January Regional Senior Housing Directory 2018  |  The Senior Reporter     5

SENIOR HOUSING 

IN THE NORTHLAND

From the Editor
by Burton Laine

I enjoy visiting the various senior 

housing facilities that we have 

in Northeastern Minnesota and 

Northwestern Wisconsin. There 

is such a wide variety, I believe 

anyone can find a location that 

fits their unique interests and 

needs.
After a rapid expansion of senior 

housing opportunities in the past 

few years, 2017 was relatively 

quiet. Carefree Living opened a 

new assisted living in Virginia, 

Minnesota and photos are 

included in this story. Cook Care 

Center in Cook, Minnesota built 

a new skilled nursing facility.
Two projects that are ongoing 

are new assisted living facilities. 

Maplewoods Assisted Living 

in Itasca County and Beehive 

Homes Assisted Living in Duluth 

will be opening new buildings 

in 2018, and I look forward to 

reporting on them next year.

The living room area of the new C

arefree Living 

Assisted Living in Virginia, Minn

esota.

Exercise equipment is available f

or residents in 

the Virginia, Minnesota Carefree L

iving.

Special Senior 

Housing Issue

Includes an Eight County 

Senior Housing Directory