Overview
Guardian Angels Care Center has a Medicare overall rating of 2 out of 5, below the Minnesota average of 3.2. It is the only Medicare-rated nursing home in Elk River. Its strongest area is quality of care (4 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (2 of 5).
Residents receive about 4.7 hours of nursing care per day, more than at 79% of nursing homes in Minnesota (the state average is 4.3 hours). Of that, 1.5 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on December 10, 2025, found 1 health deficiency, fewer than the Minnesota average of 7.0. It came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 4 fines totaling $98,353 in the past three years.
Guardian Angels Care Center is a nonprofit facility with 120 certified beds, caring for about 106 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1967.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 68%
Top 66%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- December 10, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 1
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 1
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 4 totaling $98,353
- Payment denials
- 1
- Total penalties
- 5
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff4.72 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)1.48 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.60 hrs
- Nurse aides2.64 hrs
- Physical therapists0.14 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 120
- Average residents per day
- 106
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- January 1, 1967
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Both
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes