What’s on Our Mind

Residents had the chance to feel all soft and fuzzy when the Missouri House Rabbit Society visited Aberdeen Heights in September and October.While most might not consider rabbits to be good companions, the House Rabbit Society explained that rabbits make great house pets – and have been domesticated for more than 1,500 years.“When most people see a rabbit, they think of a cage with a rabbit sitting inside, or a rabbit in a backyard hutch,” said Marjorie Manahan, outreach coordinator for the soci...

Cowboy poet and saddlemaker Martin Bergin treated Aberdeen Heights residents to tall tales and dusty poems during a recent visit.Bergin said he always enjoys the chance to share his stories, and that residents enjoy hearing them.“I was very well-received by the residents,” he said.The 79-year-old Bergin said he was a “ranch-raised kid” and that he’s been a cowboy all of his life. He’s been a saddlemaker for 68 years, and a rancher and cowboy poet for “50 years or so.”Below is one of Bergin’s poe...

There’s nothing quite like the harmonic tones of a Barbershop Chorus filling the hallways with favorite songs from a bygone era. When the Gentlemen of Sound visit Aberdeen Heights, it’s a community affair – with residents and staff invited to join in and sing along with some of their favorite songs.“What ends up happening is that we’ll sing songs that they know and remember,” said Bill Westbrook, assistant director of the Gentlemen of Sound. “We get them...

Aberdeen Heights, a PMMA senior living community in Kirkwood, Mo., is proud to announce that they are the recipient of Pinnacle Quality Insight’s 2019 Customer Experience AwardTM.The Customer Experience Award is given to senior living communities that score in the top 15-percent of the nation in resident satisfaction surveys conducted by Pinnacle Quality Insight for 12 consecutive months. Aberdeen Heights received the award for assisted living and skilled nursing.Over the course of 2018, a...

The Glen at Aberdeen Heights earned a zero-deficiency survey for assisted living from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services following its inspection in July. Aberdeen Heights is a PMMA (Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America) senior living community.Senior living communities are surveyed by their licensing agency for compliance of regulations established by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. These regulations are designed to ensure a standard of care is met.