Ashbury Heights Of Jefferson City has been helping seniors in Jefferson City, Missouri for over ten years, and it sits near Hough Park and St. Mary's Hospital, which can be helpful if a hospital visit ever comes up. The community offers support with daily activities like bathing, dressing, and taking medicine on time, and there are staff and nurses around day and night, so if help is needed or something happens, someone's there. Residents can choose a private room in a small, home-like setting, often with no more than ten people in a house, and some suites are big enough for personal furniture, and everybody has their own bathroom for privacy. Folks here get nutritious, home-style meals, and if someone has allergies or needs a special diabetic meal plan, the kitchen staff can handle that, and everyone eats together in a dining room, so it feels like a community meal.
People can keep in touch with family since every room has telephone access, and the staff works to keep residents in contact with their doctors, making sure medicine stays up to date with a registered nurse checking on things every three months and talking to doctors as needed. Ashbury Heights plans card games, music, movie nights, and community events, which gives people something to do and keeps folks from feeling bored or lonely. There are outdoor walking paths and gardens, too, plus bus transportation and parking for those visits out or for families coming by. They have a community room for group activities, and sometimes local groups stop in for entertainment, so there's company both from inside and outside.
Ashbury Heights provides care for different needs, such as simple help with daily living or more involved care like Alzheimer's support, incontinence management, and help for people who need non-ambulatory assistance. There are podiatrists, physical therapists, and speech therapists who come by, and the staff can help people move safely from bed to wheelchair when needed. Besides permanent residents, Ashbury Heights also offers respite stays for those who need short-term help, as well as an adult day watch program, so families can get a break during the day. Housekeeping, laundry, dry cleaning, and regular room cleaning are included, which takes chores off people's plates and keeps things tidy.
The building feels comfortable and has both indoor and outdoor spaces, with some flower beds and shrubs outside making it seem a bit like the country, and there's always something going on to encourage movement and social time. Ashbury Heights accepts several types of payments, including private pay, Social Security, veterans' benefits, and insurance. Only people aged 55 or older can live here, and the staff aims to give care in a way that feels warm and like family, not a hospital. The staff helps new residents move in and get settled, so no one feels lost or confused when first arriving. With a long history of serving seniors, Ashbury Heights tries to give enough attention to each resident while providing the safety, meals, company, and care folks need as they age.
