Contact Information

For more information or to schedule a visit to determine whether Ebenezer Care Center is right for you or your loved one, please call: 612-209-5763

Ebenezer Care Center
2545 Portland Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Main: 612-879-2262
Marketing/Admissions: 612-209-5763

Located in the historic heart of Minneapolis, Ebenezer Care Center has been a safe and compassionate home to older adults for more than 88 years. Ebenezer Care Center provides several options for living—board and care, skilled nursing care, memory care and deaf services—so all our residents can live as independently as they are able.

A Place to Call Home

Ebenezer Care Center is designed to look and feel more like home than a health care facility. Built in 1919, the natural woodwork, French doors, private rooms and charming dining room will remind you of homes you once knew and loved. 

Exceptional Care and Service

Ebenezer Care Center has built a solid reputation for exceptional care and service. That’s because we pay close attention to the needs of our residents and to the concerns and questions of their family members. We value your feedback and suggestions and strive to incorporate them into everything we do.

Experience You Can Trust

Ebenezer Care Center is owned and managed by Ebenezer, part of Fairview Health Services. For more than 90 years, Ebenezer has helped older adults and others make their lives more independent, healthful, meaningful and secure.

Directions
Our convenient location is accessible by bus. If you are driving, use the following directions: 

From The South: Go north on 35W, exit on the 31st and Lake Street exit, just before downtown. Turn right on Lake Street to Park Avenue. Turn left on Park Avenue. Turn left on 25th Street. Turn left on Portland Avenue to Ebenezer Care Center.

From The North: Go south on 35W, exit at the 35th and 36th Street exit, just south of downtown. Turn left on 36th Street (one way) to Park Avenue. Turn left on 25th Street. Turn left on Portland Avenue to Ebenezer Care Center.

Parking

Parking is available throughout the Minneapolis campus. The parking symbol designates official parking areas. There is also street parking.

Meeting Your Needs

Because Ebenezer Care Center offers a wide range of living options, we can meet your needs if and when they change. It is comforting to know that as you or your family member needs additional services, they will be provided by the friends at Ebenezer Care Center who you know and trust.

No matter what living option you choose, our team of health care professionals, with input from residents and their loved ones, evaluates each resident’s physical, psychological, nutritional, spiritual and emotional needs and develops an appropriate plan of care to best meet those needs. This plan is designed to help all our residents achieve and maintain the highest level of independence according to their individual abilities.

The care options at Ebenezer Care Center include:

Board and Care

Ebenezer Care Center has 107 Medicaid licensed and certified board and care beds. Board and care is for individuals who are able to live independently but need some supervision and personal care assistance. Our board and care residents are active inside and outside the facility and come and go as they please. But daily contact and support from our staff ensures that they are safe and that any health care needs that may arise are met.

Basic board and care services include:

• Private/semi-private room with emergency response system
• Three meals and snacks per day
• Help with daily activities such as money management and scheduling health care appointments
• Medication administration
• Laundry and housekeeping
• Social, recreational and spiritual activities

More traditional long-term care services, such as bathing assistance, medical treatments and 24-hour licensed nursing care, are also available for board and care residents if and when they are needed.

Skilled Nursing Services

Ebenezer Care Center has 34 Medicare- and Medicaid-licensed and certified skilled nursing beds. This option provides skilled care for residents who need round-the-clock assistance and medical attention. Long-term care services include but are not limited to:

• Medical director with extensive training in geriatrics
• 24-hour licensed nursing care
• Resident-centered care, focusing on dignity and independence
• Occupational, physical and speech therapies
• Interdisciplinary care conferences with residents and families
• Full-time social worker and chaplain
• Social, recreational and spiritual activities
• End-of-Life care and support

Memory Care

Our memory care unit of 25 private rooms meets the special needs of those in early- to mid-stage dementia. Our staff members on this secure unit are specially trained, ensuring that your loved one receives the special care and attention he or she needs. Residents can participate in daily small group or in one-on-one activities. Whenever possible, memory care residents may participate in Ebenezer Care Center activities, such as religious services and special meals and events.

