In-home care covers two different things that families often conflate. Non-medical home care is help with daily activities, companionship and household tasks. Home health is clinical care ordered by a physician and delivered by licensed staff.
We list 1 verified in-home care option in Minneapolis.
What to watch for with in-home care in Minneapolis
- Non-medical home care is generally private pay. Medicare does not cover it. Get your state's CareScout non-medical caregiver hourly median.
- Medicare-covered home health is intermittent and skilled — nursing visits, physical therapy — not a caregiver who stays with your parent.
- Once you need more than roughly forty to fifty hours a week, run the math against assisted living.
Verified in-home care in Minneapolis
| Community | Care type | Address | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allina Health Home Care Services – Twin Cities Metro | Home Health & Home Care | 2925 Chicago Ave Minneapolis, MN 55407 | Hennepin |
In-Home Care elsewhere in the region
Families in Minneapolis sometimes place a parent one city over, especially when a specific care level is needed.
| Community | Care type | Address | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Therese of Oxbow Lake | Assisted Living | 5200 Oak Grove Parkway Brooklyn Park, MN 55443 | Hennepin |
| FirstLight Home Care of Plymouth | Home Health & Home Care | 4205 Lancaster Lane N, Suite 103 Plymouth, MN 55441 | Hennepin |
| Our Lady of Peace | Hospice | 2076 St. Anthony Ave St. Paul, MN 55104 | Ramsey |
| Optage Home & Community Services | Home Health & Home Care | 2845 Hamline Ave N Roseville, MN 55113 | Ramsey |
| Home Instead – St. Paul, MN | Home Health & Home Care | 2480 White Bear Ave St. Paul, MN 55109 | Ramsey |
| Saint Therese of Woodbury | Assisted Living | 7555 Bailey Road Woodbury, MN 55129 | Washington |
The Minneapolis market specifically
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.
Families comparing Minneapolis usually cross-shop it against St. Paul and inner-ring suburbs like St. Louis Park and Richfield; Minneapolis tends to command a premium for lake-adjacent and downtown addresses, while pockets of North and South Minneapolis offer more moderate pricing. Because it's the metro's largest city, it also has the widest range of care levels concentrated within a short drive, which matters for couples who need two different levels of care at once.
Who is actually on shift
Ask how many caregivers and med aides are on the floor at 3 a.m., not the building-wide daytime ratio. Ask what happens when someone calls in sick, and whether the community uses agency staff to fill gaps.
Ask how long the administrator has been in post. Turnover at the top is one of the better predictors of turnover below it.
