Willows Bend Senior Living

MDH's provider directory lists Willows Bend Senior Living in Fridley as a licensed Assisted Living Facility with Dementia Care with capacity for 154 residents under license 425068. Below is what the Minnesota Department of Health publishes about this license, and how to use that record when you visit.

Is Willows Bend Senior Living licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health?

Yes. Willows Bend Senior Living holds an MDH Assisted Living Facility with Dementia Care license, number 425068, for 154 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 Willows Bend Senior Living?

MDH has posted 2 evaluation surveys for Willows Bend Senior Living, most recently resolved on February 20, 2026, 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 Willows Bend Senior Living report about staffing and payment in its state disclosure?

Willows Bend 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 Willows Bend Senior Living, and what else is licensed nearby?

Willows Bend Senior Living is at 6455 University Avenue NE, Fridley, Minnesota 55432, in Anoka County, where families are served by Trellis, the metro's Area Agency on Aging, through the Senior LinkAge Line at 1-800-333-2433.

Anoka County, in the north metro, had an estimated population of about 381,605 in 2025, with roughly 62,200 residents, or 16.5%, aged 65 and older as of 2024. Senior housing in the county centers on Coon Rapids and Blaine, supported by Allina Health's Mercy and Unity hospitals, and the Northstar Commuter Rail line offers a limited but useful transit option for the Coon Rapids area that's uncommon elsewhere in the north metro. Anoka County is served by Allina's Mercy and Unity hospitals in Coon Rapids and Fridley; ask how the community handles rides to specialist appointments. See our Anoka County guide.

Other licensed assisted living near Fridley

• The Landmark of Fridley · Fridley, 75 licensed spaces, dementia care
• Fridley Assisted Living · Fridley, 59 licensed spaces, dementia care
• The Harbors Senior Living of Fridley · Fridley, 50 licensed spaces, dementia care
• Suite Living Senior Care · Spring Lake Park, 33 licensed spaces, dementia care
• Personal Care Senior Living · Columbia Heights, 29 licensed spaces, dementia care

What does assisted living cost at a community like Willows Bend Senior Living?

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

Willows Bend 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 Willows Bend Senior Living?

A building licensed for 154 residents like Willows Bend Senior Living 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 Willows Bend 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?
• Who is the family's contact after hours?
• Who administers medications, and how are errors tracked and reported?
• Who is the assisted living director, and how long have they been here?
• What is the awake overnight staffing on the floor where my parent would live?
• Do you accept Elderly Waiver customized living funding, and is there a private-pay period first?

Who do you call with a concern about care at Willows Bend 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.