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.

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

Community	Care type	Address	County
New Perspective Eagan	Assisted Living	3810 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.

Community	Care type	Address	County
Abiitan Mill City	Assisted Living	428 South 2nd Street Minneapolis, MN 55401	Hennepin
Jones-Harrison Senior Living	Nursing Home	3700 Cedar Lake Ave Minneapolis, MN 55416	Hennepin
Walker Place by Vivie	Assisted Living	3701 Bryant Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55409	Hennepin
Care Suites of Edina by Vivie	Assisted Living	7400 York Ave S Edina, MN 55435	Hennepin
The Waters of Edina	Assisted Living	6300 Colonial Way Edina, MN 55436	Hennepin
Mainstreet Village	Assisted Living	7601 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

Who pays for a nursing home stay right after a hospitalization in Minnesota?

Medicare Part A can cover a limited number of days of medically necessary skilled nursing facility care following a qualifying inpatient hospital stay of at least three days, subject to coinsurance after day 20. After Medicare coverage ends, the resident is privately responsible unless they qualify for Medical Assistance, at which point Minnesota's long-term-care Medicaid eligibility and spend-down rules apply.

What is a MnCHOICES assessment and why does it matter for hospital discharge planning?

MnCHOICES is Minnesota's standardized long-term-care needs assessment used to determine whether someone needs a nursing-facility level of care and is functionally eligible for programs like the Elderly Waiver or Alternative Care. Starting this assessment as early as possible during a hospital stay — rather than waiting until after discharge — can shorten the gap before waiver services begin.

My parent has been diagnosed with dementia — where do I start in the Twin Cities?

Start by calling the Senior LinkAge Line (1-800-333-2433), operated by Trellis, for care navigation and options counseling. If a memory care community is eventually needed, confirm it holds MDH's 'assisted living facility with dementia care' license (Minn. Stat. 144G.10, subd. 2(b)) — verify this directly through the MDH Health Care Provider Directory rather than relying on marketing materials.

My parent keeps wandering — what safety and licensing questions should I ask a facility?

Ask directly whether the community holds the 'assisted living facility with dementia care' license, which is legally required for any secured dementia unit and mandates dementia-specific staff training under Minn. Stat. 144G.83. A base assisted living license without this designation is not licensed to operate a secured wandering-prevention unit.