 St. John Lutheran Home,
Springfield, Minnesota, was founded in 1901 as a Christian-based
facility. St. Johns is a non-profit, church-related,
skilled nursing home with 120 beds, 8 market rate Vista Ridge apartment
suites with daily meals and house keeping services, Cottonwood
Ridge, a HUD
202 Senior Congregate Housing Complex and The Maples on its expansive
campus. St. John Lutheran Home also offers home care services and
adult day care.
St. Johns is owned as a corporation by six
ELCA congregations and one Missouri Synod congregation.
The governing board is made up of one representative from each
of these seven congregations and four 'at-large' representatives
from the surrounding area.
Membership from the corporate churches
consists of:
- St. John Lutheran, Springfield
- St. Paul Lutheran, Springfield
- Sundown Lutheran, Springfield
- Zion Lutheran, Springfield
- New Hope Lutheran, Comfrey
- Christ Lutheran, Stately Township
- Trinity Lutheran, Sleepy Eye
Mission Statement
 As Christian
Servants, we strive to enhance the
physical, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being of
our residents, staff, and the community we serve.
St. John Lutheran Home is
dedicated to
educate, promote quality of life and independence while offering
a stimulating and attractive environment.
Our mission is to
provide quality care to persons with rehabilitative and
long-term needs.
Licensed Beds:
Nursing Home:
120 Licensed and Certified
Skilled Medicare/Medicaid Beds
(There are 52 private rooms and 34 double rooms)
Vista Ridge: 8 Apartment Suites,
registered as Housing with Services
Cottonwood
Ridge: 23 units, registered as Housing with Services The
Maples: 26 units, registered as Housing with Services
Services:  The
Nursing Department is divided into separate stations. Each
station is headed by a qualified supervisor who is responsible
for the total nursing care required each day. To assist
with care, we have licensed personnel 24 hours per day on both
floors and permanent staffing who provided individualized care
for each resident. The goal of the nursing team is to
provide for the resident's basic needs with dignity, respect,
and privacy. Our physicians come to St. John once a month
to conduct their rounds. The Laboratory Department from
the local hospital comes three times a week to draw blood for
any ordered lab tests.
St. Johns will
provide a dental examination, in conjunction with the
Springfield Dental Clinic. to the resident at no cost.
This will consist of checking the teeth and oral cavity.
It is done upon admission and annually thereafter. If
further work is needed, an appointment is made with the dentist
of their choice. Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy,
and Speech Therapy services are provided to the residents of St.
Johns at the order of their physician. The
Social Services Department is designed to be a professional
service to the individuals, families, and the care team.
Social Workers help residents and their families deal with
problems of age, illness, disability, family life, and
finances. Each resident will
be provided with regular, well prepared, nutritious meals.
Therapeutic and modified diets will be provided as ordered by
the attending physician. A Registered Dietitian helps plan
menus and is available to advise in other food service
activities. The Dietary Department takes pride in pursuing
a wide variety of innovative service methods and providing
special menus for many occasions. Guest meals are also
available at a reasonable cost.  St.
John's Therapeutic Recreation Department provides a full range
of fulfilling and interesting programs. The mission of the
Therapeutic Recreation Department is to promote independence,
leisure education and social skills through
physical, social, spiritual, intellectual, and creative
opportunities tailored to individual skill levels, interests,
and abilities. There are regularly scheduled religious
services for all faiths. A Full Time Chaplain is available
for counseling and for meeting the spiritual needs of our
residents.
Barbers and
beauticians come to St. Johns to provide services such as giving
hair cuts, permanents and styles in our beauty shop.
Volunteers also come and do hair styling at no cost. Surveys The
Minnesota Department of Health conducted their annual survey in
November 2007 for the purpose of assessing our compliance with
Federal Certification regulations. St. John Lutheran Home
was found to be in compliance. State
Fire Marshall Division survey was also conducted in November
2007 and
St. John's was found to be in compliance with all Federal
Certification Regulations.
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