS opened the first phase of Hidden Lake, a senior living community in north St. Louis County 1992 - LAS purchased 25 acres along Highway 94 in St. Charles County on which to build another senior living community - Breeze Park 1993 - LAS joined Jewish Family and Children's Services in profiding in-home services through the Volunteer Money Management Program 1995 - In September, LAS opened Halls Ferry Manor, its first HUD Section 202 facility, which includes 75 one-bedroom units

History - Continuing the Tradition of Care

The Foundation of Lutheran Senior Services

1996-2000

On January 1, 1996, the LAS and LCA merged to form Lutheran Senior Services (LSS). Lutheran Charities Foundation, one of LCAs umbrella organizations, became a fully independent organization, while Lutheran Care Center, the 1929 Lutheran Altenheim building on Halls Ferry Road, and the cottages surrounding that property were sold to Lutheran Medical Center (now known as Tenet). This would be the beginning of a rapid, 15 year, multimillion dollar expansion process.

Breeze Park, Lutheran Senior Services' second community

In 1996, LSS would open their second senior living community at Breeze Park, located in St. Charles, MO. From the outset, Breeze Park offered both independent and licensed assisted living units. But the company wanted to be able to reach people who were living in their own homes, so LSS opened its own Home Health Care Program in 1997. Also in 1997, the construction of the Village of Laclede Oaks was completed as well as the opening of the Rose Hill House (a HUD Section 202 facility), located in Kirkwood, MO. This facility consisted of 67 one-bedroom units, and opened in the spring of ’97.

One year later, LSS purchased a 51-acre site from AmerenUE overlooking the Meramec River Valley in unincorporated west St. Louis County. This would later become the site for the Meramec Bluffs senior living community in 2002. LSS continued to expand on its existing communities in 1998. Breeze Park completed Phase II of renovation, adding both independent and licensed assisted living units. Around the same time, the Oak Groves Recreation center opened on the Laclede Groves campus.

In 1999, Lutheran Senior Services began to receive recognition for the contributions it was making. It was selected to manage two affordable housing complexes, Euclid Plaza and James House for the St. Louis Housing Authority. It also received a 4.5 million HUD grand to build Dunn Road Manor, a 62-unit HUD Section 202 apartment complex in unincorporated north St. Louis County.

2000-2005

In February 2000, Breeze Park completed Phase III, which included a 20-bed skilled nursing facility. Also in 2000, LSS began construction of Hidden Lake’s 67-bed skilled nursing facility. This facility completed the continuum of care on the Hidden Lake campus when it opened its doors in December 2001.

2001 was a busy year for LSS. In February, the organization bought Richmond Terrace, a freestanding, 82-unit, licensed assisted living facility located in Richmond Heights. In June, LSS purchased Meridian Village, located in Glen Carbon, IL from Lutheran Child and Family services of Illinois. Provident Group, a for-profit subsidiary of LSS that specializes in managing and developing senior living communities, now manages these two communities. In the fall of 2001, LSS was awarded a grant from HUD to build a 62-unit senior affordable housing complex in Belleville, IL. This complex would become Westfield Manor and open its doors in December 2003.

2002 was another year full of growth for Lutheran Senior Services. The first months were marked by a new affiliation with Heisinger Lutheran Retirement Home (Heisinger Home), which ushered in a new era of regional growth in central Missouri. With the addition of this 65-unit licensed assisted living community, LSS expanded its presence into Jefferson City and was presented with an opportunity to extend its ministry. Plans to do so began with the expansion of this campus through the acquisition of a 5.2-acre adjoining site on the bank of the Missouri River. Also in early 2002, LSS began management of Concordia Village, a 33-unit senior living facility in Springfield, IL. In February, Dunn Road Manor in north St. Louis County was opened, adding another 62 affordable housing units.

Meramec Bluffs, the first senior living community planned and built entirely by LSS

Meramec Bluffs opened its doors to its first residents in June 2002, making it the first senior living community to be planned and built entirely by LSS. Meramec Bluffs included 177 independent living apartments, 19 patio homes, 58 licensed assisted living apartments and 20 skilled nursing beds.

In fall of 2002, construction began on the 65-bed skilled nursing facility and chapel at Breeze Park. In October, LSS was awarded another HUD grant for $6million for the construction and operation of Hilltop Manor in Eureka, MO. This Section 202 Affordable Housing facility has 62 one-bedroom units and would be constructed on land adjacent to St. Mark’s Lutheran Church.

In Spring 2003, construction began on the expansion areas of both Meridian Village and Heisinger Home. By December 2004, Meridian Village opened 63 independent living apartments and 72 assisted living units, with a new skilled nursing facility opened in December 2005. With the completion of its new dementia care unit, and additional independent and assisted living apartments, Heisinger Home was renamed Heisinger Bluffs.

2005-present

In January 2005, LSS was invited by the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus to begin operation of St. Joseph’s Home. LSS went on to purchase the 88-bed intermediate care facility later that year. Also in early 2005, LSS purchased the Lenoir Senior Living Community in Columbia, MO from the National Benevolent Association (NBA). The CCRC consisted of 60 independent living apartments, 130 senior living homes, 55 assisted living apartments, 104 skilled nursing beds and 17 Alzheimer’s beds. LSS also began management of three affordable housing locations formerly owned by NBA – Centennial Plaza, Hylton Point I and Hylton Point II.

Lutheran Senior Services expanded their presence into Illinois in May 2005 by beginning its association with Lutheran Hillside Village in Peoria. This community features 126 independent living apartments, 49 houses, 64 assisted living apartments and 85 skilled nursing beds. The affiliation was formalized in 2007.

In August 2009, Concordia Village in Springfield, IL opened its doors to the first phase of expansion into a CCRC, bringing assisted living, patio homes, and additional independent living apartments to the site.

Awards

• 2009, LSS’ Breeze Park and Heisinger Bluffs cited as “two of the finest skilled nursing care centers in the country.”
• 2009, 2011 - Number one non-profit to work at in St. Louis
• 2010, Recieved an A-Fitch rating, only earned by a handful of noprofit groups nationwide

External links

Company Website