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Overview of Maple Care Homes of Brooklyn Park

Maple Care Homes of Brooklyn Park provides memory care, nursing home care, and skilled nursing in Minneapolis, MN. Memory care offers a supervised setting for a resident living with dementia, while skilled nursing provides licensed nursing care on site around the clock.

The home has five beds, making it a smaller community where staff and residents can get to know each other. Private rooms give one resident their own room, while shared rooms can suit someone who wants a roommate.

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Overview of The Pines Assisted Living

The Pines Assisted Living offers independent living, assisted living, nursing home, and skilled nursing within a 95-bed setting in Richfield, MN. With 24-hour staffing, residents have access to various services whenever needed. The community also features shared apartment homes and care suites.

The listed starting price is $4,870. Pets are also allowed, so residents can bring a small animal companion. A Walk Score of 85 out of 100 makes the area very walkable, with most errands possible on foot, so a resident who no longer drives can still get out independently. Moreover, transportation is available.

$1,600/Month Info Pricing updated on October 12th, 2026

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Overview of Good Shepherd Assisted Living

Good Shepherd Assisted Living in Sauk Rapids, MN, provides nursing home, assisted living, home care, memory care, and skilled nursing in a 60-bed setting. The community provides specialized care for older adults with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia in a supervised environment. Moreover, terminally ill residents receive comfort-focused care to ease pain and discomfort.

Respite care gives a family a short stay option when the usual caregiver needs to travel, recover, or take a temporary break. Meanwhile, short-term rehabilitation supports recovery after an illness, injury, or procedure. Residents can visit the Northern Delights Gift Store, view exhibits at the Canal Street Art Gallery, and attend Spiritual Services & Chapel programs.

A Walk Score of 69 means the area is somewhat walkable, with some errands possible on foot, so a resident who no longer drives may be able to complete certain nearby errands independently.

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Overview of Regent at Burnsville

Regent at Burnsville offers nursing home, skilled nursing, assisted living, independent living, and memory care in Burnsville, MN. Skilled nursing and nursing home care provide licensed nursing care on site around the clock. Assisted living helps with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, and medication.

Independent living provides private living with community services and no daily care, while memory care provides a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering. The 170-bed community is a larger setting, with more residents, staff, and programming. Its range of care levels may suit a resident whose needs change over time, since independent living, assisted living, memory care, and nursing care are available within the same community.

Outings for shopping and entertainment give residents scheduled opportunities to take part in those activities. A salon, exercise classes, and paved walking paths provide on-site options for grooming, structured movement, and walking. Care Suites and Spiritual Care are also part of the community’s programs. Elle Boelter is the director.

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Overview of Auburn Homes and Services Waconia

Auburn Homes and Services Waconia offers nursing home, assisted living, independent living, memory care, and skilled nursing in Waconia, MN. Assisted living includes help with daily tasks while a resident keeps an apartment, memory care provides a secured setting with supervision, and independent living offers private living with community services and no daily care.

Nursing home and skilled nursing provide licensed nursing care on site around the clock. The community opened in 1928, and its housing includes studios, one bedroom residences, and two bedroom residences. A two bedroom residence may suit a couple moving together or someone who wants a companion.

Rehabilitation services support residents working to regain or maintain function. With a Walk Score of 55, the area falls in the somewhat walkable band, so some errands can be done on foot and a resident who no longer drives may be able to reach certain nearby destinations independently.

The range of care types may be a good fit for a resident whose needs grow over time, because multiple care levels are available within the community.

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Overview of Villages of St Clare

Villages of St Clare is found in Mora, MN, with skilled nursing, nursing home, and assisted living on the license. Skilled nursing brings licensed nursing to the building at any hour. Assisted living handles bathing, dressing, and medication. With the levels licensed together, growing needs do not oblige anyone to find a different community.

