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Creating Excellence in Senior Living Since 1975 Welcome to Thorne Crest Senior Living Community. Experience the quiet charm of Minnesota at Thorne Crest Senior Living Community in Albert Lea. Our community offers a variety of senior housing options that allow you to create a home with the support you need to live life to the fullest. Discover what makes our senior living community unique through the exceptional lifestyle and healthcare choices available with a full complement of amenities and services. From our spacious independent or assisted living apartments to the home-like atmosphere of our memory care and health care center, Thorne Crest offers you the perfect option.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Services, established in 1965, is a nonprofit organization serving more than 5,000 senior citizens and their families throughout Minnesota. It offers apartments and independent cottages with cable television, fully equipped kitchen and telephone connection. The services offered by the center include housekeeping and linen, dining, transportation, laundry, facility maintenance, emergency response system, medical care and nursing services. The various programs offered by the center include health insurance assistance; bill paying and companion services, shopping assistance, and chore services. It also offers in-house health care, medical assistance, social aids, care management and community-based services. The social and recreational activities offered by the center include board games, movie outings, drawing, painting, music and dance events, and outdoor picnics. Good Shepherd Lutheran Services is located in Rushford, Minn.

Northfield Retirement Community, established in 1969, is a nonprofit Christian-based organization that operates assisted and independent living facilities. It also offers skilled nursing, long-term care and rehabilitation treatment programs to residents. The community offers one- and two-bedroom apartments and cottages that provide a variety of services, including cleaning, dining, housekeeping, laundry, wellness and transportation, and recreational and learning activities. It offers a variety of amenities to residents, including fitness centers, fully equipped kitchens, garage parking, beauty salon, barbershop, meeting lounge and media center. The additional services offered include occupational therapy, medication management, nutrition and diet planning, spiritual activities and planned outings. Northfield Retirement Community is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and is located in Northfield, Minn.