Community Updates

Mark your calendars for Owatonna’s 2nd Annual Carnival, Friday, July 25th 3p – 6pm. Bring… Read More »Owatonna’s 2nd Annual Carnival 7/25/25

Please join us Saturday, June 14, 2025 for our fundraising bake sale! Proceeds will go… Read More »North Mankato Bake Sale!

Holiday Lighted Parade December 6, 2024 | 6:00pm Come watch the City of Owatonna's annual lighted parade! Birchwood Cottages' float theme this year is Candyland - it will be a sweet time! Want to join us on the float? Contact Grace: 507.413.6783 or graceh@birchwoodcottagesmn.com 

Owatonna Fall Move-in Special! Move-in to our beautiful Owatonna campus by November 15th and pay… Read More »Free Pie & Fall Move-in Special

We held our annual Staff Appreciation Picnic on August 22nd, and it was a blast!… Read More »2024 Staff Appreciation Picnic

Our creative employees submitted their ideas for our 2024 Alzheimer’s Walk Team T-Shirts!  Voting has taken place and we have the results below. Congrats to the winning designs! To get a T-Shirt, join one or both of our Alzheimer's Walk Teams this year. More information here.  To view all designs submitted this year click onRead More »Alzheimer’s Walk T-Shirt Winners

Birchwood Cottages is partnering with Behavioral Care Solutions (BCS) to offer psychiatric and psychosocial services for all residents via their Telemental Health Program. n conjunction with Birchwood’s existing primary care services, BCS will offer psychiatric assessment and medication management services to assist with anxiety, depression, cognitive disruption and other adverse symptoms. These services allow forRead More »Birchwood Partners with Behavioral Care Solutions

Starting April 26th, Accelerated Care Solution nurses will provide on-call clinical support to our communities in collaboration with our Birchwood nursing teams weeknights, weekends and holidays. This partnership will strengthen the oversight of resident care for all our residents no matter what time or day of the week. They will take calls from our staffRead More »Birchwood Partners with Accelerated Care Solutions

Will you Join Us? More than 6 million people are living with Alzheimer’s disease and that number continues to rise. Birchwood Cottages is committed to supporting efforts to find a cure. We invite you to join our walk teams to help support Alzheimer's research. Team information and registration is below. Birchwood Cottages is a sponsorRead More »Join our Team! 2024 Walk to End Alzheimer’s Registration

Both our communities participated in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s for both Mankato and Owatonna… Read More »2023 Walk to End Alzheimer’s