Minnewaska Lutheran Home
Nursing Home Facility
605 Main Street, Po Box 40, Starbuck, MN 56381
Minnewaska Lutheran Home is a senior care community located in Starbuck, MN. It provides nursing home care and senior living for older adults in the Starbuck area. To learn more or schedule a tour, call (320) 239-2217.
Minnewaska Lutheran Home is licensed for 39 beds, about typical for the area, where senior care communities in Pope County average about 52 beds.
Medicare rates this community 2 out of 5 stars overall, a score based on health inspections, staffing levels and quality measures. The individual scores differ noticeably: 4 stars for staffing against 2 stars for health inspections, so it is worth reading both before deciding. Its most recent standard health inspection was in April 2026 and recorded 2 deficiencies.
Residents receive about 7.1 hours of nursing care per day on average, including 1.4 hours from a registered nurse. Communities in Pope County average about 5.7 hours. Nursing staff turnover over the past year was about 62%, which is high and can affect continuity of care.
The community is located in Pope County, MN.
Inspection record
In its last three standard inspections and any complaint visits, federal inspectors cited 18 problems at Minnewaska Lutheran Home. 2 findings involved harm to a resident, including 2 that put residents in immediate danger. 7 came from investigating complaints by residents or families.
In the last three years Medicare fined this home once, a total of $11,357.
Findings from the most recent inspection cycle
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Could cause more than minimal harm, one or a few residents
Infection Control
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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Minimal harm or the potential for it, a pattern
Environmental
Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.
A citation on its own does not mean poor care, and most are corrected within weeks. What matters most is how serious the findings were and whether the same problems keep coming back. When you visit, it is fair to ask the administrator what inspectors found and what has changed since.
Minnewaska Lutheran Home offers nursing home care and senior living.
Facility details
- Organization type Non profit - Church related
- Beds / units 39
- Religious affiliation Lutheran
- Nursing hours per resident/day 7.1
- Annual staff turnover 62%
- Last health inspection April 2026
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