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Overview of Boden Senior Living – Apple Va

Boden Senior Living, Apple Va offers assisted living, memory care, and respite care in Apple Valley, MN. Assisted living includes help with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, and medication while a resident keeps their own living space. Memory care provides a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering. Respite care offers a short stay when a resident’s usual caregiver needs time to travel or recover.

The community has 67 beds. Its combination of assisted living and memory care may suit a resident whose care needs could grow over time, since both care types are available within the same community. Christina Pinder is the director.

Chef prepared dining includes nutritional variety, with meals prepared by a chef and different nutritional options available. Scheduled transportation is available for appointments and outings. Landscaped outdoor areas give residents space to spend time outside. Pets are allowed, so a resident may bring a pet when moving in.

Boden Senior Living, Apple Va also offers Lifespark COMPLETE, along with care suites and community living options. The community’s inspections have reviewed its routine care and safety standards.

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Overview of Lange Board and Room
Lange Board and Room is an assisted living home located in Clear Lake, MN. It provides care to individuals who require assistance with daily living activities in a family-owned and operated environment. The facility offers services such as long-term care, housekeeping, meals preparation, daily hygiene, companionship, and medical care.

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Overview of Broadwell Senior Living – Plymouth

Plymouth’s newest luxury senior living experience is within arm’s reach. Discover endless possibilities that cultivate growth and independence while receiving full support with assisted living, independent living, and memory care support. Continue to fulfill purposeful living and immerse in personal pursuits that expand a vibrant retirement experience.

At Broadwell Senior Living in Plymouth, the management team and staff believe in empowering residents to thrive with a simple lifestyle that greatly impacts their lives to meaningful connections that last. Broadwell’s residential living is built on comfort and flexibility, ensuring that residents’ unique needs are met and nurtured. Its featured accommodations include 24/7 care and supervision, an expansive culinary experience, life-enriching programs, calendar-filled activities, and specialized medical services—to name a few of the forward-thinking services and amenities that help ensure a hassle-free lifestyle.

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Overview of The Lodge of New Hope
New Hope Lodge consists of five separate cabin-like buildings with a total of 28 rooms, each with its own personality and charm. Handsomely arranged throughout 4.2 acres of partially wooded and landscaped grounds, guests enjoy a variety of different vistas. The Cub Room bar provides a warm and friendly atmosphere that is truly unique.

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Overview of Arbor Garden Place

Arbor Garden Place provides assisted living and memory care in Eyota, Minnesota. Assisted living includes help with bathing, dressing, and medication while a resident keeps a private apartment. Memory care offers a secured setting with supervision for someone who may be at risk of wandering.

The combination may suit someone whose needs could grow from help with daily tasks to a secured, supervised setting. Respite care is also available for a short stay when a family caregiver needs to travel or recover. The home has 60 beds, with private apartments that include fully accessible bathrooms and kitchenettes with personal refrigerators.

A salon provides salon services on site, while secure outdoor spaces and gated patios offer designated places to spend time outside. Restaurant style dining gives residents a dining setting beyond their apartments, and transportation services support scheduled activities and outings. The area has a Walk Score of 37, so most errands require a car or a ride.

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Oak Ridge Place

6060 Oxboro Avenue North, Oak Park Heights, MN 55082
Overview of Oak Ridge Place

Oak Ridge Place offers assisted living and independent living in Oak Park Heights, MN. Independent living provides private living with community services and no daily care, while assisted living includes help with daily tasks such as dressing, bathing, and medication. Having both levels means Oak Ridge Place may be a good fit for a resident whose need for daily support could grow over time, since care levels can change within the community.

Opened in 1984, Oak Ridge Place has 83 beds. Residents can choose a one bedroom, one bedroom with den, or two bedroom layout. The two bedroom option can suit a couple moving together, while a one bedroom with den provides a separate den within the unit. Group exercise offers scheduled activity, and a weekly wellness clinic provides a recurring wellness service. Staff and residents maintain flowerbeds on the grounds, giving residents a way to participate in their upkeep, while a screened in gazebo provides a sheltered outdoor area.

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Overview of Brightondale Senior Living

Brightondale Senior Living is at 2700 Rice Creek Rd in New Brighton, Minnesota, part of the broader Minneapolis/St. Paul metro. It’s an assisted living and memory care community in a two-story building, led by Executive Director Deb Tschida. Apartments come in one- and two-bedroom configurations, running from 589 to 1,067 square feet, with utilities folded into the cost. Minimum age is 62.

The care infrastructure is reasonably comprehensive. Licensed nurses and personal care staff are on-site around the clock. Physical, speech, and occupational therapy are all available on-site, alongside respite care and short-term rehab. Medication management is covered.

For residents with dementia, the Reflections Dementia Care program is the named offering. Emergency call pull cords in bathrooms and personal pendants in assisted living units are the safety layer residents and families should know about.

On the lifestyle side, chef-prepared meals from fresh ingredients are served in a fine dining restaurant. There’s a wellness center, beauty salon and barbershop, outdoor spaces, and transportation. Pets are allowed. The neighborhood Walk Score is 66, which means some errands are doable on foot, though a car helps for most.

Brightondale is private-pay only, accepting neither Medicare nor Medicaid. That’s the practical filter for families evaluating it: a full-service Twin Cities suburban community with memory care on-site, built for residents who can cover costs out of pocket.

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Overview of Carefree Living St. Cloud

Experience senior living to the fullest with Carefree Living of St. Cloud, located in the tranquil neighborhood of St. Cloud, MN, where premier assisted living services are carefully designed to fit scenic community setting. The community features a variety of well-appointed accommodations from single to double occupancy, all designed to fit varied preferences, offering safe, comfortable, and dignified living. Here, residents can enjoy peace of mind with priority access to healthcare facilities nearby, making it a thoughtful choice for retirement.

