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Northern Lakes Senior Living
8186 Excelsior Road, Baxter, MN 56425
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Northern Lakes Senior Living Description
Northern Lakes Senior Living offers private memory care studio apartments designed to support seniors with dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of long-term memory loss. Staff members are trained and educated in the most up-to-date memory care practices that provide residents with comfort, tranquility and a sense of familiarity. Our Memory Care is specifically designed to accommodate those who wander or become easily disoriented, and our dedicated Memory Care staff offers choices for personal care, and medical services.
We provide care that caters to the total well-being of your loved one and have created memory care programs and activities to meet those needs. The staff at Northern Lakes Senior Living understands clinical diagnoses and therapeutic goals and incorporate these into recreational therapy to enhance the physical, cognitive, emotional, social, and leisure needs of residents. The Memory Care at Northern Lakes Senior Living is a place to celebrate each senior’s individual personality in a supportive environment. Our memory care has an outdoor garden courtyards, and residents enjoy family style dining and living areas.
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Care Types at Community
This community offers the following types of care
Assisted Living
Assisted living offers a supportive community environment with personalized care and assistance for seniors who value their independence but need help with daily activities.
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Memory Care
Memory care offers specialized support for seniors with Alzheimer's and dementia, focusing on safety, personalized care, and enhancing life quality.
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Review Summary
The following is an AI generated summary of the reviews of the community from across the web.
Positive Reviews:
- Described as an outstanding facility resembling a luxury hotel with amenities like a library, patio, exercise room, and wood-working shop.
- Before COVID, offered a wide range of activities including trips, crafts, and social mixers, with plans to resume.
- Food quality is praised, with alternatives available for residents.
- Staff are commended for their caring, kind, and professional nature.
- Facility is clean, well-maintained, and feels homey.
- During COVID, staff took extra measures to keep residents safe, comfortable, and entertained.
- Located next to the Brainerd Arboretum, providing easy access to walking trails.
- Some reviewers highlight the facility as a great place for self-sufficient residents and praise the friendly community atmosphere.
Negative Reviews:
- One review criticizes the facility for charging extra for basic assistance with meals, describing it as financial exploitation.
- Concerns raised about the facility's ability to meet the needs of patients in the dementia unit.
- Several serious allegations including physical restraint, neglect in basic care, and inadequate response to resident falls.
- Issues with staff responsiveness and quality of care, with claims of contracted RNs and caregivers not completing signed-off services.
Mixed Feedback:
- While many reviews praise the staff and facilities, concerns about specific care aspects and management practices are noted.
- The facility is recommended for its environment and staff attitude but criticized for care in specialized units and transparency in charges.
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What is in the Neighborhood
- The closest city is Brainerd which is 1.4 miles away and has a population of 13,371 (small town).
- The average income is $67,653, which is high compared to other zip codes.
- Weather
- High Temperature: 72
- Low Temperature: 12
- Average Temperature: 43.5
- Day Breakdown: The area gets 107 days of rain, 79 days of snow and 177 days of sun
- Precipitation: 1.5 inches a year
- The crime rate is 4.99 per 100 people which is high compared to other cities.
- Violent Crime: 0.85 incidents per 100 people
- Property Crime: 2.62 incidents per 100 people
- Drug-Related Crime: 1.01 incidents per 100 people
- The average life expectancy in zip code is 80.22 years old, which is very high compared to other zip codes.
- Air Quality: Good Days 174.0, Moderate Days 7.0, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Days 0.0, Unhealthy Days 0.0, Very Unhealthy Days 0.0, Hazardous Days 0.0
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Supermarkets
Super One Foods
0.3 miles awayALDI
0.7 miles awayCub Foods
0.8 miles awayCostco
1.0 miles awayWalmart Supercenter
1.4 miles awayNone Found
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Banks
Wells Fargo
0.6 miles awayFrandsen Bank & Trust
0.8 miles awayMid Minnesota Federal Credit Union
1.4 miles awayBlack Ridge Bank
11.6 miles awayLakes State Bank
17.3 miles awayHospitals
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center
1.1 miles awayCuyuna Regional Medical Center
16.0 miles awayCamp Ripley Training Medical Center (TMC)
19.1 miles awayPharmacies
Walgreens
0.7 miles awayLakes Area Pharmacies
16.9 miles awayDentists
Nisswa Smiles
11.6 miles awayParks
Northland Arboretum
0.3 miles awayKiwanis Park
1.3 miles awayGregory Park
1.4 miles awayGregory Park Tennis courts
1.4 miles awayTriangle Park
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Pizza Hut
0.2 miles awayPerkins
0.5 miles awayPoncho & Lefty's
0.7 miles awayPizza Ranch
0.9 miles awayBlack Bear Lodge & Saloon
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