103 of the 338 Medicare-certified nursing homes in Minnesota (30%) are for-profit, and all are listed below. They average 3.69 nursing hours per resident per day, 0.5 hours below the 4.19 for every home in Minnesota. Nurse staff turnover runs 46.3%, 4.1 points higher than the 42.2% across all homes there. The Birches At Trillium Woods in Plymouth grades highest at A (96 out of 100).
How for-profit homes in Minnesota compare
This group set against every nursing home in Minnesota, from the current CMS release.
The Shores of Worthington carries 61 deficiencies on its current record, five of them serious enough to cause harm or put residents in jeopardy, and three tied to abuse. That's the kind of paper trail that lands a home in CMS's Special Focus Facility program, which it is. Staff turnover sits at 57.9% against a national average of 45.8%, more than half the nursing staff leaving in a year, which matters more than the 3.76 daily nurse hours per resident, slightly under the national 3.86. Seven fines totaling $160,691 round out the picture. The last inspection was April 2026. Ownership is a for-profit limited liability company. One star for health inspections, three for quality measures, four for staffing.
Bywood East runs on thin staffing: 2.43 nurse hours per resident per day against a national average of 3.86, and weekends drop about 17% below its own weekday coverage. The inspection record is the bigger concern, 77 deficiencies on file, including 7 at the harm or jeopardy level and 13 tied to abuse, which is why CMS has placed it in the Special Focus Facility program, a designation reserved for the country's most persistently troubled homes. Its quality measure stars look good on paper, but those reflect resident assessments rather than the care environment itself, and a 1-star inspection rating with the most recent survey dated May 2026 tells you regulators keep finding problems. Turnover at 36.8% runs below the national figure, so the issue isn't retention, it's how few staff there are.
Southside Care Center is a 17-bed for-profit home in Minneapolis that Medicare has flagged for its Special Focus Facility program, a designation reserved for the homes with the most persistent compliance problems. The record backs that up: 62 deficiencies, including two at the harm or jeopardy level and two tied to abuse, alongside a one-star health inspection rating. Nurse staffing sits at 2.13 hours per resident day, roughly 45% under the national average, and weekends run about 7% thinner than weekdays. The quality measure rating looks better at four stars, but that's self-reported data, and it doesn't offset a staffing and inspection picture this thin.
Frequently asked questions
How many for-profit nursing homes are there in Minnesota?
There are 103 for-profit Medicare-certified nursing homes in Minnesota, 30% of the 338 nursing homes there.
Are for-profit nursing homes better staffed?
In Minnesota they average 3.69 total nursing hours per resident per day, against 4.19 for all nursing homes in Minnesota, a difference of -0.5 hours. Staff turnover averages 46.3% against 42.2%.
Which for-profit nursing home grades best in Minnesota?