Forty-two beds keep the setting small, where staff and residents get to know one another. Short Stay Rehabilitation is the program name attached to regaining function after illness, injury, or time spent in hospital.

The area scores 63 for walking. A few errands stay possible on foot, and a resident can manage some of them without a car.

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Overview of Minnewaska Community Home Care

Independent living, memory care, skilled nursing, assisted living, and nursing home are the five levels Minnewaska Community Home Care carries in Mora, MN. Two of those designations put licensed nursing on hand around the clock. Assisted living deals with the daily tasks, and independent living leaves daily care out of it.

Memory care supplies a supervised setting for a resident whose dementia brings a wandering risk. With thirty beds, this stays small, small enough that a resident is a known quantity to the staff. Therapy and rehabilitation services show up for anyone needing treatment or a hand through recovery.

Walkability at 63 brings part of the area within range on foot for a non-driver. Five levels at one address suit somebody whose support needs will deepen without the address needing to change with them.

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Overview of Meadow Place Assisted Living

Meadow Place Assisted Living offers nursing home, assisted living, memory care, palliative care, and skilled nursing in Long Prairie, MN. Assisted living includes help with bathing, dressing, and medication while a resident lives in an apartment style setting. Memory care provides a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering. Nursing home and skilled nursing provide licensed nursing care on site around the clock, while palliative care focuses on comfort.

The range of care types may suit someone whose needs grow over time. Moving between care levels can happen without leaving the community or starting over socially. Meadow Place opened in 1981 and has 40 beds, creating a smaller setting where staff and residents get to know each other. Room options include assisted living and assisted living with memory care, with the latter suited to someone who needs memory support within an assisted living setting.

Rehabilitation services and short term rehab are available. Someone recovering from an illness, injury, or procedure can therefore receive temporary, recovery focused care. A Walk Score of 59 means the area is somewhat walkable, with some errands possible on foot. That can help a resident who no longer drives complete certain errands independently.

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Overview of Riley Crossing Senior Living

Licensed across independent living, memory care, assisted living, nursing home, and skilled nursing, Riley Crossing Senior Living operates in Chanhassen, MN. Help with dressing, medication, and bathing comes under assisted living. Independent living drops the daily care and keeps the rest of what the community runs.

A secured setting with supervision in it is the memory care level. The skilled nursing designation is what puts licensed clinical work in the building, and nursing home covers the same thing without an end date on it.

The bed count runs to 165, and having five levels on the one license means support can deepen while the address holds. Pets are allowed, so an animal can stay with a resident.

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Overview of Woodbury Villa

Woodbury Villa offers nursing home, assisted living, independent living, memory care, and skilled nursing in Woodbury, MN. Skilled nursing and nursing home care include licensed nursing on site around the clock, while assisted living helps with daily tasks such as bathing, dressing, and medication management.

Independent living provides private living with community services and no daily care. Memory care provides a secured setting with supervision for residents at risk of wandering. With several care levels in one community, Woodbury Villa may be a good fit for a resident whose needs could grow over time and who may be able to move between care settings without leaving the community. The community has 83 beds, and Anna Decorsey serves as its director.

$2,600/Month Info Pricing updated on October 13th, 2026

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Nursing Homes in Minnesota at a glance

Avg Overall CMS Rating: 3.1/ 5The average Overall CMS Rating for all CMS-certified nursing homes in Minnesota. Ratings combine health inspections, staffing, and quality measures, with inspections weighted most. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: 3.2/ 5
Avg Staffing Rating: 4.0/ 5The average Staffing Rating across all CMS-certified nursing homes in Minnesota. Reflects nursing staff hours per resident per day (including RNs), adjusted for residents' care needs. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: 3.4/ 5
Avg Health Insp. Rating: 2.8/ 5The average Health Inspection Rating across all CMS-certified nursing homes in Minnesota. Based on each facility's recent inspections and complaint investigations, weighing the number, scope, and severity of deficiencies. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: 3.0/ 5