Covenant Living of Golden Valley

A continuing care retirement community in Golden Valley on a wooded campus adjacent to a creek and nature preserve, about 10 minutes from downtown Minneapolis, offering independent living, assisted living with memory support, respite care, and skilled nursing.

Covenant Living of Golden Valley is a 62-and-better continuing care retirement community operated by Covenant Living Communities and Services, a national nonprofit senior-living operator. The community's own site describes a wooded, park-like campus adjacent to a creek and nature preserve, roughly ten minutes from downtown Minneapolis, offering studio through two-bedroom maintenance-free apartment homes with several entrance-fee options.

As a full CCRC, the campus provides independent (residential) living, assisted living including a dedicated memory support program using the SAIDO Learning cognitive method, respite care, and a licensed skilled nursing center offering post-acute rehabilitation, long-term care, and memory-support nursing. The operator's site emphasizes a wellness center and a range of health care options, and cites multiple Reader's Choice Awards from local Sun newspapers and an ICAA Beacon Award for active-aging programming.

Short answer

Covenant Living of Golden Valley is an assisted living provider at 5800 St. Croix Avenue North, Golden Valley, 55422, in Hennepin County.

Location and contact

Community	Covenant Living of Golden Valley
Care type	Assisted Living
Address	5800 St. Croix Avenue North, Golden Valley, 55422
County	Hennepin County
Website	Official site

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Golden Valley in context

Golden Valley, immediately west of Minneapolis, is served by North Memorial Health Hospital just across its northern border and by Fairview and Allina clinic networks reaching into the city, giving it hospital access on multiple sides. Its senior housing is concentrated near the Highway 55 corridor and the Golden Valley Road area, with several communities in low-rise buildings dating from the 1960s-1980s alongside newer additions. The city has no rail transit today but sits adjacent to planned METRO Blue Line Extension stations just across its border in Robbinsdale.

Other assisted living options near Golden Valley

Abiitan Mill City — Minneapolis
Jones-Harrison Senior Living — Minneapolis
Walker Place by Vivie — Minneapolis
Care Suites of Edina by Vivie — Edina
The Waters of Edina — Edina
Mainstreet Village — Richfield

Listing details verified 2026-07-26 against the provider's own published information. We are not affiliated with this community and do not represent it. Details change — confirm directly before making a decision.

Questions families ask

What happens after I call MAARC to report suspected abuse?

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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.

What's the difference between a short-term rehab stay and moving straight into assisted living after a hospital stay?

Short-term rehab (skilled nursing care, often Medicare-covered for a limited period after a qualifying hospital stay) focuses on recovering function — physical therapy, wound care, medication stabilization — with an expected return home or to a lower level of care. Assisted living, licensed under Chapter 144G, is a longer-term housing-plus-care setting for someone who needs ongoing daily support rather than short-term recovery.

Location and contact

Golden Valley in context

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