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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living, Nursing Homes
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Nursing Homes
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Provides: Independent Living, Home Care
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Home Care: Home care relies on trained aides to provide companionship and non-medical care for seniors living at home.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Prime Time Living is very welcoming. The staff are very friendly and they are available to address any of my concerns. The community is very nice and clean. I would have loved to stay in the community!
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
In Shorewood Place, our senior apartments, residents enjoy the convenience of maintenance-free living, with the comfort and privacy of an apartment home.  Social and recreational activities, restaurant-style dining and a host of cultural programs that add to the vibrant lifestyle of this...
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Provides: Independent Living
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Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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We are happy with mom's living situation. It's good to know she is happy, safe & well cared for.
Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Memory Care
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care: Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
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Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
The HOMEPLACE of Durand (Wisconsin) provides 12 senior healthcare apartments to individuals and couples. These individuals direct their care and enter into a Service Agreement that identifies their desired services. As tenants ‘age in place’, they may alter the Agreement and continue their...
Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
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My mother is there now 2/2014. The building is beautiful, everything is new. The staff for the most part are wonderful. Of course there are never enough employees in these places. I don't like the fact in...
Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living, Nursing Homes
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Independent Living: Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Nursing Homes: Nursing homes provide short-and long-term care for seniors who have physical or mental health conditions that require 24-hour nursing and personal care.
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Things are going as well as expected. My mother-in-law is well cared for here and part of the memory care section of the community.I had one incident where she got sick. There was an issue with...
Provides: Senior Apartments
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Senior Apartments: Senior apartments offer accessible, no-frills living for seniors who are generally active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
This community offers assisted living and memory care in a unique home-like setting. We promise to offer the highest quality of care at the most affordable price. At Comforts of Home we make assisted living, memory care and respite care easy to understand.
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Provides: Assisted Living
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Assisted Living: Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.

Cost of independent living in Oak Center, MN

The average cost of senior living in Oak Center is $3,636 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Miesville, MN with an average of $3,240 per month.

Independent living costs in Oak Center, MN, vs. nearby cities

Oak Center, MN
$3,636/mo

Independent living costs in Oak Center, MN, vs. state and national averages

Oak Center, MN
$3,636/mo
U.S. national average
$4,016/mo

Independent living costs in Oak Center, MN, vs. other senior living options

$4,383/mo
Independent Living
$3,636/mo

Independent living costs in Oak Center, MN, by floor plan type

Semi-Private
$4,895/mo
Studio
$4,778/mo
1 Bedroom
$3,566/mo
2 Bedroom
$4,252/mo

Senior living costs in Oak Center vs. state and national costs

Cost comparison table showing community type costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column communityType: Community type
Column destination: Oak Center, MN
Column state: Minnesota
Column national: U.S.
Community typeOak Center, MNMinnesotaU.S.
Independent Living$3,636/mo$3,081/mo$4,016/mo
Assisted Living$4,585/mo$4,249/mo$4,558/mo
Memory Care$4,383/mo$4,022/mo$4,794/mo
Independent Living
Oak Center, MN:$3,636/mo
Minnesota:$3,081/mo
U.S.:$4,016/mo
Assisted Living
Oak Center, MN:$4,585/mo
Minnesota:$4,249/mo
U.S.:$4,558/mo
Memory Care
Oak Center, MN:$4,383/mo
Minnesota:$4,022/mo
U.S.:$4,794/mo
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Independent living costs in Oak Center, MN, over time

The line graph below shows how monthly independent living costs have shifted over the past five years in Oak Center and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent quarterly averages of what seniors actually paid after moving into A Place for Mom partner communities.

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Independent living cost trends in Oak Center, MN

The table below shows how monthly independent living costs in Oak Center have changed in the last two years and how those changes compare with state and national trends. The figures represent averages of actual costs paid by seniors who moved into A Place for Mom partner communities in 2023 and 2024.

