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Oakland Assisted Living

Assisted Living in Ham Lake — Anoka County

Quick answer

Oakland Assisted Living is an assisted living provider located at 17838 Oakland Drive NE, Ham Lake, 55304, in Anoka County.

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A small, home-like assisted living residence in Ham Lake affiliated with Lake View Home Care LLC, per the operator's own site.

Oakland Assisted Living is a residential-style assisted living home located at 17838 Oakland Drive NE in Ham Lake. The operator's own site describes its mission as restoring a sense of purpose, hope, and well-being within the senior care community by providing high-quality care in a premiere residential facility, and structures its services around meals and snacks, recreational programming, and 24-hour care providers.

The site lists a related entity, Lake View Home Care LLC, as a dedicated page within the same operator's website, suggesting an affiliated home care service alongside the residential assisted living operation. Oakland's site includes dedicated pages for scheduling an assessment, meeting its assisted living staff, checking eligibility for senior care, and submitting referrals. According to the operator's site, Oakland serves the Ham Lake area of Minnesota and can be reached directly by phone or email for tours, reflecting a smaller-scale, family/owner-operated model rather than a large corporate community.

Short answer

Oakland Assisted Living is an assisted living provider at 17838 Oakland Drive NE, Ham Lake, 55304, in Anoka County.

Location and contact

CommunityOakland Assisted Living
Care typeAssisted Living
Address17838 Oakland Drive NE, Ham Lake, 55304
CountyAnoka County
WebsiteOfficial site
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Ham Lake in context

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.

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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

Can a hospital discharge my parent to a nursing home against our wishes?

A hospital cannot force a specific placement, but it can determine a patient is medically ready for discharge and is not obligated to keep someone hospitalized once acute care is no longer needed; families can request the hospital's list of options and, for Medicare patients, invoke formal discharge appeal rights if they believe the discharge itself is unsafe or premature.

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.

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