Hospice is comfort-focused care for a life-limiting illness, generally when a physician expects six months or less. It is delivered wherever the person lives — at home, in assisted living, in a nursing facility, or in a dedicated inpatient unit.
No verified hospice care provider is currently based in Minneapolis. The closest verified options are listed below.
What to watch for with hospice care in Minneapolis
- Medicare's hospice benefit covers the hospice team, medications related to the terminal diagnosis, and equipment. It does not cover room and board in a facility.
- Palliative care is not the same thing. It focuses on symptom relief and can run alongside treatment intended to cure, at any stage.
- You can change hospice providers, and you can revoke hospice and return to curative treatment.
Verified hospice care in Minneapolis
Closest verified providers
| Provider | Based in | Address | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerenity Senior Care – Marian | St. Paul | 225 Frank Street, 55106 | Ramsey |
| Episcopal Church Home | St. Paul | 490 East Lynnhurst Ave, 55104 | Ramsey |
| Shirley Chapman Sholom Home East | St. Paul | 740 Kay Ave, 55102 | Ramsey |
| Our Lady of Peace | St. Paul | 2076 St. Anthony Ave, 55104 | Ramsey |
| North Memorial Health Hospice | Robbinsdale | 3300 Oakdale Ave N, 55422 | Hennepin |
| Saint Therese of Oxbow Lake | Brooklyn Park | 5200 Oak Grove Parkway, 55443 | Hennepin |
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.
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.