Cost comparison table showing 2023 and 2024 median costs by location. This table contains 3 rows of data across 4 columns.
Column location: Location
Column cost2024: 2024 average cost
Column cost2023: 2023 average cost
Column percentChange: Percent change
Location2024 average cost2023 average costPercent change
Oak Center, MN$3,065/mo$2,010/mo+52.5%
Minnesota$2,427/mo$2,329/mo+4.2%
National$2,926/mo$2,808/mo+4.2%
Oak Center, MN
2024 average cost:$3,065/mo
2023 average cost:$2,010/mo
Percent change:+52.5%
Minnesota
2024 average cost:$2,427/mo
2023 average cost:$2,329/mo
Percent change:+4.2%
National
2024 average cost:$2,926/mo
2023 average cost:$2,808/mo
Percent change:+4.2%
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Discover the many ways to pay for senior living

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What families are saying about independent living in Oak Center

Recent reviews for independent living in Oak Center

Milestone Senior Living Faribault

4.6
During the time, that my loved one was there they enjoyed the food. We picked this community, becasue the head nurse at the time was amazing and my loved ones were familar with the facilty. It was clean, and the staff was friendly. It was really good. I would recommend to other families.

Saint Therese of Woodbury

4.5
Cannot think of one negative thing to say about this facility. It is a beautiful property with many amenities. The staff is amazing. Every level of care is given by extremely professional and kind members of St Therese staff. I was a patient for 6weeks and was extremely happy with everything, ...
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The Willows Advanced Assisted Living in Hudson, WI

5.0
My loved one is doing really well in Comforts of Home. He has adapted and transitioned well to the community, and is enjoying more energy and interaction than what he had in his previous community. I could not ask for a better group of people. My advice to anybody would be that, when you are ...
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Oak Center independent living services and amenities

These charts highlight some of the many care, dining, and entertainment offerings available in Oak Center independent living communities. They don’t represent all possible services and amenities available at assisted living communities in Oak Center, but support comparisons against nationwide offerings. Our Senior Living Advisors can help you find communities that fit your preferences.

Availability of select dietary accommodations in Oak Center independent living

Independent living communities help seniors maintain a balanced diet by accommodating their health needs, allergies, and other restrictions. Below you’ll find the percentage of Oak Center partners making specific dietary accommodations for seniors compared to the percentage of assisted living partners making those accommodations nationally.
Oak Center, MNNational
Nutritionist / dietician
Nutritionist / dietician
9.8%
20.5%
Low / no sodium
Low / no sodium
20.3%
34.1%
No sugar
No sugar
17.1%
31.5%
Vegetarian
Vegetarian
18.7%
33.6%
Pureed meals
Pureed meals
6.5%
8.1%
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Availability of select dining options in Oak Center independent living

Our independent living communities know that seniors want top-quality meals and options for how they dine. The chart below indicates the percentage of Oak Center communities that offer dining options to their discerning residents compared to our partners nationally.
Oak Center, MNNational
Professional chef
Professional chef
10.6%
36.5%
Restaurant style dining
Restaurant style dining
19.5%
43.5%
Room service
Room service
19.5%
36.9%
Anytime dining
Anytime dining
5.7%
17.4%
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Availability of select programs and activities in Oak Center independent living

Senior living communities offer a variety of programming to keep seniors socially, mentally, and physically vibrant. The chart below shows what percentage of partnered independent living communities in Oak Center offer the selected activities, amenities, and programs compared to the percentage of partners nationwide.
Oak Center, MNNational
Activity director
Activity director
27.6%
45.3%
Pet-focused programs
Pet-focused programs
17.1%
28.4%
Community service programs
Community service programs
14.6%
32.8%
Devotional activities on-site
Devotional activities on-site
39%
49.3%
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
Parties / BBQs / happy hour
33.3%
49.8%
Outings / off-site activities
Outings / off-site activities
38.2%
54.9%
Piano or organ
Piano or organ
23.6%
43.1%
Arts and crafts center
Arts and crafts center
12.2%
37.7%
Educational speakers / life long learning
Educational speakers / life long learning
22%
41.7%
Clubs / games / karaoke
Clubs / games / karaoke
28.5%
47.5%
Live performances
Live performances
28.5%
47.3%
Dances
Dances
10.6%
32.6%
Fitness center
Fitness center
17.9%
39.8%
Fitness classes
Fitness classes
25.2%
47%
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