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In-Home Care in Plymouth

Compare licensed in-home care in Plymouth and the surrounding Hennepin County area. Free guidance, no obligation.

1 verified in Plymouth
Hennepin County
Quick answer

There is 1 verified in-home care option listed in Plymouth. Minnesota licenses and inspects this care type through the Minnesota Department of Health.

HomePlymouthIn-Home Care

In-home care covers two different things that families often conflate. Non-medical home care is help with daily activities, companionship and household tasks. Home health is clinical care ordered by a physician and delivered by licensed staff.

Short answer

We list 1 verified in-home care option in Plymouth.

What to watch for with in-home care in Plymouth

  • Non-medical home care is generally private pay. Medicare does not cover it. Get your state's CareScout non-medical caregiver hourly median.

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Verified in-home care in Plymouth

CommunityCare typeAddressCounty
FirstLight Home Care of PlymouthHome Health & Home Care4205 Lancaster Lane N, Suite 103
Plymouth, MN 55441
Hennepin

In-Home Care elsewhere in the region

Families in Plymouth sometimes place a parent one city over, especially when a specific care level is needed.

CommunityCare typeAddressCounty
Allina Health Home Care Services – Twin Cities MetroHome Health & Home Care2925 Chicago Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55407
Hennepin
Saint Therese of Oxbow LakeAssisted Living5200 Oak Grove Parkway
Brooklyn Park, MN 55443
Hennepin
Our Lady of PeaceHospice2076 St. Anthony Ave
St. Paul, MN 55104
Ramsey
Optage Home & Community ServicesHome Health & Home Care2845 Hamline Ave N
Roseville, MN 55113
Ramsey
Home Instead – St. Paul, MNHome Health & Home Care2480 White Bear Ave
St. Paul, MN 55109
Ramsey
Saint Therese of WoodburyAssisted Living7555 Bailey Road
Woodbury, MN 55129
Washington

The Plymouth market specifically

Plymouth, one of the largest suburbs by land area in the west metro, is served primarily by North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale and by Maple Grove Hospital for acute care, with a growing number of senior communities built along the Highway 55 and County Road 9 corridors over the past two decades. The city has no rail transit today, though it is included in longer-range regional transit planning. Plymouth's housing stock is relatively newer than the inner-ring suburbs, dominated by 1980s-2000s single-family development now feeding a steady stream of downsizing households.

Plymouth is commonly compared to Maple Grove and Minnetonka; it tends to be priced closer to Maple Grove, both offering somewhat more moderate rates than the Edina-Minnetonka corridor while still providing newer facilities and larger campuses.

Visit twice, at different hours

A scheduled mid-morning tour and an unannounced 7 p.m. drop-in can look like two different buildings. Evening and overnight are when staffing thins and when families are most often surprised.

Eat a meal there. Talk to a resident's family member in the parking lot rather than one the community introduces you to.

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

Is independent living the same as assisted living in Minnesota?

No. Independent living apartments or cooperatives are housing only, with no licensed care services, and are not regulated under Chapter 144G. Assisted living facilities, by contrast, must hold an MDH license because they deliver health-related and supportive services — help with bathing, medication management, mobility — to residents where they live.

What's the difference between an MDH complaint and a MAARC abuse report?

MDH's Office of Health Facility Complaints (651-201-4200 metro, 1-800-369-7994 greater Minnesota) handles concerns about a licensed facility's regulatory compliance — things like understaffing or unsafe conditions — during business hours. The Minnesota Adult Abuse Reporting Center, or MAARC (1-844-880-1574), is the separate 24/7 statewide line for reporting suspected abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of a specific vulnerable adult.

Will assisted living facilities in Minnesota be renamed or reclassified soon?

No reclassification is coming, but a new consumer-protection rule takes effect January 1, 2027: the term 'assisted living' becomes legally protected under Minn. Stat. 144G.10, subd. 5, meaning a community can only advertise or describe itself as 'assisted living' if it actually holds an MDH assisted living license under Chapter 144G.

Does an assisted living facility in Minnesota need a separate food service license?

No. Under Minn. Stat. 144G.10, subd. 3, facilities licensed as assisted living under Chapter 144G are not separately required to hold a boarding-establishment, food-and-beverage, hotel/motel, or restaurant license under Minnesota's general lodging and food code, Chapter 157. MDH's assisted living survey process covers that ground instead.

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