Use the free MDH Health Care Provider Directory to search by provider type ('Assisted Living Facilities' or 'Assisted Living Facilities with Dementia Care'), city, or county — it shows current license status and the administrator of record. For a fuller quality picture, cross-check the Minnesota Assisted Living Report Card (or the Nursing Home Report Card for skilled nursing), which shows resident health, safety, and staffing ratings from MDH surveys.
What this means in practice
It's worth checking both tools rather than one, because they answer different questions. The provider directory confirms the legal fact of licensure — is this building actually allowed to call itself assisted living. The Report Card, updated quarterly by DHS/MDH, shows how the facility has actually performed on inspections: staffing ratios, safety citations, and substantiated complaints. A Twin Cities facility can have a beautiful website and glowing Google reviews while carrying open correction orders on its survey record, which is exactly the kind of gap these two state tools are designed to expose before a family signs a lease or admission agreement.
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