Oak Meadows Senior Living

Oak Meadows Senior Living holds a Minnesota Department of Health Assisted Living Facility with Dementia Care license, number 424042, for 150 residents in Oakdale, Washington County. Below is what the Minnesota Department of Health publishes about this license, and how to use that record when you visit.

Is Oak Meadows Senior Living licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health?

Yes. Oak Meadows Senior Living holds an MDH Assisted Living Facility with Dementia Care license, number 424042, for 150 residents; the current license period runs from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026.

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 Oak Meadows Senior Living?

MDH has posted 2 evaluation surveys for Oak Meadows Senior Living, most recently resolved on September 10, 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 Oak Meadows Senior Living report about staffing and payment in its state disclosure?

In its UDALSA disclosure on file with MDH, dated 10/31/2025, Oak Meadows Senior Living reported typically scheduling these numbers of unlicensed direct-care staff: 4 on the day shift, 4 on the evening shift, 2 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 150 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.

Where is Oak Meadows Senior Living, and what else is licensed nearby?

Oak Meadows Senior Living is at 8131 4th Street North, Oakdale, Minnesota 55128, in Washington County, where families are served by Trellis, the metro's Area Agency on Aging, through the Senior LinkAge Line at 1-800-333-2433.

Washington County, in the east metro, had an estimated population of roughly 286,900 in 2025, with about 50,100 residents, or 17.7% of the county, aged 65 or older as of 2024, among the higher senior shares of the metro counties covered here. Woodbury, the county's largest city, has driven much of the recent growth in senior housing supply, supported by M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital, while smaller communities like White Bear Lake and Stillwater retain older, more established senior care options. Washington County is served by Lakeview Hospital in Stillwater and Woodwinds in Woodbury, with Regions in St. Paul nearby; ask how the community handles rides to specialist appointments. See our Washington County guide.

Other licensed assisted living near Oakdale

• StoryPoint Oakdale · Oakdale, 100 licensed spaces, dementia care
• Peaceful Lodge · Oakdale, 86 licensed spaces, dementia care
• Talamore Senior Living Woodbury · Woodbury, 275 licensed spaces, dementia care
• St. Therese of Woodbury · Woodbury, 70 licensed spaces, dementia care
• Prelude Homes and Services · Woodbury, 54 licensed spaces, dementia care
• Prelude Homes & Services · Woodbury, 30 licensed spaces

What does assisted living cost at a community like Oak Meadows Senior Living?

No primary source publishes a Twin Cities-only assisted living median, and Oak Meadows Senior Living'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 Oak Meadows Senior Living 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.

Does Oak Meadows Senior Living provide memory care?

Oak Meadows Senior Living 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.

How should a family evaluate Oak Meadows Senior Living?

A building licensed for 150 residents like Oak Meadows Senior Living usually runs several service levels under one roof. Ask how residents are assessed into a service package, how often the assessment is repeated, and exactly what change moves the monthly price up.

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.

What should you ask on a tour of Oak Meadows Senior Living?

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

• What does the base rate include, and how are service packages priced?
• Do you accept Elderly Waiver customized living funding, and is there a private-pay period first?
• Who administers medications, and how are errors tracked and reported?
• Can we join a meal and an activity before deciding?
• Who is the assisted living director, and how long have they been here?
• Which needs would require a move out, and how much notice do you give under Chapter 144G?

Who do you call with a concern about care at Oak Meadows Senior Living?

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.