What Cherrywood Advanced Living does

Cherrywood Advanced Living is a Minnesota-based, privately-held senior care provider operating small-house residential communities in Richmond, St. Cloud, Big Lake, Andover, and South St. Cloud. The company serves elderly residents who require escalating levels of care — from basic assisted living through memory care, enhanced nursing, and end of life services — within single-family residential settings capped at ten residents per house. Each location is structurally and operationally designed as a private home, deliberately distinguished from large institutional assisted living facilities.

The operating model centers on four integrated service lines (assisted living, memory care, enhanced nursing care, and end of life care) layered into the same small-house footprint. Clinical infrastructure includes 24/7 on-site or on-call Licensed Practical Nurse coverage, full-time Registered Nurse case management, Certified Nursing Assistants, electronic medical records, physician rounds, on-site X-ray capability, and partnership-based hospice coordination. The company holds a federal trademark for its "Enhanced Nursing Care" service offering, encompassing capabilities such as wound care, IV therapy, tracheostomy care, diabetes management, and stroke rehabilitation. Caregivers receive specialized training in Alzheimer's and dementia care, which the company positions as a clinical differentiator relative to standard assisted living operators.

Commercially, Cherrywood operates as a direct-to-consumer private LLC with no disclosed institutional investors, parent company, or external funding. Pricing is structured as monthly all-inclusive rates bundling accommodation, meals, personal care, medication management, and activities; specific rates are quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Resident acquisition channels are limited to the company website, phone inquiries, in-person tours at each home, organic Facebook engagement, and inbound referrals from local physicians, hospice agencies, and hospitals. The business is geographically concentrated in Minnesota with no expansion signals outside the state and no recent (post-2017) strategic moves documented in the input data.

Name

Cherrywood Advanced Living

Legal name

Cherrywood Advanced Living, LLC

Website

https://cherrywoodal.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Cherrywood Advanced Living operates five small-house (10-resident) senior living communities across Minnesota, providing assisted living, memory care, enhanced nursing, and end of life care to elderly residents through an all-inclusive direct-to-consumer model with 24/7 on-site LPN coverage.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Senior Living Services

NAICS

Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (623312), Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (62331), Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (62311)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051)

akta.pro primary industry

Small Residential Care Homes (RCFE/Board & Care) (HLADABAF)

Keywords

• Assisted living services
• Memory care services
• Enhanced nursing care
• End of life care
• Residential care homes

Headquarters

HQ city

Richmond

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. All-Inclusive Senior Care Services: Cherrywood charges all-inclusive rates for assisted living, memory care, enhanced nursing, and end of life care services. The pricing model bundles accommodation, meals, personal care, medical management, and activities into a single fee, eliminating surprise costs for families. This creates predictable recurring revenue and simplifies billing.
2. Extra Services (Barber/Beauty Salon): Additional fee-based services including access to Barber/Beauty Salon services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cherrywood Advanced Living operates five small residential care homes (10 residents per home) across Minnesota providing assisted living, memory care, enhanced nursing care, and end of life care services. Each home is staffed with 24/7 Licensed Practical Nurses, Registered Nurse case management, and certified nursing assistants, allowing residents to receive a continuum of escalating medical care in a home-like setting without relocating. Services are sold directly to families on an all-inclusive monthly billing basis.

Product overview

Cherrywood Advanced Living operates as a senior living provider offering assisted living with dementia care services across five Minnesota communities (Richmond, Big Lake, St. Cloud, Andover, and South St. Cloud). The company provides four integrated service lines—Assisted Living, Memory Care, Enhanced Nursing Care, and End of Life Care—delivered within small 10-resident houses designed as single-family residential homes. Residents can receive a continuum of care from assisted living through end of life without relocating, as services scale to meet increasing medical needs while remaining in the same private suite. Each location features private master suites, home-cooked meals, on-site Licensed Practical Nurses available 24/7, and Registered Nurse case management coordinating with physicians and specialists.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Assisted Living Personalized daily assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) including bathing, dressing, grooming, medication management, meals, laundry, and structured activities, while promoting resident dignity and independence. Designed for seniors who need some help but want to maintain autonomy, delivered in a 10-resident small house in Minnesota.
• Memory Care Specialized secured environment for residents with dementia or Alzheimer's disease, featuring 24-hour staffing with trained caregivers, safe locked doors, personalized care plans, and cognitive-supporting activities in a small 10-resident setting. For seniors with memory loss conditions needing a secure and supportive environment.
• Enhanced Nursing Care Advanced medical services including wound care, diabetes care, tracheostomy care, IV services, feeding tube care, stroke rehabilitation, one and two-person transfers with mechanical lifts, and 24/7 Licensed Practical Nurse coverage. Differentiated by a federal trademark. For residents with complex medical needs requiring clinical care beyond standard assisted living.
• End of Life Care Compassionate end of life care including hospice cooperation, all-inclusive care in private suites, massage therapy, music therapy, spiritual services, and intravenous therapy for pain, hydration, and antibiotics, provided by certified nursing staff. For residents in their final life stage and their families.

