Pioneer Estates, also known as The Lodge of Eden Prairie, sits in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, and has served seniors since 1998. The community has memory care-only sections and assisted living, including secured buildings and enclosed courtyards for safety, giving residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias a calm, supervised setting, and they use bracelet alarms called Wander Guard to prevent wandering and keep everyone safe. Residents walk outdoors on paths and use raised garden beds and patios, and inside there are common spaces like a TV lounge and piano room, while meals come with options for anytime dining, room service, vegetarian choices, low salt, and sugar-free, plus guest meals if family visit, or even tray service if someone doesn't feel well enough to eat with others.
Pioneer Estates accepts both short-term and long-term stays and lets people keep cats or dogs, offering pet care as needed and allowing outdoor smoking. The staff includes on-site RNs, LPNs, medication managers, a doctor on call, and visiting nurses and therapists, covering things like diabetic care, insulin shots, incontinence care, high needs care, and special help for activities of daily living. Residents with behavioral or wandering risks, including those who may be physically aggressive or show self-destructive tendencies, can be supported depending on the situation, with training for memory loss and behavioral care; the staff can use mechanical lifts and help with transfers, and medication techs manage medicine reminders and injections. People between 50 and 70 with diagnoses like MS, stroke, TBI, Parkinson's, and dementia often live here, and the facility stays flexible, with light to heavy care depending on each person's needs.
Rooms offer private baths, ground floor options, full tubs, wheelchair showers, and cable or satellite TV, plus Wi-Fi, and the homes look and feel comfortable rather than institutional. There's a beautician on-site, grocery errands, laundry, and housekeeping. Payment covers many sources, such as CADI, Elderly Waiver, Group Residential Housing, Private Pay, LTC Insurance, Medical Assistance, and Traumatic Brain Injury funding. Pioneer Estates welcomes many religious backgrounds, offering on-site and off-site devotional activities, and chaplains or priests visit for Catholic, Protestant, Buddhist, Adventist, Christian, and Islamic services. Full-time activity directors lead a busy calendar with art and cooking classes, gardening clubs, intergenerational visits, karaoke, music and dance shows, trivia nights, outings, and holiday events, making sure everyone has something to do and people to connect with if they want to join.
Residents can use transportation services, either complimentary or at cost, and there's parking on-site for those who drive. The place has two recently remodeled homes and feels like a close-knit setting since it's owner-operated by Christine Rowland, who has run things for over 25 years, keeping the focus on individualized and compassionate care. They're part of the Residential Care Providers Network, and though not BBB accredited and possibly not in continuous operation according to records, the facility continues to provide a mix of general, hospice, memory, and respite care for those who need it, seeking to help folks age in place as their needs change.
