Rakhma Homes

Rakhma Homes Paul. https://give.mn/pdpumf We have 3 memory care residential houses in the Twin Cities. Rakhma Joy, 123 South Wheeler Street, St.

Rakhma Homes is a Minnesota-based non-profit organization serving individuals with memory loss within the comfort of a familiar, home environment, with locations in Minnetonka, Minneapolis, and St. Paul, MN 55105

Rakhma Peace, 4953 Aldrich Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55419

Rakhma Grace, 5126 Mayview Road, Minnetonka, MN 55345

The homes have 10-15 resident capacity each and are located residential areas.

Proud to represent Rakhma at LeadingAge—connecting with leaders, learning from innovators, and bringing back ideas that ...
02/13/2026

Proud to represent Rakhma at LeadingAge—connecting with leaders, learning from innovators, and bringing back ideas that strengthen how we serve elderly adults living with dementia. 💚

Did you know? 🤔 Follow along as we share facts and insights about dementia care, memory loss, and what makes Rakhma so u...
02/04/2026

Did you know? 🤔 Follow along as we share facts and insights about dementia care, memory loss, and what makes Rakhma so unique.

Dreaming back to warmer days 💛 Last August, Peace Home residents enjoyed bike rides through the neighborhood with Cyclin...
02/02/2026

Dreaming back to warmer days 💛 Last August, Peace Home residents enjoyed bike rides through the neighborhood with Cycling Without Age – Minneapolis Park Board - a volunteer-led program that offers free community rides and moments of connection out in the fresh air. 🚲🌳

01/28/2026

Meeting residents where they are matters. A little movement and shared laughter at Joy Home offered comfort, engagement, and calm when sleep was hard to find. 💛🎈

There’s something really special about slowing down together. At Peace Home, reusable word finds and water painting crea...
01/26/2026

There’s something really special about slowing down together. At Peace Home, reusable word finds and water painting create gentle focus, meaningful moments, and lots of smiles. Activities thoughtfully chosen to support independence and connection. 💛♻️

Removing barriers means preserving home.After years of planning, the Grace Home elevator project is nearly complete — a ...
01/12/2026

Removing barriers means preserving home.

After years of planning, the Grace Home elevator project is nearly complete — a critical step toward ensuring more residents can remain in the small, familiar homes they know and trust.

But delays, rising costs, and new building requirements pushed the project hundreds of thousands of dollars beyond our original projections.

Now, we need your help to cross the finish line.

Every gift — at any level — helps remove barriers and preserve real homes, real relationships, and real choice.

Donate today: https://www.rakhma.org/donate

Leave a lasting legacy at Rakhma.

Donors who give $1,000 or more in December and January may include their name, a memorial, or a business name on a permanent plaque near the new Grace Home elevator.

Your support helps ensure accessibility never decides who belongs.

When stairs become a barrier, home can be at risk.At Rakhma’s Grace Home, a beloved resident once faced the possibility ...
01/07/2026

When stairs become a barrier, home can be at risk.

At Rakhma’s Grace Home, a beloved resident once faced the possibility of losing his familiar home simply because he could no longer safely use stairs. After a medical event and a hospital stay, returning home wasn’t guaranteed — not because he didn’t belong, but because accessibility stood in the way.

Our team refused to accept that outcome. Through persistence, relationship-based care, and deep familiarity, he was able to return home to the routines, caregivers, and sense of belonging he relied on.

His story is one example of why accessibility matters so deeply in memory care — and why removing barriers can mean the difference between staying home and being forced to leave it.

In the coming days, we’ll be sharing more about the progress we’ve made — including an elevator project designed to ensure more residents can remain in the homes they know — and how our community can help us cross the finish line.

Thank you.Whether you donated, shared a post, sent encouragement, or simply followed along with our stories this Give to...
11/21/2025

Thank you.
Whether you donated, shared a post, sent encouragement, or simply followed along with our stories this Give to the Max Day, we are deeply grateful.

Because of your generosity, Rakhma raised $8,223 toward our mission.
Every single gift helps protect a model of care that is quickly disappearing in Minnesota — small, home-like environments where residents are seen for who they are, not defined by a diagnosis or a medical file.

Yesterday, you helped us bridge the gap between what the system will support and what humanity requires. You helped ensure that people like Barb, Adam’s residents, the painter with the railing, the woodworker in the basement, and Ron* have access to dignity, purpose, stability, and true home.

You showed us — once again — that Rakhma is sustained by the people who believe in this mission just as deeply as we do.

Thank you for standing with us.
Thank you for helping us care with heart.
And thank you for keeping this rare model alive for the families who need it most.

*Name changed to protect identity.


Rakhma Homes

A Champion of Rakhma’s Mission
Today we want to recognize someone who embodies Rakhma’s mission in every possible way.

