The Longfellow neighborhood runs along the Mississippi River gorge in South Minneapolis and includes Minnehaha Falls Regional Park, one of the city's most visited green spaces. Housing is predominantly early-1900s bungalows and Cape Cods, with a growing number of senior and affordable housing developments built near the Blue Line's Minnehaha Park and Lake Street stations.
Longfellow is a neighborhood in Minneapolis. Senior care serving it is licensed the same way as the rest of the city, by the Minnesota Department of Health under Chapter 144G.
How families in Longfellow usually search
Neighborhood matters less than families expect, and more than communities admit. The practical test is not the map. It is whether the person who will visit most often will still be visiting in month eight.
What is specific to Longfellow
Families researching care in Longfellow benefit from the neighborhood's direct METRO Blue Line access, which connects to both downtown Minneapolis hospitals and south to the airport and Bloomington's senior housing corridor without requiring a car.
Minnehaha Falls and its surrounding regional park are a well-known draw for families choosing in-home or assisted care that lets an aging relative stay near the falls they've visited for decades.
Communities serving the Longfellow area
- Catholic Eldercare, Albert J. Hofstede Care Center — Nursing Home
- Wyndris — Independent Living
- The Waters on 50th — Independent Living
- Minnehaha Senior Living — Independent Living
- Superior Hospice — Hospice