Polar Ridge Senior Living

Polar Ridge Senior Living is an assisted living community in North St. Paul, Minnesota, licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health as an Assisted Living Facility with Dementia Care for 138 residents (license 424777). Below is what the Minnesota Department of Health publishes about this license, and how to use that record when you visit.

Is Polar Ridge Senior Living licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health?

Yes. Polar Ridge Senior Living holds an MDH Assisted Living Facility with Dementia Care license, number 424777, for 138 residents; the current license period runs from May 1, 2026 to April 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 Polar Ridge Senior Living?

MDH has posted 2 evaluation surveys for Polar Ridge Senior Living, most recently resolved on March 27, 2025, along with 0 complaint investigations by the Office of Health Facility Complaints, 0 of them substantiated.

Of the 0 investigations: 0 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

No Office of Health Facility Complaints investigation is posted for this license.

What does Polar Ridge Senior Living report about staffing and payment in its state disclosure?

Polar Ridge Senior Living's UDALSA disclosure is posted on MDH's site as a scanned document, so we have not extracted its staffing figures; open it to read the reported staff per shift and accepted payment sources.

Read the UDALSA (PDF). Every Minnesota assisted living licensee must file this standard disclosure under Minn. Stat. 144G.40.

Where is Polar Ridge Senior Living, and what else is licensed nearby?

Polar Ridge Senior Living is at 2365 Helen Street North, North St. Paul, Minnesota 55109, in Ramsey County, where families are served by Trellis, the metro's Area Agency on Aging, through the Senior LinkAge Line at 1-800-333-2433.

Ramsey County, anchored by St. Paul, is Minnesota's second-most populous county and its most densely populated, with a 2020 Census population of 552,352. American Community Survey estimates put the county's 65-and-older population at roughly 15.4%, somewhat below the statewide share, reflecting the county's dense urban core. Its senior housing supply is concentrated in St. Paul's older neighborhoods and in inner-ring suburbs like Roseville, often occupying converted historic buildings alongside newer purpose-built communities. Ramsey County is anchored by HealthPartners' Regions Hospital in St. Paul and M Health Fairview's St. Joseph's and St. John's hospitals; ask how the community handles rides to specialist appointments. See our Ramsey County guide.

Other licensed assisted living near North St. Paul

• Ecumen Seasons at Maplewood · Maplewood, 163 licensed spaces, dementia care
• Carefree Cottages of Maplewood Chateau · Maplewood, 135 licensed spaces
• Harmony Gardens · Maplewood, 120 licensed spaces, dementia care
• The Shores of Lake Phalen · Maplewood, 105 licensed spaces, dementia care
• Maple Hill Senior Living · Maplewood, 100 licensed spaces, dementia care
• Boden Senior Lvg - Maplewood · Maplewood, 66 licensed spaces, dementia care

What does assisted living cost at a community like Polar Ridge Senior Living?

No primary source publishes a Twin Cities-only assisted living median, and Polar Ridge 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 Polar Ridge 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 Polar Ridge Senior Living provide memory care?

Polar Ridge 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 Polar Ridge Senior Living?

With 138 licensed spaces, Polar Ridge Senior Living 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.

What should you ask on a tour of Polar Ridge 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?
• How is the service plan built, and how often is it reviewed with the family?
• Can we join a meal and an activity before deciding?
• Who is the family's contact after hours?
• Is your UDALSA disclosure current, and may I take a copy home?
• Can I see your most recent MDH evaluation survey and any correction orders?

Who do you call with a concern about care at Polar Ridge 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.