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Assisted Living in Eagan

Compare licensed assisted living in Eagan and the surrounding Dakota County area. Free guidance, no obligation.

1 verified in Eagan
Dakota County
Quick answer

There is 1 verified assisted living option listed in Eagan. Minnesota licenses and inspects this care type through the Minnesota Department of Health.

HomeEaganAssisted Living

Assisted living is for someone who is largely independent but needs a reliable hand with the everyday things — bathing, dressing, medications, meals, getting to appointments. In Minnesota this is the Assisted Living Facility license, issued by the Minnesota Department of Health under Minnesota Statutes Chapter 144G — a single license category, not tiered by resident acuity or evacuation ability the way some states are.

Short answer

We list 1 verified assisted living option in Eagan.

What to watch for with assisted living in Eagan

  • Ask which services are included in the base rate versus billed as a separate care level.

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Verified assisted living in Eagan

CommunityCare typeAddressCounty
New Perspective EaganAssisted Living3810 Alder Lane
Eagan, MN 55122
Dakota

Assisted Living elsewhere in the region

Families in Eagan sometimes place a parent one city over, especially when a specific care level is needed.

CommunityCare typeAddressCounty
Abiitan Mill CityAssisted Living428 South 2nd Street
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Hennepin
Jones-Harrison Senior LivingNursing Home3700 Cedar Lake Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Hennepin
Walker Place by VivieAssisted Living3701 Bryant Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55409
Hennepin
Care Suites of Edina by VivieAssisted Living7400 York Ave S
Edina, MN 55435
Hennepin
The Waters of EdinaAssisted Living6300 Colonial Way
Edina, MN 55436
Hennepin
Mainstreet VillageAssisted Living7601 Lyndale Ave S
Richfield, MN 55423
Hennepin

The Eagan market specifically

Eagan, just south of the Minnesota River from the airport and Mall of America, relies primarily on Fairview Ridges Hospital in neighboring Burnsville and the HealthPartners and Allina clinic networks for care, with a senior housing supply concentrated near the Cedar Grove redevelopment area and along Yankee Doodle Road. The METRO Red Line bus rapid transit route serves Eagan's Cedar Grove Transit Station, connecting south to Apple Valley and north to the Mall of America Blue Line station. Housing stock is mostly 1970s-1990s suburban development, with newer mixed-use senior communities added around Cedar Grove over the past decade.

Eagan is commonly compared to Burnsville and Woodbury; it tends to price similarly to Burnsville while offering somewhat better freeway access via Interstate 35E and Highway 55 for families splitting time between the south metro and downtown Minneapolis or St. Paul.

Before you sign anything

Get the all-in monthly cost in writing at your parent's current assessed care level, ask what triggers the next care level and what it costs, and ask for the rate increase history across the last three years. Communities that will not put these in writing are telling you something.

Ask what happens if private funds run out, and whether the community holds a Medicaid waiver provider agreement. A meaningful share of communities do not, which means a second move at the worst possible time.

You can check any facility's record free. Use the free MDH Health Care Provider Directory and the Minnesota Assisted Living Report Card to check license status and inspection history. Read the full explanation →

Questions families ask

What counts as financial exploitation of a senior in Minnesota, and where do I report it?

Financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult — including undue influence over finances, theft, or misuse of a power of attorney — should be reported to MAARC at 1-844-880-1574, the same statewide line used for other forms of suspected abuse or neglect. If a specific licensed facility is involved and the concern also touches on regulatory compliance, MDH's Office of Health Facility Complaints (651-201-4200) can be contacted separately.

Am I a mandated reporter if I suspect a neighbor or relative in senior care is being neglected?

Minnesota law designates certain professionals — including facility staff, health care providers, social workers, and others working with vulnerable adults — as mandated reporters required to report suspected maltreatment to MAARC (1-844-880-1574). Family members and concerned neighbors are not legally mandated but are strongly encouraged to report suspected abuse or neglect through the same statewide line.

What happens after I call MAARC to report suspected abuse?

MAARC serves as the statewide intake point; after taking the report, it routes the case to the appropriate county or Tribal social services agency (or to MDH or another licensing board, if the concern involves a licensed provider's compliance) for investigation. MAARC itself does not conduct the on-the-ground investigation — that happens at the county level.

My parent is being discharged from a Twin Cities hospital in 3 days, what do I do?

Ask the hospital's discharge planner or social worker immediately for a written discharge plan and request time to explore options — Medicare-covered patients have federal appeal rights to delay a discharge they believe is premature. Simultaneously call the Senior LinkAge Line (1-800-333-2433) for options counseling and, if a nursing-facility level of care is likely, ask about starting a MnCHOICES assessment for Elderly Waiver or Alternative Care eligibility right away, since that process takes time.

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