The Waters of Excelsior

The Waters of Excelsior is an assisted living community in Excelsior, Minnesota, licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health as an Assisted Living Facility with Dementia Care for 145 residents (license 425146). 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 Excelsior licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health?

Yes. The Waters of Excelsior holds an MDH Assisted Living Facility with Dementia Care license, number 425146, for 145 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 Excelsior?

MDH has posted 2 evaluation surveys for The Waters of Excelsior, most recently resolved on October 24, 2024, 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 The Waters of Excelsior report about staffing and payment in its state disclosure?

In its UDALSA disclosure on file with MDH, dated 02/17/2026, The Waters of Excelsior reported typically scheduling these numbers of unlicensed direct-care staff: 5 on the day shift, 4 on the evening shift, 2 on the night shift.

It does not mark waivered services (Elderly Waiver, CADI or BI) as an accepted payment for services, so ask directly before assuming Medical Assistance can be used here. Shift counts are building-wide and self-reported; divide by the 145 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 The Waters of Excelsior, and what else is licensed nearby?

The Waters of Excelsior is at 723 Water Street, Excelsior, Minnesota 55331, 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.

Hennepin County is Minnesota's most populous county, with an estimated 1,284,784 residents as of mid-2025 according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and it includes Minneapolis along with most of the western and southern suburbs covered by this site. About 17.1% of county residents are 65 or older per the Census Bureau's most recent estimate, and the county's decades of urban and suburban development have produced the deepest supply of senior housing options in the metro, from historic Minneapolis apartment conversions to newer suburban campuses in Edina, Minnetonka, and Maple Grove. 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 Hennepin County guide.

Other licensed assisted living near Excelsior

• Shorewood Landing · Shorewood, 130 licensed spaces, dementia care
• Trouvaille Memory Care Suites · Excelsior, 52 licensed spaces, dementia care
• Wealshire of Medina · Medina, 110 licensed spaces, dementia care
• Okalee of Medina · Medina, 95 licensed spaces, dementia care
• Saint Therese of Corcoran · Corcoran, 36 licensed spaces
• Saint Therese of Corcoran · Corcoran, 21 licensed spaces, dementia care

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

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

The Waters of Excelsior 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 The Waters of Excelsior?

A building licensed for 145 residents like The Waters of Excelsior 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 The Waters of Excelsior?

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?
• What is the awake overnight staffing on the floor where my parent would live?
• How is the service plan built, and how often is it reviewed with the family?
• Can I see your most recent MDH evaluation survey and any correction orders?
• Can we join a meal and an activity before deciding?
• Is your UDALSA disclosure current, and may I take a copy home?

Who do you call with a concern about care at The Waters of Excelsior?

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.