At Carefree Living of St. Cloud, it is never too late to build relationships and enjoy life. The community provides an array of amenities, including reading spaces, crafts rooms, and spacious lounge areas. Residents can immerse themselves in tranquility while sitting on the benches for relaxation. Embrace a retirement in this beautiful community where everything is in place for lasting memories.

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Overview of Maplewood Assisted Living

Forty beds, one administrator, a car-dependent stretch of Cheshire County: Maplewood Assisted Living occupies a specific niche in Westmoreland, New Hampshire. Christine Gowen, RN, runs the facility at 201 River Road. Getting there means driving. The Walk Score is 2, and there isn’t much within walking distance once you arrive.

What Maplewood offers is steady, hands-on support rather than resort-style amenities. Nursing services and 24-hour staffing anchor the place, and a transitional care program exists specifically for residents coming off a hospital or rehab stay who need a bridge into longer-term assisted living. Religious services round out the on-site offerings for residents who want them.

The common spaces lean toward quiet and personal rather than grand. A coffee bar, full hair salon, and nail salon cover the everyday errands residents used to run themselves. A library and game room give people somewhere to spend an afternoon, and raised community gardens sit alongside manicured grounds that residents can actually use, not just look at. There’s a spiritual sanctuary too, set apart from the noise of the common areas. Meals are home-cooked and included, closer to a family kitchen than a restaurant menu.

Tours run Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm. Between the nursing services, round-the-clock staffing, and transitional care track, Maplewood reads as a fit for residents who need consistent daily support in a small building where the same few staff know them by name.

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Overview of Rivers of Life

Rivers of Life is a 32-bed senior living community located in Eagan, Minnesota. Situated in Dakota County, this facility integrates standard assisted living, specialized memory care, and an Enhanced Assisted Living tier designed to deliver advanced physical and medical support for residents whose daily care needs exceed conventional assisted living baselines.

The community holds formal state approval to provide dedicated dementia care, utilizing a 24-hour on-site team of licensed nurses and certified nursing assistants to manage memory loss, personal care routines, and regular wellness monitoring. Structured social activities are built into the weekly calendar, and the property maintains a strict no-pets policy.

The surrounding neighborhood is highly car-dependent, carrying a walkability score of 19 out of 100, which indicates that family visits, medical appointments, and standard errands require a vehicle.

Families evaluating regional assisted living structures can contact the Eagan administrative office to confirm current apartment vacancies and schedule an introductory walkthrough of the building.

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Resident & Family Experience 35%

The single largest share of every ranking. Aggregated review sentiment and volume from major platforms — the closest signal to real resident experience.

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Regulatory & Safety Record 25%

State inspection records, citations, and complaint visits. We weight per-inspection rates more heavily than raw counts.

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Visual Media & Transparency 15%

Communities that publish high-quality visuals give families a real preview. No photos or tours = a negative transparency signal.

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Website & Operator Transparency 10%

Site quality and whether the operator publishes basic accountability information — staff names, contact details, ownership.

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Community Stability 10%

Operational signals indicating whether a community is well-run and meeting demand.

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Environment & Pricing 5%

Walkability and pricing transparency. Walk Score is weighted higher for Independent Living than for Memory Care, where most residents do not leave unaccompanied.

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Assisted Living in Minnesota at a glance

Avg Monthly Cost: $6,180The average monthly cost across facilities in Minnesota. Reflects published or estimated base rates and can vary with care level, room type, and amenities. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: $5,600
Avg Walk Score: 45/ 100The average Walk Score across facilities in Minnesota. A third-party neighborhood walkability score (0–100) measuring convenience and context, not healthcare quality. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: 50/ 100
Avg No. of Beds: 60The average licensed bed capacity across facilities in Minnesota. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: 90
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Frequently Asked Questions about Assisted Living in Minnesota

What's the difference between assisted living and memory care in Minnesota?

Assisted living in Minnesota supports residents with daily activities (bathing, dressing, medication management) while preserving independence. Memory care is a specialized form of assisted living for residents living with Alzheimer's or dementia, and adds 24/7 secured environments, dementia-trained staff, and structured routines designed to reduce confusion and wandering.

What's the difference between assisted living and a nursing home in Minnesota?

Assisted living in Minnesota is a residential model focused on housing, hospitality, and help with daily activities. Nursing homes (skilled nursing facilities) provide 24/7 medical care from licensed nurses for residents with significant health needs, and are regulated more strictly under both state and federal CMS rules.

Does Minnesota Medicaid cover assisted living?

Minnesota Medicaid does not directly pay room-and-board for assisted living, but most states (including Minnesota) offer Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waivers that can offset the cost of care services delivered inside a licensed community. Eligibility, waitlists, and covered services vary — check directly with the state Medicaid agency.

What is assisted living?

Assisted living combines private or semi-private apartments with help on activities of daily living (meals, bathing, dressing, medication management) and a social calendar — for residents who need some support but do not need 24/7 medical care.

How many assisted living facilities are listed on this page?

This page features 545 assisted living facilities in Minnesota. Use the filters and comparison tools above to compare ratings, amenities, and pricing.

How do I choose the right assisted living facility in Minnesota?

Start by matching the level of care offered to the resident's current and anticipated needs, then compare licensing status, staff-to-resident ratios, recent inspection results, and pricing. Tour at least two or three communities in Minnesota, talk to current residents and families, and confirm what is included in the base rate versus billed as add-on services.

What should I look for when visiting assisted living facilities in Minnesota?

Pay attention to staff interactions with residents, cleanliness and odor, food quality at meal times, the activity calendar, and how questions about pricing and care plans are answered. Ask to see the most recent state inspection report, the move-out / level-of-care-change policy, and a sample monthly bill that lists every fee.