MN Has 35 Senior Living Communities On U.S. News ‘Best’ List

MINNESOTA — U.S. News and World Report said in new Best Senior Living ratings released Thursday that 35 retirement communities in Minnesota are worth consideration for older Americans as they plan for increasing medical needs.

The report, now in its second year, evaluates nearly 4,000 U.S. communities in one or more of the following categories: independent living, assisted living, memory care and continuing care retirement.

The communities that made the cut in at least one of the categories “excel in making residents feel safe, well cared for and highly satisfied by the services provided,” Zach Adams, senior health data engineer at U.S. News, said in a news release.

In Minnesota, U.S. News evaluated 87 senior living communities and recognized 25 of them, including:

• Amira Choice Roseville at Lexington — Roseville
• Arbor Glen — Lake Elmo
• Arbor Lane — Burnsville
• Aurora on France — Edina
• Bethany on the Lake — Alexandria
• Brookdale Winona — Winona
• Deephaven Woods Senior Living — Deephaven
• Deer Crest — Red Wing
• Havenwood of Buffalo — Buffalo
• Havenwood of Burnsville — Burnsville
• Havenwood of Maple Grove — Maple Grove
• Lakeshore Assisted Living — Waseca
• Loren on Park — Minneapolis
• Mala Strana Assisted Living — New Prague
• Meadows on Fairview — Wyoming
• New Perspective Carlson Parkway — Minnetonka
• New Perspective Eagan — Eagan
• New Perspective Waconia — Waconia
• New Perspetive Woodbury — Woodbury
• Northern Lakes Senior Living — Baxter
• Orchards of Minnetonka — Minnetonka
• Riley Crossing Senior Living — Chanhassan
• Stonehaven of Eagan — Eagan
• Sunrise of Golden Valley — Golden Valley
• Sunrise of Minnetonka — Minnetonka
• The Emeralds at Grand Rapids — Grand Rapids
• The Fountains at Hosanna — Lakeville
• The Pillars of Grand Rapids — Grand Rapids
• The Pillars of Mankato — Mankato
• The Pillars of Prospect Park — Minneapolis
• The Trails of Orono — Wayzata
• Tinta Wita Tipi — Welch
• TowerLight on Wooddale — St. Louis Park
• Vernon Terrace — Edina
• Willows Bend Senior Living — Fridley

U.S. News offers a community finder tool that includes detailed profiles on each of the facilities that participated in the 2022 survey.

To be included, retirement communities had to participate in a six-month consumer-satisfaction survey and had to meet certain U.S. News eligibility criteria. The 4,000 that met the criteria represent only a fraction of the tens of thousands of such licensed senior living communities and facilities nationwide.

The ratings show 17 senior living companies with more than 20 participating retirement communities received awards for more than half of them.