Quantifiable outcome

• Residents can age in place through multiple care stages (assisted living, memory care, enhanced nursing, end of life) without changing facilities

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Alzheimer's Association Minnesota-North DakotaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCherrywood participates in Alzheimer's Association fundraising activities including a 'Pie in the Face' fundraiser. The company shares Alzheimer's Association resources on their website and has received recognition from the organization for their dementia care efforts.
• Hospice Service AgenciescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFor end of life care, Cherrywood cooperates with hospice service agencies. Their staff provides enhanced medical care while hospice agencies provide specialized end-of-life services, creating a coordinated care approach for residents in their final stages.
• Local Physicians and Medical SpecialistscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCherrywood's Registered Nurse Case Managers coordinate care with residents' doctors and specialists. Physicians conduct rounds at the facilities. This partnership allows for personalized care plans and integrated medical services.
• Local Hospitals and Healthcare SystemscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArranged transportation to medical appointments and coordination with external healthcare providers enables seamless care when residents need hospital services or specialist consultations outside the facility.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Silverado Senior Living: Memory care-focused senior living operator emphasizing specialized dementia programming and high staff-to-resident ratios. Comparable to Cherrywood on memory care service depth and premium positioning for cognitively impaired residents.
• Anthem Memory Care: Specialized assisted living provider focused exclusively on Alzheimer's and dementia care in small, dedicated communities. Closely comparable to Cherrywood's memory care and small-home care philosophy.
• Rakhma Homes: Minnesota-based nonprofit operating small-group (4–16 resident) homes for seniors with memory loss and mental health needs. Operates the same 'small house' household model in the same Minnesota geography, directly overlapping with Cherrywood's resident profile and service model.
• The Green House Project: Pioneer and licensor of the small-house skilled nursing model (10–12 elders per home with consistent staffing). Direct conceptual peer to Cherrywood's small-house enhanced nursing model, validating the household-design thesis Cherrywood is built on.

Others

• Compassus: National hospice and home health provider that partners with senior living operators like Cherrywood to deliver end-of-life care. Not a competitor but a relevant ecosystem partner and comparable end-of-life service provider in the broader continuum Cherrywood participates in.

Broad incumbents

• Brookdale Senior Living: Largest U.S. senior living operator (Assisted Living, Memory Care, Skilled Nursing) with hundreds of communities nationwide. Represents the broad incumbent that Cherrywood competes against on scale, brand, and referral relationships, even though Cherrywood's small-house model differs structurally.
• Atria Senior Living: Large multi-state operator of assisted living and memory care communities serving a similar senior demographic. Overlaps directly with Cherrywood on assisted living and dementia care services but lacks the small-house household model.
• Sunrise Senior Living: National assisted living and memory care provider with a relationship-based care model and an emphasis on personal care. Comparable in service mix (assisted living, memory care, end-of-life coordination) and senior demographic, but at much larger scale and broader geography than Cherrywood.

Regional players

• Augustana Care: Upper Midwest nonprofit operating assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing communities in Minnesota and surrounding states. Comparable regional operator competing with Cherrywood in the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota senior living market.
• Ecumen: Minnesota-headquartered senior housing, assisted living, and services nonprofit with broad portfolio across the Upper Midwest. Direct regional competitor to Cherrywood in the Minnesota market with overlapping geographies (including St. Cloud) and service lines.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Cherrywood-Advanced-Living-1577037429215054
• Xx.com/CherrywoodAL

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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