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Birchwood Care Home brings skilled nursing and rehabilitation to Minneapolis families with a steady, compassionate approach. Our Minnesota team focuses on recovery and comfort, helping residents regain independence after hospitalization or injury with personalized care plans and professional support.
Capacity
60 residents
Location
Minneapolis, MN
Status
Listed in a public registry
715 WEST 31ST STREET, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55408
From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov
At its most recent standard inspection, on May 19, 2026, state inspectors found no health deficiencies.
Nurses and nurse aides spend 1 hour 57 minutes with each resident a day, below the Minnesota average of 4 hours 11 minutes.
Medicare has not fined Birchwood Care Home in the last three years.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 1 hour 57 minutesBelow the Minnesota average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 27 minutesBelow the Minnesota average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 38%Below the Minnesota average |
1 administrator has left the home in the past year.
31 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
July 29, 2025 · Complaint investigation · 1 citation
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
March 20, 2025 · Standard inspection · 6 citations
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.
Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs.
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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State inspectors visited on May 19, 2026 and found no health deficiencies. The Minnesota average is 7.1.
Nurses and aides spend 1 hour 57 minutes with each resident per day, including 27 minutes from registered nurses. 38% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Medicare's records show no fines against Birchwood Care Home in the last three years.
Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing per benefit period after a qualifying 3-day hospital stay — fully for the first 20 days, then with a daily copay. Long-term custodial stays are generally not covered.
A semi-private room averages about $7,900 per month nationally; private rooms cost more. Medicaid is the largest payer for long-term nursing home care.
Medicare rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars on its Care Compare site. We don't repeat those stars here. Each nursing home page shows Medicare's underlying record instead: inspections, staffing and fines, with a link to check it on Medicare.gov.