Orchards of Minnetonka

Orchards of Minnetonka is an assisted living community in Minnetonka, Minnesota, licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health as an Assisted Living Facility with Dementia Care for 175 residents (license 424515). Below is what the Minnesota Department of Health publishes about this license, and how to use that record when you visit.

Is Orchards of Minnetonka licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health?

Yes. Orchards of Minnetonka holds an MDH Assisted Living Facility with Dementia Care license, number 424515, for 175 residents; the current license period runs from February 11, 2026 to February 10, 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 Orchards of Minnetonka?

MDH has posted 2 evaluation surveys for Orchards of Minnetonka, most recently resolved on October 29, 2025, along with 3 complaint investigations by the Office of Health Facility Complaints, 1 of them substantiated.

Of the 3 investigations: 1 substantiated, 0 unsubstantiated, 2 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 Orchards of Minnetonka report about staffing and payment in its state disclosure?

Orchards of Minnetonka's UDALSA disclosure on file with MDH is dated 04/15/2025.

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 175 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 Orchards of Minnetonka, and what else is licensed nearby?

Orchards of Minnetonka is at 10955 Wayzata Boulevard, Minnetonka, Minnesota 55305, in Hennepin County, where families are served by Trellis, the metro's Area Agency on Aging, through the Senior LinkAge Line at 1-800-333-2433.

Minnetonka's senior communities cluster around Ridgedale Center and along Highway 7 and Interstate 494, with hospital-level care typically drawing residents to Methodist Hospital in neighboring St. Louis Park or Fairview Southdale in Edina. The under-construction METRO Green Line Extension (Southwest LRT), targeted to open in 2027, will add two stations in Minnetonka, which is already influencing where new senior housing projects near Opus and Shady Oak are being sited. Much of the city's housing stock dates from the 1960s-1980s suburban boom, with a growing number of newer communities near Lake Minnetonka's east side. Hennepin County holds most of the metro's major hospitals, including Allina's Abbott Northwestern, M Health Fairview's University of Minnesota Medical Center, HealthPartners Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park and North Memorial in Robbinsdale; ask how the community handles rides to specialist appointments. See our Minnetonka assisted living guide.

Other licensed assisted living near Minnetonka

• The Glenn Minnetonka · Minnetonka, 178 licensed spaces, dementia care
• Amira Choice Minnetonka · Minnetonka, 125 licensed spaces, dementia care
• Havenwood of Minnetonka · Minnetonka, 115 licensed spaces, dementia care
• StoryPoint Carlson Parkway · Minnetonka, 115 licensed spaces, dementia care
• Landings of Minnetonka · Minnetonka, 90 licensed spaces
• StoryPoint Minnetonka · Minnetonka, 74 licensed spaces, dementia care

What does assisted living cost at a community like Orchards of Minnetonka?

No primary source publishes a Twin Cities-only assisted living median, and Orchards of Minnetonka'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 Orchards of Minnetonka 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 Orchards of Minnetonka provide memory care?

Orchards of Minnetonka 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 Orchards of Minnetonka?

A building licensed for 175 residents like Orchards of Minnetonka 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 Orchards of Minnetonka?

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

• Can we join a meal and an activity before deciding?
• Can I see your most recent MDH evaluation survey and any correction orders?
• Who administers medications, and how are errors tracked and reported?
• How do you coordinate rides to Allina, M Health Fairview, HealthPartners or North Memorial appointments?
• How do you handle a fall at night, and when is the family called?
• What is the awake overnight staffing on the floor where my parent would live?

Who do you call with a concern about care at Orchards of Minnetonka?

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.