Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Annandale Care Center
500 Park Street East, Annandale, MN 55302 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · 42 certified beds
Annandale Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Annandale, Minnesota. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.60 hours per resident per day, above the Minnesota average of 4.23. Its most recent inspection on Aug 13, 2025 cited 2 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Annandale Care Center compares
This facility vs. the Minnesota and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Minnesota avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.60 | 4.23 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.95 | 1.06 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.68 | 2.55 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 65.8% | 42.4% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 2.0 | 8.0 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the August 13, 2025 inspection was corrected by September 15, 2025
Penalties in CMS records: 1 total penalty, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Annandale Care Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Aug 13, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Oct 23, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jul 26, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 26, 2023
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 500 Park Street East
Annandale, MN 55302 - CMS certification #
- 245364
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 42
- Avg residents/day
- 36.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1986-11-01
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Annandale Care Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, diabetes care, behavioral support, transportation, couples welcome
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Annandale Care Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Nursing homes provide 24-hour skilled nursing care for seniors with complex medical needs.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers diabetes care.
Diabetic Support
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Offers behavioral support.
Active Cognitive or Behavioral Support
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Help in Scheduling Physician or Other Professional Appointments and Arranging Transportation to Appointments.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Couples welcome.
The large unit is ideal for couples who may want to continue to live together.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, cottage or villa.
Three individual cottages designed to feel like home, each offering private rooms and baths with attentive memory care support.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Centracare Health - Monticello, Monticello. 16.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Lake Ridge Care Center of Buffalo, INC., Buffalo. 13.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Adara Home Health Inc, Buffalo. 13.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 15.9 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 55302 as metropolitan (metropolitan low commuting).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc Dialysis - Buffalo, Buffalo, 12.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 10 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 55302.
Moments Hospice, office in Saint Cloud, 16.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
St Croix Hospice, office in St. Cloud, 17.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Centracare Hospice, office in Waite Park, 20.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Allina Health System, Annandale. 0.5 miles away, straight line. 2 geriatric medicine doctors listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: inland flooding relatively high, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Annandale Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Annandale Care Center an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Annandale Care Center staffed?
Annandale Care Center reports 4.60 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Minnesota average of 4.23.
Has Annandale Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 2 deficiencies.
How many beds does Annandale Care Center have?
Annandale Care Center is certified for 42 beds.