The Waters of Eden Prairie

The Waters of Eden Prairie holds a Minnesota Department of Health Assisted Living Facility with Dementia Care license, number 425138, for 165 residents in Eden Prairie, Hennepin County. Below is what the Minnesota Department of Health publishes about this license, and how to use that record when you visit.

Is The Waters of Eden Prairie licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health?

Yes. The Waters of Eden Prairie holds an MDH Assisted Living Facility with Dementia Care license, number 425138, for 165 residents; the current license period runs from May 15, 2026 to May 14, 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 The Waters of Eden Prairie?

MDH has posted 2 evaluation surveys for The Waters of Eden Prairie, most recently resolved on October 23, 2024, along with 3 complaint investigations by the Office of Health Facility Complaints, 1 of them substantiated.

Of the 3 investigations: 1 substantiated, 2 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 The Waters of Eden Prairie report about staffing and payment in its state disclosure?

The Waters of Eden Prairie'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.

Does The Waters of Eden Prairie provide memory care?

The Waters of Eden Prairie 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 The Waters of Eden Prairie, and what else is licensed nearby?

The Waters of Eden Prairie is at 431 Prairie Center Drive, Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344, 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.

Eden Prairie, one of the metro's larger southwest suburbs, is served by Fairview Southdale and by Ridgeview Medical Center in nearby Chaska for hospital care, and its senior housing has grown alongside its reputation as a corporate and retail hub along Highway 212 and Prairie Center Drive. The city is one of the communities set to gain stations on the METRO Green Line Extension when Southwest LRT opens, which local senior-housing developers have cited when siting newer communities near the future station areas. Its housing stock is comparatively young for the metro, with much of it built from the 1970s onward. 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 Eden Prairie assisted living guide.

Other licensed assisted living near Eden Prairie

• Eden Prairie Senior Living · Eden Prairie, 130 licensed spaces, dementia care
• Prairie Bluffs Senior Living · Eden Prairie, 110 licensed spaces, dementia care
• Silvercrest Properties · Eden Prairie, 100 licensed spaces, dementia care
• Flagstone · Eden Prairie, 87 licensed spaces, dementia care
• Elim Shores · Eden Prairie, 70 licensed spaces
• Prairie Heights Memory Care · Eden Prairie, 52 licensed spaces, dementia care

What does assisted living cost at a community like The Waters of Eden Prairie?

No primary source publishes a Twin Cities-only assisted living median, and The Waters of Eden Prairie'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 The Waters of Eden Prairie 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 The Waters of Eden Prairie?

With 165 licensed spaces, The Waters of Eden Prairie 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 The Waters of Eden Prairie?

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 The Waters of Eden Prairie?

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

• Which needs would require a move out, and how much notice do you give under Chapter 144G?
• Who administers medications, and how are errors tracked and reported?
• Can we join a meal and an activity before deciding?
• How is the service plan built, and how often is it reviewed with the family?
• How do you handle a fall at night, and when is the family called?
• How many caregivers left in the past 12 months?