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The Pillars of Mankato Senior Living

Life As It Should Be

The Pillars of Mankato invites you to visit our beautiful independent living, assisted living and memory care community. We offer both virtual and in-person tours. Our community is designed for active, engaged senior living. Enjoy chef-prepared food, putting on the green, movies in the theater, or the outdoors on one of our three patios. Choose from senior living, assisted living, and memory care options in Mankato of Blue Earth County. We are excited to meet you!

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What Our Residents Have to Say About The Pillars of Mankato

Find a Place that Offers the Most For You

“I chose Pillars because it was a great location and close to my daughter!”

Say hi to our amazing resident, Karen! Mankato senior living offered Karen a convenient and beautiful apartment with a deck to enjoy the summers and neighbors for playing cards with.

Meet Karen

Discover Your Happy Place

“It’s just like coming home for me. I love it here!”

Say hi to our wonderful resident, Tim! Mankato senior living offered Tim a home near his family while being able to make new friends during prayer group and morning coffee.

Meet Tim

The Pillars of Mankato offers independent living for seniors looking for a more carefree lifestyle. Choose from a variety of floor plans including studio, one-bedroom, one-bedrooms with dens and two-bedroom apartments with a variety of amenities that will add to your comfort. Your monthly rent includes on-site activities, fitness center/classes, library, outdoor community areas, utilities, taxes and maintenance fees. Optional services available for a charge include meal plans, light housekeeping, indoor parking and storage units.

For those who need a little more help, The Pillars of Mankato provides a full array of assisted living services. Residents enjoy the benefits of the Senior Living package: activities, fitness center/classes, library, outdoor community areas, movie theater, meals and light housekeeping. But, they don’t need to move when or if they need extra help. The Assisted Living program at The Pillars of Mankato offers individually tailored health and personal care with staff on site 24-hours per day, and pendants to use to call for help when needed.

As part of Oppidan and Ebenezer, The Pillars of Mankato offers the Dimensions® Program, which helps us to provide tailored care to meet each resident’s specific needs. Our Dimensions Memory Care neighborhood offers the highest levels of care in our community with staff on-site 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. Meals are served family-style and innovative art and music activities are designed to ease residents’ anxiety while promoting brain health. Each resident lives in a private apartment with their own private bath. Our Dimensions neighborhood has controlled access and features specialized areas (kitchen, family room, music, enclosed outdoor garden, etc.) to trigger memories and engage residents in activities.

Live Beautifully in Mankato

Enjoy living a full life at The Pillars! Our senior living community offers amenities to engage and delight you. Take in Mankato, Minnesota summers on the rooftop patio. Embrace Blue Earth County winters in our fitness room, movie theater and club room. No matter the weather, know that our van for scheduled transportation means we can take you door to door to local stores and restaurants! We offer a variety of floor plans to suit your lifestyle (and your furniture!). And once you’re settled into your new home, you can rest easy knowing our continuum of care can offer you the services you may want or need as you age.

The Pillars Mission: Creating purposeful lifestyles for seniors built around compassionate care and extraordinary experiences to learn, grow and play in a loving community. It’s life as it should be, now and into the future.

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  • Covered entrances for residents and guests
  • Dining room
  • Community room with porch and roof deck for parties and events
  • Outdoor patio
  • Fitness center and wellness programs
  • Hair salon and spa
  • Clubroom for happy hour
  • Library
  • Heated, underground parking
  • Putting green
  • Studio, one and two-bedroom apartment homes, with several floor plans to choose from; many with dens and balconies and walk in closets
  • Private bath with safety features and roll-in shower
  • Individual climate control (heat and central air) in every apartment
  • Nine foot ceilings and most units with stainless steel appliances
  • All utilities included with the exception of telephone service
  • Expanded basic satellite television service and wireless internet access
  • Extra storage
  • Set menus with a variety of choices and seasonal selections
  • Options for those with special dietary needs
  • Catering services and facilities to allow hosting special events
  • Tray delivery service, special meal plans and guest meals available

Inspired Activities

Memory Care for Mankato

The Pillars name is inspired by Oppidan’s Pillars Memory Care Fund which is dedicated to providing innovative Memory Care programming. Enriching activities and therapies stimulate and engage our residents living with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

  • Wellness Virtual Reality
  • Music Therapy
  • Art & Pottery
  • Storytelling & Poetry
  • Movement Classes
Inquire about availability and set up a tour with The Pillars today—for inspired memory care, senior living and assisted living in Mankato!

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Active Living

Life Long Learning, arts and crafts, card games, music, you name it, our Mankato senior living community’s Life Enrichment Director develops a full monthly calendar with events and activities that keep residents engaged and entertained. We even schedule shopping trips and outings to museums, casinos, plays and musical events. Mankato provides transportation in our own private bus. You’ll enjoy being dropped off at the door, with no worries about parking, or driving.

Interested in living at The Pillars of Mankato?