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1,912 MDH-licensed assisted living facilities · 332 dementia care licenses · last verified October 2026

1,912 licenses
38,802 licensed spaces
36 full profiles
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This directory lists all 1,912 assisted living facilities the Minnesota Department of Health licenses in the seven-county Twin Cities metro, 332 of them with the dementia care license, with license numbers, licensed capacity and MDH complaint investigation outcomes for each.

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This directory lists all 1,912 assisted living facilities the Minnesota Department of Health licenses in the seven-county Twin Cities metro, 332 of them with the dementia care license, with license numbers, licensed capacity and MDH complaint investigation outcomes for each.

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This directory lists all 1,912 assisted living facilities the Minnesota Department of Health licenses in the seven-county Twin Cities metro, 332 of them with the dementia care license, with license numbers, licensed capacity and MDH complaint investigation outcomes for each.

The assisted living and memory care listings come from the state's own records rather than operator marketing, so they include every license, from 1,479 six-bed homes to buildings licensed for more than 300 residents, across 38,802 licensed spaces. Nursing home, independent living, home health and hospice listings remain our smaller verified-provider lists.

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Assisted Living

1,912 MDH licenses, every one listed with license number and complaint findings.

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Memory Care

332 buildings holding Minnesota's dementia care license.

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Nursing Home

22 providers verified against their own published information.

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Independent Living

33 providers verified against their own published information.

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Home Health & Home Care

8 providers verified against their own published information.

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Hospice

13 providers verified against their own published information.

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36 of the largest licensed communities, with every county represented.

Assisted living vs. memory care in Minnesota: what each is and isn't

Assisted living (MDH license)Memory care (MDH dementia care license)
What it isAn "Assisted Living Facility" licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health under Minnesota Statutes Chapter 144G: housing plus assisted living services, with a licensed assisted living director.An "Assisted Living Facility with Dementia Care," the second of Chapter 144G's two license categories, required for any building with a secured dementia care unit.
What it isn'tA nursing home. Nursing homes are licensed separately under Chapter 144A and carry federal CMS ratings.A marketing label or voluntary certification. A building without the dementia care license cannot operate a secured unit or market specialized dementia care.
Extra rulesEvery license holder files a Uniform Disclosure of Assisted Living Services and Amenities (UDALSA) with MDH.Dementia-specific staff training (Minn. Stat. 144G.83) and a written pre-contract disclosure (Minn. Stat. 325F.72).
How to verify itMDH Health Care Provider Directory: license type, number, capacity and license period.The same directory: the license type must read "Assisted Living Facility with Dementia Care."
Who inspects itMDH Health Regulation Division evaluation surveys; the Office of Health Facility Complaints investigates complaints.The same MDH surveys and complaint investigations, including the dementia care requirements.

Where does the facility information come from?

License type, license number, capacity, license period and licensee come from the MDH Health Care Provider Directory; evaluation surveys and complaint investigation outcomes come from MDH's Complaint and Survey Findings tool.

Staffing-per-shift and payment details on the full profiles come from each facility's own UDALSA disclosure, which MDH publishes. We do not add star ratings, reviews, amenity lists or prices for individual communities.

Which counties does the directory cover?

Hennepin, Ramsey, Dakota, Anoka, Washington, Scott and Carver, the seven counties of the Twin Cities metro, all served by one Area Agency on Aging, Trellis, and one statewide ombudsman office.

CountyLicensed facilitiesLicensed spacesDementia care licensesHomes of 6 or fewer
Hennepin County106117,451124886
Ramsey County2546,27256185
Dakota County2315,88556163
Anoka County1963,37941144
Washington County972,9702863
Scott County531,6681533
Carver County201,177125
Data source and refresh cadence. License facts (license type, license number, HFID, licensed resident capacity, license period, first-license date, licensee and ownership type) come from the Minnesota Department of Health, Health Regulation Division Health Care Provider Directory, "Assisted Living Facilities" group, every record MDH lists as licensed in Hennepin, Ramsey, Dakota, Anoka, Washington, Scott and Carver counties. Evaluation surveys and Office of Health Facility Complaints investigation outcomes come from MDH's Complaint and Survey Findings tool. Staffing and payment details are the facility's own UDALSA disclosure, filed with and published by MDH. Retrieved October 24, 2026; MDH updates its directory daily, and we re-pull it quarterly and whenever a family reports a change.
Last verified: October 2026.

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