Valley Home

    523 Arnold Ave S, Thief River Falls, MN 56701
    • Independent Living
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care

    Caring staff and welcoming community

    I moved my mother here and we're very pleased. The staff are genuinely caring, friendly, and go above and beyond; the community is clean, comfortable and welcoming with sunny dining, good meals served daily, regular activities and outings, and excellent communication about her upcoming memory-care move.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Coordination with health care providers
    • Hospice waiver
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Memory care community services

    • Dementia waiver
    • Mild cognitive impairment
    • Specialized memory care programming

    Transportation

    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Dining room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space

    Community services

    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    4.00·(10)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      4.0
    • Staff

      4.7
    • Meals

      3.7
    • Amenities

      3.0
    • Value

      4.0

    Pros

    • Friendly, caring and helpful staff
    • Front desk staff welcoming with smiles
    • Staff communicate well and go above and beyond
    • Clean and very clean facility
    • Sunny, pleasant dining area
    • Three meals a day with generally good food
    • Nice common rooms and open auditorium area
    • Bird-watching area and pleasant outdoor spots
    • Daily gatherings and regular activities (e.g., bingo)
    • Smaller, comfortable and family-like community
    • Most residents report feeling happy and comfortable
    • Convenient location near residents' previous homes
    • Some apartment-style accommodations available

    Cons

    • Rooms are generally small
    • Older facility and accommodations
    • Limited wireless/Wi-Fi availability or desire for wireless
    • Meal variety is limited (more yogurt, fresh fruit and vegetables requested)
    • Food can be low on seasoning (lacks a little salt for some tastes)
    • Desire for more and varied activities
    • Limited or insufficient paid outing options

    Summary of reviews

    Overall sentiment in these reviews is positive, with strong and consistent praise for the staff, cleanliness, and the community atmosphere. Multiple reviewers emphasize that staff are friendly, helpful, and genuinely caring—front desk employees are noted as welcoming and smiling, and staff are described as going above and beyond, communicating well, and making residents and families feel like family. The caregiving environment is seen as attentive and comforting, and reviewers report that the community has a genuine concern for residents' well-being.

    Facility- and community-level features are also generally well regarded. The physical spaces that residents use daily—sunny dining area, nice common rooms, an open auditorium, and a bird-watching area—are mentioned positively and contribute to a comfortable environment. The facility is repeatedly described as clean and orderly, and reviewers appreciate the smaller, more intimate community feel. Most accommodations are single-room units with a few apartments available, which suits some residents but also factors into other feedback about space.

    Dining is a consistent positive with three meals served daily and multiple reviewers saying the food is good. However, there are specific suggestions about meal variety and seasoning: several reviewers asked for more yogurt, fresh fruit and vegetables, and noted that some dishes could use a little more salt to suit resident preferences. This indicates that while the baseline meal service is satisfactory, there is room to expand options and tailor flavors to resident tastes.

    Activities and social engagement are present and appreciated—daily gatherings, bingo, and other regular activities are noted—but there is a recurring request for more varied programming and additional off-campus paid outings. Reviewers would like broader activity choices and options for excursions, which suggests current offerings meet basic needs but do not fully satisfy desires for diversity and more frequent or organized trips offsite.

    Accommodations draw more mixed comments. While common areas are appealing, private rooms are often described as small and the building itself as older. The compact room sizes and the facility’s age are the main facility-related negatives cited. Another recurring operational desire is improved wireless connectivity, implying either limited Wi-Fi availability or that residents and families want better internet access throughout the community.

    In summary, the reviews paint a picture of a caring, well-run smaller community with a strong staff culture, clean facilities, pleasant common spaces, and reliable meal service. The primary opportunities for improvement identified across reviewers are enhancing private living spaces or offering larger accommodations, increasing meal variety and seasoning options, expanding activity programming and paid outings, and improving wireless access. These areas, if addressed, would further strengthen an already positively regarded community where staff engagement and cleanliness are standout strengths.

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    Location

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    Valley Home is located at 523 Arnold Ave S, Thief River Falls, MN, 56701.

    About Valley Home

    Valley Home has cared for seniors since 1956 and sits right along Highway 32 at the south end of Thief River Falls, where Highway 32 and Arnold Avenue South meet, and you'll find the place has a long-standing staff that's known for being dedicated and friendly. The community's for people sixty-two and older, offering independent and assisted living options along with specialized memory care for those living with Alzheimer's or other kinds of dementia, so if a person needs help with dressing, bathing, or medications, they'll find the staff ready to assist while still respecting each resident's independence. There are maintenance-free, stylish homes-with ground floor units, air conditioning, Wi-Fi, cable or satellite TV-that give everyone a comfortable place to live, and the place has both shared and private dining areas where people often gather to enjoy meals like meatloaf, roast beef, oatmeal, scrambled eggs, and the like, and you'll see broccoli with cheese or mashed potatoes on the tables from time to time. They offer restaurant-style meals in a dining room and transportation is there for doctor's appointments. Folks get around easily with parking available if they drive.

