Minnesota Edition · Vol. 01 · Spring 2026

The best memory care in Minnesota, ranked by the state’s own inspectors.

Q: Where does Minnesota inspection data come from?

Primary sources: Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), which regulates Assisted Living Facilities under Minn. Stat. ch. 144G. Complaint and survey findings are published publicly by MDH. StarlynnCare indexes MDH licensing records and inspection outcomes.

Q: Do you accept payments from facilities or operators?

No. StarlynnCare receives no referral commissions, lead fees, or paid placement from any operator. Rankings are derived solely from state inspection records and verified family reviews.

Q: How often is Minnesota data updated?

After each ingest run from MDH licensing records. Source dates appear on each facility profile.

Q: What is Minnesota's Assisted Living Facility with Dementia Care license?

Minnesota's 2019 Assisted Living Licensure Reform (Minn. Stat. ch. 144G) created a distinct license tier for facilities serving residents with Alzheimer's and dementia. Requirements include dementia-trained staff at all times, individualized dementia programming, and secured environments where clinically indicated — requirements beyond a standard ALF license.

Q: Can a facility correct or respond to information on its profile?

Yes. Every profile includes a verified-operator response field, edited by us only for length. We do not remove MDH findings at operator request.

No paid ads. No sales calls. Every claim sourced and dated to a public state record.

Live across 14 MN counties

Illustrated family walking together — representing the families we help navigate memory care decisions in Minnesota

§ 01 · The Public Record

The Minnesota facility data you need, curated + analyzed for you.

[01] MDH

552

Licensed memory care facilities indexed across Minnesota

[02] MDH

1,874

State inspection reports, parsed and dated

↑ Updated regularly

[03] MDH

Severe deficiencies on file in the last 24 months

[04] Policy

Referral commissions, lead fees, or paid placements accepted from operators

↑ Since day one

Data refreshed 2026-05-11 from MDH public records

§ 02 · The Record

Three data signals. Compared to peers.

Data you can trace to a citation number.

Each facility shows its inspection record directly from Minnesota’s regulator — every citation, severity level, and repeat violation. We compare each facility against similar Minnesotafacilities so you can see what’s normal and what stands out.

The methodology is published and version-controlled. We change it in public. Read the full methodology →

Maple Care Homes

Apple Valley, MN

LIC# ALRC:653Capacity 8alf memory care

Top 66%

Peer-relative percentiles · higher is better

Upper third
Middle third
Lower third

Severity1

Repeat rate100

Frequency1

Not medical advice. Percentiles summarize published inspections versus peers — same methodology as full facility profiles.

Source: Minnesota state agency · public inspection dataView full profile →

Step 01

Pull the public record

Complaint survey findings and inspection outcomes are sourced from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), which regulates Assisted Living Facilities under Minn. Stat. ch. 144G. MDH publishes licensing records and inspection outcomes publicly.

Step 02

Dementia Care license tier only

StarlynnCare indexes only facilities with an active Assisted Living Facility with Dementia Care license — Minnesota's 2019 licensure reform tier requiring dementia-trained staff at all times, individualized dementia programming, and secured environments where clinically indicated.

Step 03