Farmstead Living

Our moving clients at Farmstead have been more than happy with their new home and love to refer others their. It's a great addition to Moorhead and surrounding area! It's a bit of a hidden gem to those west of the Red River but it is definitely worth the visit before deciding on you or your loved one's next home. Jimmy - Owner, Senior living Moving Company

My mother recently moved to Farmstead and they have helped her make this difficult transition from home to a care facility. She especially loves Jill, one of the day staff. The nurse, Tempestt, has also been amazing. She is so helpful, kind, and patient.

My grandma in-law currently lives at Farmstead. The care and support they’ve both received has been amazing. The staff is always friendly, kind, and really attentive to their individual needs. As a family, we couldn’t be more grateful.

Farmstead is the best! I couldn’t recommend it more. Their buildings and amenities are updated, clean, and modern. Staff are friendly and eager to help out with anything. While being there, I’ve heard multiple residents say that choosing Farmstead was the best decision they’ve ever made. Highly recommend for Assisted Living, Skilled Nursing, and Memory Care!!

My dad is currently at farmstead and we couldn’t be happier with the care he receives! The staff is amazing and attentive to his needs and very helpful and kind to us! Couldn’t ask for a better place for a loved one to be!

Our parents lived at Farmstead Living for just over a year. We initially chose this facility because of location and accessibility to our immediate need to place our mother. We greatly regret that and wish we had had more time to learn more about Farmstead and seek out a different place. Our mother has dementia and is physically unable to move much on her own. She requires assistance to the bathroom. Our dad had to often remind her to use her alert button for assistance (a memory care resident doesn’t remember those things). There were too many times to count that mom had to wait 40+ min to be assisted to the bathroom. On her first night there, a family member stayed with her since dad had not moved over yet. During that night, we pressed the alert button several times after which the family member went to look for the person on duty only to find him sitting in the nurses station on his phone. On several occasions, while in the bathroom, mom was left to sit there alone unsupervised. We feel fortunate that she did not attempt to get up herself for fear she would have fallen. In another example of being left alone, our dad was left in the shower to finish, dry and dress himself. While he is mobile, we do not believe that is protocol or safe for a 94 year old man. The most frustrating part of their stay at Farmstead was the lack of empathy from staff. Family members arrived one day to visit and were “greeted” with the questions, “here to visit Crabby Patty?” We were stunned by this reference to one of our parents. Not only was it VERY inappropriate but it also was said with another resident present and another person that I assume was a guest. A little empathy for residents would go a long way but they seem to lack that here. The staff has no idea what our parents were like prior to being placed here! They need to consider that before using such inappropriate statements. After Farmstead’s first “violation” cited by MN Department of Health(March 2024), we began considering finding a new place for them. After the second violation (July 2024), where they didn’t make corrections from the first time, we knew it was time to get our parents out. We had never been happy with the care here so this was the last straw. Upon asking for the plan for improvement, we never heard a response though it is a state requirement to supply the plan upon request. We are happy that our parents have now settled into what seems to be a more caring facility with more activities for memory care residents (Farmstead seems to have very little if anything actually geared for memory care). If you have the luxury of time in making a decision to place your family member in an assisted living/memory care facility, we hope you find something better than Farmstead living.

We moved my aunt to Farmstead in September of 2022. I love how the facility feels like a small town facility where everyone knows everyone. The staff has been great and friendly to not only my aunt but us as a family. We appreciate everything they do for her and a grateful we moved her closer to family and to Farmstead.

I have dealt with farmstead since 2017, This month I had to make the difficult decision to register my mother who is 84 years old has Alzheimer's and vascular dementia into their care. Julie at farmstead was holding a room for me, we started the release of information in the process to register my mother as a resident. I went 5 days without hearing back from her while I was diligently buying furnishings for the room and getting together her medical records, notified family of our progress. I was left a voicemail by Julie that there were no rooms available and she missespoke. I have asked for return phone calls from Roger Erickson and Lisa; in charge of farm stead living and nobody has returned my call to this day. I would not trust in this community for your loved one and now consider this deception and discrimination a blessing. Our Mom has found a honest non-profit community as her residence. 2 days after receiving the voicemail from Julie I asked a friend to call and check availability, you guessed it, there were still 2 rooms available!

I moved my mom first to an independent living building, then to the assisted living at Farmstead. The building is very nice and the staff is excellent. This is a great, safe place with quality care.

They have been so good to dad. He loves it here. He keeps busy with the activities they have and the staff is amazing!