Prelude Homes & Services

What Prelude Homes & Services does

Prelude Homes & Services is a privately held Minnesota-based operator of residential memory care and assisted living facilities, founded in 2011 by Phil Dommer. The company serves individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, as well as seniors requiring higher-level assisted living, alongside the families navigating those care decisions. Its core offering is a small-house care model in which each cottage serves 12 or fewer residents across three households, deliberately contrasting with large institutional facilities; an example is Woodbury North Cottages. The portfolio includes four Woodbury properties (North Cottages, South Cottages, a Residential Care Home, and Wedgewood Homes) and two White Bear Lake properties (East and West Cottages, with the West managed since 2023), plus a separate independent-living sub-brand, Prelude Village.

Care delivery is built around three proprietary program frameworks: the Life Legacy Program™, which documents each resident's personal history to personalize interactions; the Pillars of Engagement, a six-pillar framework covering cognitive, community kindness, creative, music, physical, and spiritual domains; and a Spiritual Care Program staffed by dedicated pastors offering devotions, Bible studies, weekly chapel services, and one-to-one interactions. Clinical support includes 24-hour resident assistant staffing, wellness directors (RN/LPN), nurses on-site seven days a week at Wedgewood, ceiling lifts at higher-acuity sites, and insulin management at White Bear Lake West.

Prelude generates revenue through monthly residential fees for memory care and assisted living services, with pricing not publicly disclosed and prospective families directed to contact the company directly. The go-to-market motion is direct-to-consumer, relying on facility tours, family support groups (e.g., a monthly support group led by Pastor Steve Schramm), educational blog content on dementia care, newsletters, and organic social media rather than a formal sales force or paid advertising. The company is owned by founder Phil Dommer, operates as a Minnesota LLC, and has grown to 251-500 employees with no disclosed external funding or institutional ownership.

Name

Prelude Homes & Services

Legal name

Prelude Homes & Services LLC

Website

https://preludecares.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Prelude Homes & Services operates small-house memory care and assisted living cottages (12 or fewer residents each) across six Minnesota locations, serving individuals with Alzheimer's and related dementias and their families through a faith-based, pastorally supported care model delivered on a monthly subscription basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Senior Living / Memory Care

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Standalone Memory Care Communities (Purpose-Built) (HLADACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Short-Term Dementia Respite & Transitional Memory Care Programs (HLADACAG)

Keywords

• Memory care services
• Assisted living facilities
• Dementia care homes
• Senior residential care
• Faith-based senior care

Headquarters

HQ city

Minnesota City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Residential Memory Care Services: Prelude generates revenue through monthly fees for residential memory care and assisted living services. Fees cover 24-hour staffing, wellness coordination, spiritual care, engagement activities, and secured environments. Pricing is described as competitive but not publicly disclosed, requiring inquiry.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Prelude Homes & Services operates small-house memory care cottages and assisted living homes in Minnesota designed specifically for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Each cottage serves 12 or fewer residents in a homelike setting, delivering 24-hour staffing, secured environments, wellness coordination, engagement programming across six pillars, and faith-based pastoral care. Services are billed through monthly residential fees and include end-of-life care and personalized care through the Life Legacy Program™.

Product overview

Prelude Homes & Services is a senior care provider offering a portfolio of memory care cottages and assisted living facilities in Minnesota. The core offerings include: Memory Care Cottages (Woodbury North, Woodbury South, White Bear Lake East, White Bear Lake West) each serving 12 or fewer residents; Residential Care Home providing 55+ assisted living with social model dementia care; and Wedgewood Homes offering higher-level assisted living with ceiling lifts and complex medical support. These residential settings are complemented by proprietary programs including the Life Legacy Program and the Pillars of Engagement Program (Cognitive, Community Kindness, Creative, Music, Physical, Spiritual). The company also offers a separate independent living option called Prelude Village. Care is delivered through a faith-based philosophy with pastoral spiritual care services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Prelude Village: Independent living community operated separately (external link to preludevillage.com). Referenced as Confident Living Community for those seeking independent living options.
• Prelude Ministries
• Life Legacy Program™