    There's always something to do, whether it's Bible education classes, prayer services, exercise sessions, bingo, movie nights, dinners, or activities such as basketball and golf, and the community makes a point of running programs that help keep minds sharp and spirits high. There's a vibrant social scene, so nobody spends days alone unless they want to, and residents can drop by the beauty salon without leaving the building. Valley Home coordinates with local healthcare providers for quality care and has services for those who may need hospice provided on site, plus high acuity care, diabetic care, non-ambulatory support, and incontinence care. Staff will help with cooking and laundry, and medication management is part of what's on offer too.

    The facility works alongside families to develop personalized care plans, adapting support as health needs change, and pays close attention to keeping everyone safe-offering 24-hour supervision and controlled environments for those who might wander due to memory issues. For those living at home, they've trained aides who provide non-medical care and companionship. The setting itself feels like a small neighborhood, and residents share activities and mealtimes together, making Valley Home a straightforward place for aging adults to live with comfort and dignity, surrounded by friends, familiar faces, and a good mix of independence and support.

    People often ask...

    Valley Home offers competitive pricing, with rates starting at a cost of $5,447 per month.

    Valley Home offers independent living, assisted living, memory care, and continuing care retirement community.

    There are 6 photos of Valley Home on Mirador.

    Yes, Valley Home allows residents to age in place and adjust their level of care as needed.

    The full address for this community is 523 Arnold Ave S, Thief River Falls, MN 56701.

    No, Valley Home does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

    Safety & Compliance

    In Minnesota, the Department of Health licenses assisted living facilities, publishing the findings of its surveys and complaint investigations.

    License number30224
    Facility typeAssisted Living

    Inspection Reports

    3

    Reports

    44

    Citations

    1

    Complaints

    3

    Years

    21 Aug 2025Complaint
    Investigated a claim that staff did not immediately notify a nurse about a resident's change in condition, delaying care... The finding was inconclusive due to conflicting accounts.
    • 144G.42 Subd. 6 (b)Abuse Prevention Plan
    • 144G.45 Subd. 2.(a)Fire Protection and Physical Environment - Egress Windows
    • 144G.45 Subd. 2.(a)Fire Protection and Physical Environment - Smoke Alarm Maintenance
    • 144G.45 Subd. 2.(a)Fire Protection and Physical Environment - Electrical Hazards
    • 144G.45 Subd. 2.(a)Fire Protection and Physical Environment - Ammunition Storage
    16 Jul 2025Inspection
    Identified numerous deficiencies across staffing, training, documentation, medication management, safety planning, and facility operations, leading to multiple correction orders; later removal of the conditional license occurred after follow-up findings showed substantial compliance.
    • 144G.10 Subdivision 1aAssisted living director license required
    • 144G.60 Subdivision 1Background studies
    • 144G.40 Subdivision 1Responsibility for housing and services
    • 144G.40 Subdivision 1Responsibility for housing and services
    • 144G.41 Subdivision 1Minimum requirements; Assisted living staff
    • 144G.41 Subdivision 1aMinimum requirements; staffing and food services
    • 144G.41 Subdivision 1bMinimum requirements; activities and programs
    • 144G.42 Subdivision 7Posting information for reporting suspected maltreatment
    • 144G.42 Subdivision 8(a)Staff records
    • 144G.42 Subdivision 9Tuberculosis prevention and control
    • 144G.42 Subdivision 10Disaster planning and emergency preparedness
    • 144G.45 Subdivision 2(a)(4)Fire protection and physical environment
    • 144G.45 Subdivision 2(b-f)Fire safety and evacuation plans
    • 144G.45 Subdivision 3Local laws apply
    • 144G.50 Subdivision 5Waivers of liability prohibited
    • 144G.60 Subdivision 1Background studies
    • 144G.63 Subdivision 1Orientation of staff and supervisors
    • 144G.63 Subdivision 5Required annual training
    • 144G.64 (a)(3)Training in Dementia, Mental Illness, and De-escalation
    • 144G.64 (a)(4)Training for non-direct care staff
    • 144G.70 Subdivision 2(c-e)Initial reviews, assessments, and monitoring
    • 144G.71 Subdivision 3Individualized medication management
    • 144G.71 Subdivision 8Documentation of medication administration
    • 144G.71 Subdivision 13Prescriptions
    • 144G.72 Subdivision 2Policies and procedures
    • 144G.72 Subdivision 3Individualized treatment or therapy management
    • 144G.72 Subdivision 4Administration of treatments and therapies
    • 144G.72 Subdivision 5Documentation of treatments
    • 144G.81 Subdivision 1Disaster planning and emergency preparedness
    • 144G.91 Subdivision 4(b)Appropriate care and services
    20 Apr 2023Inspection
    Identified multiple state correction orders across many areas, including background checks, staffing, infection control, menu and contracts, resident records, bed safety, and emergency planning.
    • 144G.11APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS
    • 144G.60 Subd. 1Background studies
    • 144G.91 Subd. 4 (a)Appropriate care and services
    • 144G.43 Subd 3Contents of resident record
    • 144G.41 Subdivision 1Minimum requirements
    • 144G.41 Subd 7Resident grievances; reporting maltreatment
    • 144G.42 Subd 9Tuberculosis prevention and control
    • 144G.42 Subd 10Disaster planning and emergency preparedness
    • 144G.81 Subd 1Fire protection and physical environment

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