Choosing the Right Community

We have living areas for residents and tenants in all stages of physical and mental health. Below is a listing of the various areas and housing options with the service in those areas to help you choose the right community for you or your loved one.

Skilled Long Term Care

Located on some of the most beautifully landscaped acres overlooking the scenic public golf course in Albany, Minnesota, each resident enjoys a serene, peaceful yet familiar rural environment. Built on two levels, where 76 people make their home at Mother of Mercy and enjoy courtyard settings and participate in activities and dining while overlooking the golf course on each floor.

With dining and day rooms close to the nurse’s stations, residents and family members can be assured that those in our care are safe during their stay. Each floor offers a combination of private and semi-private rooms that are considered large within the industry. The First Floor of the nursing care facility has been designed to accommodate the needs of those experiencing some memory loss or dementia. With resident safety in mind, all exit doors, all units and the elevator are equipped with alarms and security cameras.

The Second Floor of the nursing care facility is the rehabilitation unit where residents receive physical, speech, and occupational therapies. Eye, dental, hearing, and podiatry needs are met on a regular basis in our facility. Our home maintains a tradition of excellent food served “family style” with special diets available as prescribed. Our talented activities director develops recreational programs for all. A spacious chapel is located within the building with daily services available with a chaplain on staff, and we also have Lutheran services on weekends and a Lutheran Bible study held weekly.

We are a Medicare and Medicaid certified facility. Physical, occupational, and speech therapies are provided in a large, well equipped therapy area. Round the clock, licensed nursing staff available on site. IV therapy is also provided on site by qualified staff. Beauty and Barber services are available on site at our facility beauty salon three days a week. A twenty-one passenger bus donated by the Mother of Mercy Auxiliary is available for sightseeing and other activities.

Mother of Mercy Apartments, Assisted Living, & Memory Care

Designed for active older adult living Mother of Mercy Apartments are conveniently located at Mother of Mercy Campus of Care.  Thirty-one market rate independent living apartments are available and come with either a walkout patio or a balcony.  Many of the apartments have a panoramic view of the Albany Golf Course.  Tenants of the apartments enjoy congregate dining with friends and neighbors in our community dining room.  A laundry facility, activity rooms, a beauty shop, and chapel can also be found on campus.  Friendly and courteous staff at Mother of Mercy provide a variety of scheduled and unscheduled activities.  Bus transportation to the grocery store, pharmacy, post office, bank, and special outings is also available.  Included in the cost of the apartment rent is the heat, air conditioning, water, garbage, cable, electricity, and the noon meal. Breakfast and dinner are available for an additional fee. Close parking with plug-ins, in house mail delivery, twenty-four hour on-site staff and so much more.

Assisted Living

Individuals residing at our apartments may receive additional assistance in the comfort and privacy of their own home.  Our compassionate and dedicated staff are highly trained and qualified to provide assistance with activities of daily living to those who are in need.

Professional nursing services are available for a modest rate through our Assisted Living program.  Services are provided and offered in coordination with the tenant’s primary care physician, where staff follow up on physician orders by assisting tenants with activities of daily living, such as bathing, housekeeping, laundry, medication and oxygen management and so much more.

Memory Lane

Memory Care is also available in conjunction with our Assisted Living program.  Our memory care unit is designed with the needs of those experiencing the early onset stages of memory loss in mind.  Staff in “Memory Lane” are specially trained and educated in understanding cognitive loss.  Caring staff are found on-site 24 hours a day 7 days a week to provide continuous support with activities of daily living.  Supervision and security is provided to all tenants in a cozy home-like setting.

Comfortable private and semi private living quarters offer tenants a peaceful and relaxing environment.  Memory Lane offers a spacious community room with a fully equipped kitchen, relaxation lounges, and a large congregate dining area.  Secured outdoor patio areas and exits give tenants and their family members peace of mind.  Services available to those residing in Memory Lane are bathing, three meals a day plus snacks, housekeeping and laundry, medication and oxygen management, a wellness program, and a variety of other options.

Mercy Manor & Mercy Manor II: Affordable Senior Living

Mercy Manor Apartments is a non-profit apartment setting dedicated to providing housing for elderly and handicapped persons within the Albany and Central Minnesota area.
Mercy Manor and Mercy Manor II are structured to provide affordable housing options for those age sixty-two or better.  The floor plans of these units have been designed with accessibility and elegance in mind.  Each apartment has a carpeted living room and bedroom with vinyl flooring in the kitchen, dining, and bathroom areas.  A stove and refrigerator are included in each unit.  A pull cord call system for additional safety is also included.  Built in air conditioning sleeves, telephone, cable, and antenna hookups are supplied in each apartment.  The two apartment complexes also have centrally located offices where you will encounter friendly and courteous staff.  The staff at Mercy Manor can be found onsite Monday through Friday and are available to provide assistance and to answer questions for those in need.

Mercy Manor and Mercy Manor II’s amenities include: a card controlled door security intercom system, lighted parking lot with electrical plug-ins, centrally located elevators, convenient indoor mail pick up, laundry facilities located in each building, a trash room located inside the building, a walking path around the two buildings that connects to the Lake Wobegon Trail and adjacent pond, raised garden beds for gardening with ease, and the buildings are close to area churches and the scenic Albany Public Golf Course.

Mercy Manor also hosts a variety of other amenities that are unique to this particular building, such as a beautifully designed and decorated atrium lobby, which is open to the second floor.  A bathing room for those needing assistance is also available on the second floor, along with a community room for group activities and family gatherings.  You will also find fully-equipped kitchens on the first and second floors of Mercy Manor which may be used for social gatherings.  In both apartment complexes you will find plenty of large windows that give a feeling of openness as well as several lounge areas to sit and visit with family, friends, and neighbors.

Mercy Manor and Mercy Manor II are both registered as Housing with Services Establishments.  Tenants of both apartment complexes may receive the benefits of having staff members from Mother of Mercy’s Assisted Living come to their apartment and assist them with a variety of activities of daily living such as: bathing, housekeeping, laundry, medication management, oxygen management, case management by nursing personnel, and so much more.  These services are available and can be provided at a minimal cost by Mother of Mercy Campus of Care’s Assisted Living or a provider of your choice in your apartment setting.

Mercy Manor and Mercy Manor II also offer a variety of other amenities and activities such as: the Meals on Wheels Program that operates onsite at Mercy Manor where they provide a noon meal to tenants and community members for a minimal cost, blood pressure checks and foot care clinics are also offered onsite, beauty shop services are also available onsite, busing transportation every other week to and from the grocery store, pharmacy, bank, post office, etc… planned and spur-of-the-moment activities are also available, as well as a computer room and quilting area for tenants to use.

For more information about our campus or services,
or for a tour please call us at (320) 845-2195.