Products and services

• Woodbury North Cottages Memory care cottage in Woodbury, MN providing compassionate, state-of-the-art care for individuals with memory loss. Each cottage serves 12 or fewer residents in a self-contained home environment with strength-based programming, 24-hour resident assistant staffing, and a secured environment.
• Woodbury South Cottages Memory care cottage in Woodbury, MN serving individuals with memory loss in a homelike environment, with an all-male cottage option. Part of the three-household Woodbury campus.
• Residential Care Home 55+ assisted living home in the Wedgewood Park neighborhood of Woodbury, MN for residents living with Alzheimer's and related dementias. The 6,000 square foot single-level home features six spacious private bedrooms, sunroom, living room, family room, dining room, kitchen, and enclosed courtyard, with end-of-life care available and a social model focused on minimizing behavioral medication.
• Wedgewood Homes of Woodbury Higher-level assisted living across three residential settings in the Wedgewood Park neighborhood of Woodbury, MN. Each home offers ten private bedrooms with elevator access and ceiling lift systems, supporting complex medical and mobility challenges. Nurse presence is provided seven days a week with a higher staff-to-resident ratio for residents with complex needs.
• White Bear Lake East Cottages Assisted living and memory care cottages located at 4650 White Bear Pkwy, White Bear Lake, MN 55110, providing specialized care for individuals with memory loss in a small-house model setting.
• White Bear Lake West Cottages Assisted living and memory care cottages managed by Prelude since 2023, offering insulin management and shared rooms for partners, husbands, and wives, at 1235 Gun Club Rd, White Bear Lake, MN.
• Life Legacy Program Proprietary program that captures and documents each resident's unique life history, enabling staff to adapt care and interactions to meet individual needs based on personal legacy and life story. Included in residential care services at Prelude cottages and homes.
• Pillars of Engagement Program Engagement program built around six pillars: Cognitive, Community Kindness, Creative, Music, Physical, and Spiritual. Designed to give each resident a sense of worth, purpose, autonomy, social confidence, community, hope, and enjoyment, and delivered as a core component of the residential stay.
• Spiritual Care Services Faith-based pastoral care program including devotions, Bible studies, weekly chapel services, and one-to-one interactions with residents, led by dedicated pastors and aimed at helping residents know that God loves them and is with them throughout their dementia journey.

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Kisco Senior Living: Kisco is a privately held senior living operator offering independent living, assisted living, and memory care with a focus on holistic wellness. Its multi-level continuum model mirrors Prelude's Wedgewood + cottage structure.
• The Arbor Company: The Arbor Company operates assisted living and memory care communities with a focus on holistic engagement programming. Comparable to Prelude in mid-sized private operator scale and emphasis on purpose-built dementia settings.
• Silverado Senior Living: Silverado is a memory care specialist operating purpose-built communities for individuals with Alzheimer's and related dementias. Like Prelude, it emphasizes small, homelike settings and accepts complex behavioral cases, making it a direct comparable in the standalone memory care niche.
• Agemark Senior Living: Agemark is a privately held senior living operator offering assisted living and memory care in smaller, residential-style settings. Its family-owned, mission-driven culture and mid-sized footprint closely mirror Prelude's positioning.
• Solstice Senior Living: Solstice is a mid-sized senior living operator focused on assisted living and memory care in smaller, community-style settings. Its scale and operating philosophy are a closer fit for Prelude than the mega-incumbents.
• Belmont Village Senior Living: Belmont Village operates senior living communities with dedicated memory care neighborhoods and proprietary engagement programs. Its brand emphasis on personalized programming and evidence-based care parallels Prelude's Life Legacy and six-pillar model.

Broad incumbents

• Atria Senior Living: Atria is one of the largest assisted living and memory care operators in the US, with hundreds of communities. It offers Life Guidance memory care neighborhoods and is a broad incumbent against which smaller regional operators like Prelude compete.
• Brookdale Senior Living: Brookdale is the largest senior living operator in the US, providing assisted living, memory care, and independent living across a national footprint. Its Clare Bridge memory care brand competes with regional memory care specialists like Prelude on scale and brand reach.
• Sunrise Senior Living: Sunrise is a major senior living operator with assisted living and memory care services including its Reminiscence memory care program. Comparable in service mix to Prelude but operates at materially larger national scale.

Emerging players

• Northbridge Companies: Northbridge is a smaller senior living management and operating company with assisted living and memory care portfolios. Its regional scale and growth orientation make it an emerging peer to Prelude in similar markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/prelude-homes-and-services-llc
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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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