Benedictine Living Community Shakopee

MDH's provider directory lists Benedictine Living Community Shakopee in Shakopee as a licensed Assisted Living Facility with Dementia Care with capacity for 225 residents under license 426186. Below is what the Minnesota Department of Health publishes about this license, and how to use that record when you visit.

Is Benedictine Living Community Shakopee licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health?

Yes. Benedictine Living Community Shakopee holds an MDH Assisted Living Facility with Dementia Care license, number 426186, for 225 residents; the current license period runs from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027.

The dementia care license is the category Minnesota requires for any building with a secured memory care unit, so this community may operate one.

What do MDH survey and complaint records show for Benedictine Living Community Shakopee?

MDH has posted 2 evaluation surveys for Benedictine Living Community Shakopee, most recently resolved on June 11, 2025, along with 1 complaint investigation by the Office of Health Facility Complaints, 1 of them substantiated.

Of the 1 investigation: 1 substantiated, 0 unsubstantiated, 0 inconclusive. The metro median for assisted living buildings licensed for 60 or more residents is 1 substantiated finding. Its posted record is at or below the metro median for substantiated complaint findings among larger buildings, a good sign, though investigations only capture what was reported. A complaint investigation starts when someone reports a concern, so the count reflects reporting as well as care.

Evaluation surveys

Office of Health Facility Complaints investigations

What does Benedictine Living Community Shakopee report about staffing and payment in its state disclosure?

In its UDALSA disclosure on file with MDH, dated 05/01/2026, Benedictine Living Community Shakopee reported typically scheduling these numbers of unlicensed direct-care staff: 5 on the day shift, 4.5 on the evening shift, 3 on the night shift.

It marks waivered services (Elderly Waiver, CADI or BI) as an accepted payment for services. Shift counts are building-wide and self-reported; divide by the 225 licensed spaces only as a rough guide, and ask how many staff work inside any secured unit. Read the full UDALSA (PDF) for the service and amenity checklist.

Does Benedictine Living Community Shakopee provide memory care?

Benedictine Living Community Shakopee holds Minnesota's dementia care license, so before signing a contract you are entitled to its written dementia care disclosure under Minn. Stat. 325F.72.

That disclosure covers admission and retention criteria for the secured unit, the assessment and service-plan process, staff credentials and training, the physical environment and security features, programming and fees. Compare it side by side with another community's, and ask how many staff completed the dementia training required under Minn. Stat. 144G.83 this year.

Where is Benedictine Living Community Shakopee, and what else is licensed nearby?

Benedictine Living Community Shakopee is at 1705 Windermere Way, Shakopee, Minnesota 55379, in Scott County, where families are served by Trellis, the metro's Area Agency on Aging, through the Senior LinkAge Line at 1-800-333-2433.

Scott County, in the southwest metro, centers its senior housing on Shakopee, Savage and Prior Lake, with St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Shakopee as the county's hospital. Scott County's hospital is St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Shakopee; ask how the community handles rides to specialist appointments. See the Scott County licensed facility list.

Other licensed assisted living near Shakopee

• All Saints Senior Living · Shakopee, 100 licensed spaces, dementia care
• McKenna Crossing · Prior Lake, 91 licensed spaces, dementia care
• Emerald Crest of Shakopee · Shakopee, 43 licensed spaces, dementia care
• The Gardens at St. Gertrudes · Shakopee, 43 licensed spaces
• Suite Living Senior Care of Shakopee · Shakopee, 32 licensed spaces, dementia care

What does assisted living cost at a community like Benedictine Living Community Shakopee?

No primary source publishes a Twin Cities-only assisted living median, and Benedictine Living Community Shakopee's rates depend on apartment type and service package; third-party summaries of the CareScout survey put Minnesota's statewide median near $6,573 a month, a figure we have not verified against CareScout's own tables.

Ask Benedictine Living Community Shakopee for a written, itemized monthly quote for your parent's assessed service level, including what is billed separately. Minnesota's Elderly Waiver can pay for customized living services, never room and board, for Medical Assistance-eligible residents of participating facilities; very-low-income residents may also qualify for Housing Support toward room and board. How the Elderly Waiver works in assisted living.

How should a family evaluate Benedictine Living Community Shakopee?

With 225 licensed spaces, Benedictine Living Community Shakopee is large enough that staffing can vary floor to floor and shift to shift. Ask for the caregiver-to-resident ratio on the wing your parent would live in, both day and overnight, and how many aides are awake after 11 p.m.

Check the Minnesota Assisted Living Report Card, which DHS and MDH publish with resident and family survey results for many facilities, alongside the complaint record above. Visit at least twice, once unannounced near a mealtime, and ask to speak with a current resident's family.

Who do you call with a concern about care at Benedictine Living Community Shakopee?

Call the MDH Office of Health Facility Complaints at 651-201-4200 (or 1-800-369-7994) for a licensing concern, or the Minnesota Office of Ombudsman for Long-Term Care at 1-800-657-3591 for free, confidential advocacy.

A complaint to MDH can lead to the kind of investigation listed above. The ombudsman does not inspect; it helps resolve problems such as discharge notices, service-plan disputes and residents' rights issues, and acts with the resident's consent. Suspected abuse, neglect or financial exploitation goes to the Minnesota Adult Abuse Reporting Center at 1-844-880-1574, 24 hours a day. For immediate danger, call 911. How complaints work in Minnesota.

What should you ask on a tour of Benedictine Living Community Shakopee?

Ask about overnight staffing, move-out triggers and the latest MDH findings first; those three answers separate communities faster than any brochure.

• What is the awake overnight staffing on the floor where my parent would live?
• How do you coordinate rides to Allina, M Health Fairview, HealthPartners or North Memorial appointments?
• Who is the family's contact after hours?
• Which needs would require a move out, and how much notice do you give under Chapter 144G?
• Who is the assisted living director, and how long have they been here?
• Who administers medications, and how are errors tracked and reported?