Walker Methodist Place

Walker Methodist Place holds a Minnesota Department of Health Assisted Living Facility license, number 423373, for 125 residents in Minneapolis, Hennepin County. Below is what the Minnesota Department of Health publishes about this license, and how to use that record when you visit.

Is Walker Methodist Place licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health?

Yes. Walker Methodist Place holds an MDH Assisted Living Facility license, number 423373, for 125 residents; the current license period runs from December 1, 2025 to November 30, 2026.

This is the base assisted living license, not the dementia care category, so the building may not operate a secured dementia unit.

What do MDH survey and complaint records show for Walker Methodist Place?

MDH has posted 2 evaluation surveys for Walker Methodist Place, most recently resolved on October 29, 2025, along with 1 complaint investigation by the Office of Health Facility Complaints, 0 of them substantiated.

Of the 1 investigation: 0 substantiated, 0 unsubstantiated, 1 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 Walker Methodist Place report about staffing and payment in its state disclosure?

Walker Methodist Place'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 Walker Methodist Place, and what else is licensed nearby?

Walker Methodist Place is at 3701 Bryant Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55409, 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.

As the region's hub, Minneapolis carries the metro's deepest bench of hospital-affiliated senior care, anchored by Allina Health's Abbott Northwestern Hospital in the Whittier neighborhood and the University of Minnesota Medical Center / M Health Fairview campus along the Mississippi riverfront. The city's light-rail spine, where the METRO Blue and Green Lines converge downtown, puts a large share of its assisted living and memory care buildings within walking distance of a train stop, a rarity in the Twin Cities. Building stock ranges from converted early-1900s apartment blocks in neighborhoods like Loring Park to newer high-rise senior communities downtown and near the Chain of Lakes. 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 Minneapolis assisted living guide.

Other licensed assisted living near Minneapolis

• Runnstone Senior Living · Minneapolis, 350 licensed spaces
• The Pillars of Prospect Park · Minneapolis, 320 licensed spaces, dementia care
• The Kenwood · Minneapolis, 118 licensed spaces
• Abiitan Mill City · Minneapolis, 110 licensed spaces, dementia care
• The Waters on 50th · Minneapolis, 110 licensed spaces, dementia care
• Whittier Place · Minneapolis, 86 licensed spaces

What does Walker Methodist Place publish about itself?

Walker Place by Vivie occupies a long-standing site in Minneapolis's East Lake Harriet neighborhood and traces its roots to Walker Methodist, a senior-care organization operating in the Twin Cities since 1945. The organization completed a corporate rebrand to Vivie and the community's operator-published site now uses the Walker Place by Vivie name throughout, including on its location and care-options pages.

The community offers independent senior living apartments with full kitchens and included light cleaning and grounds maintenance; assisted living with medication management, 24-hour team support and a personal emergency pendant; and enhanced assisted living in a dedicated care-suites neighborhood with 24-hour licensed nursing and registered-dietitian support. On-site amenities described on the operator's page include the Pioneer Grill restaurant and bistro, a wellness center with on-site physical and occupational therapy, gardens, a library, an art studio, a chapel, and a salon. The site notes Walker Place is pet-welcome and that residents can transition to higher levels of care within the same building as needs change.

From the community's own published information, checked 2026-07-26. Amenities and programs change; confirm them on a visit.

What does assisted living cost at a community like Walker Methodist Place?

No primary source publishes a Twin Cities-only assisted living median, and Walker Methodist Place'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 Walker Methodist Place 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 Walker Methodist Place provide memory care?

Walker Methodist Place holds the base assisted living license, not the dementia care category, so it may not operate a secured memory care unit or market specialized dementia care under Minnesota law.

Residents with early dementia can live in a base-license building, but if wandering or exit-seeking begins, a move to a dementia care licensee may be needed. See the memory care directory for every metro building that holds that license.

How should a family evaluate Walker Methodist Place?

A building licensed for 125 residents like Walker Methodist Place 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 Walker Methodist Place?

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

• Who is the assisted living director, and how long have they been here?
• How many caregivers left in the past 12 months?
• How do you handle a fall at night, and when is the family called?
• How is the service plan built, and how often is it reviewed with the family?
• Is your UDALSA disclosure current, and may I take a copy home?
• Can we join a meal and an activity before deciding?

Who do you call with a concern about care at Walker Methodist Place?

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.