The memory care unit now includes an expanded common area with a working oven so residents can participate in baking activities. Other familiar daily activities include washing dishes, folding clothes and sweeping. And, memory care residents are invited to visit our secure Healing Garden.

Deaf Services

Ebenezer Care Center has a special unit designed to meet the needs of deaf residents:

• Scheduled American Sign Language interpreter on staff
• TTY and other communication equipment
• Trained staff

Make Yourself at Home

Ebenezer Care Center is a welcoming and friendly place. From the warm and comfortable front lobby, to the charming dining room, Ebenezer is designed to look and feel like home. Residents can choose from 121 private rooms and 10 double rooms.

Our residents also have secured access to the Ebenezer Care Center Healing Garden, a private therapeutic garden with patio, park benches, gazebo and walking paths. We even have a wheelchair swing for residents to enjoy with their children and grandchildren.

Other amenities include:

• Chapel
• Auxiliary-operated gift shop
• Beauty/barber shop
• Private party/community room

Meals Made to Order

The meal program at Ebenezer Care Center is designed to meet the special requests of our residents. Using special computer software, we track the likes and dislikes of all our residents, as well as their food allergies, and then use this information to develop customized meals for our residents.

An Active Community

We make sure the needs of each resident at Ebenezer Care Center are met, whether they want to explore a new hobby, go on a community outing or just spend a little quiet time alone. We have on-site certified therapeutic recreation specialists, a certified music therapist, horticulture therapist and ordained chaplains who offer a variety of recreational, social and spiritual activities for all our residents including:

• Exercise program
• Spiritual services/worship for all walks of faith
• Horticultural program/garden club
• Music therapy
• Daily coffee hour
• Bingo and other games
• Arts and crafts/ceramics
• Educational programs
• Entertainment
• Parties and special events
• Community outings
• Auxillary-run giftshop
• Healing garden

Adult Day Program

The Ebenezer Adult Day Program, a daytime community for older adults, is located on the lower level of our building. Our warm and caring staff provides personalized care for adults 55 and older who live at home or with family, but need some assistance during the day while caregivers are at work or in need of respite. For more information on this program, call 612-879-1499.

Service to Make You Smile

Ebenezer employees represent the best of who we are and what we are about. It is our top-notch employees who set us apart from other providers who care for older adults. From the minute you step into the Ebenezer Care Center, you will experience the outstanding customer service that our employees provide for residents. They are attentive to the needs of each of our residents and go above and beyond to meet those needs every day. They not only care for our residents, but also about them…taking time to stop for a chat or lend an extra hand when it’s needed.

What Our Residents Say

The people who have made the Ebenezer Care Center their home, are glad they did. Last year, more than 96 percent of our residents and their family members told us that they would recommend the Ebenezer Care Center to others. But don’t take our word for it. Here’s what our residents and their family members had to say:

• “I didn’t want to come to a nursing home, but once I was here I found out that people care about me and are very nice. I love my room and they have fun entertainment and social gatherings like parties and bingo. I am very happy.”
• “Ebenezer Care Center is well run. The care I receive is exceptionally good. And, I have a lot of fun here.”
• “My sister received great care around the clock at Ebenezer Care Center. I have seen some great improvement during her recovery.”
• “Ebenezer Care Center is a wonderful place to live. The employees are well-mannered and attentive and I receive the great care that I need.”
• “The nurses at Ebenezer Care Center are exceptional.”

Referrals

The goal of our admissions team is to provide the best customer service possible to our referral sources. To make the admission process as quick and easy as possible, Ebenezer Care Center admits new residents 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week. Admission phones are staffed 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday thorough Friday, with a nursing supervisor available after hours and on weekends, evenings and holidays. A nurse assessment will be conducted.

Because of our flexible admission hours, referral sources can start the admission process late in the afternoon without having to wait until the next day to get their patients placed. Weekend admissions do not have to be pre-planned because staff is always available to take your call on weekends, evenings and holidays.

For more information or to make a referral to Ebenezer Care Center, please call 612-209-5763.