Our $10,000 matching donor, Rick Onsrud, whose wife Sandra lived at the Peace Home, continues to support Rakhma as both a volunteer and a donor. Last year, Rick made a historic $100,000 gift ahead of our 40th anniversary event.

Rick’s generosity reflects something we see often at Rakhma:
our strongest champions are the people who have lived this mission alongside us.

Families who have experienced the compassion of our homes firsthand are the ones who continue to carry the mission forward — just as Rick does, year after year.

We are deeply grateful for him, for Sandra’s memory, and for every family member who becomes part of the Rakhma community long after their loved one has passed.

Give to the Max ends at midnight, and we are ending the day with $6,973 raised so far.Every gift right now still counts ...
11/21/2025

Give to the Max ends at midnight, and we are ending the day with $6,973 raised so far.

Every gift right now still counts toward our $10,000 match. Every single gift helps us climb.

Rakhma’s rare small-home model exists because people like you believe that dignity, purpose, and a real home should never be luxuries.

If you’ve been planning to give, this is the moment that matters most.
Your gift tonight helps us bridge the gap and keep this model alive.

Give here:
https://give.mn/73sdbg

Thank you for helping us finish strong.

Part 7: Seeing the Person, Not the Medical FileBefore coming to Rakhma, Ron* spent years without stable housing. He stru...
11/21/2025

Part 7: Seeing the Person, Not the Medical File

Before coming to Rakhma, Ron* spent years without stable housing. He struggled with alcohol and cycled between shelters, hospitals, and bus stops. In the year before admission, he spent 300 days in the hospital with dozens of readmissions.

When a social worker called us, Ron had been placed on a court-ordered hold until a secured unit could be found. Most memory care providers would not even consider his case. Our Director of Nursing went to meet him anyway. What she found was not the man described in the paperwork, but a warm, funny older gentleman full of stories and wisdom.

After careful deliberation, we admitted Ron.

As you might expect, there were a few initial challenges as Ron adjusted to a life with more structure. When we shared one of these challenges with someone at the Department of Health, their response was, “He probably belongs in a more institutional setting.” We not only disagreed, we took it as a challenge.
And we never looked back.

As time went on, Ron became the heartbeat of his home. He looked out for more vulnerable residents and greeted every visitor with a smile, a fist bump, and a piece of wisdom. He danced, played games, and made friends with everyone he met. And, in spite of the dementia, we believe Ron may have lived some of the most stable, secure, and happy days of his life within our doors.

This is what it means to bridge the gap.
To see the person, not the medical file.
To choose possibility over judgment.
To offer home instead of institutionalization.

*Name changed to protect identity.

Your gift helps us see the person, not the medical file. Help bridge the gap today.
https://give.mn/88t00g

Part 6: The Case of the Curious Pencil Sharpener Over the past few days, we’ve shared a number of ways we’ve reshaped ou...
11/21/2025

Part 6: The Case of the Curious Pencil Sharpener

Over the past few days, we’ve shared a number of ways we’ve reshaped our spaces and activities for our residents. One of our favorite stories about this involves a determined resident named John and a pencil sharpener that had absolutely no business being where it was.

Grace Home used to be a convent, and even after forty years, we still find odd remnants here and there, one of which was a pencil sharpener mounted in the basement laundry room. Most of us walked by it without a second thought. Not John.

John was baffled by this strangely placed sharpener and felt it was his personal mission to solve the mystery. He led residents, staff, and visitors downstairs to show them the infamous sharpener, offering theories about why it was there and, more importantly, ideas about where it should be.

Eventually he chose the perfect spot: on the wall of a common area near tables where residents sometimes drew or colored. From a design perspective, it wasn’t ideal, but it mattered to John, so we agreed. The next day, we installed the sharpener in its new location, with John beaming from ear to ear.

For years afterward, even as John declined, he lit up whenever we mentioned that sharpener and joked that it deserved a plaque with his name on it.

This story may seem simple, but it’s the heart of what we do. Rakhma bridges the gap between simply caring for people and creating a home shaped by who they are and what they love, no matter what it is.

Thank you for helping create a place where even the smallest things, like John’s pencil sharpener, help turn a building into a home.

Give to the Max continues, and with your support we have raised $4,495 so far. Every gift today is doubled through our $10,000 match, and every donation helps protect a rare model of small-home, relationship-centered memory care.
https://give.mn/vdik9f

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4953 Aldrich Avenue S
Minneapolis, MN
55419

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4pm
Tuesday 8am - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 4pm

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(612) 824-2345

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We have 4 memory care residential houses in the Twin Cities and follow a person-centered care model, which is committed to the personal preferences of individuals from all backgrounds. Rakhma Joy, 123 South Wheeler Street, St. Paul, MN 55105 Rakhma Peace, 4953 Aldrich Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55419 Rakhma Grace, 5126 Mayview Road, Minnetonka, MN 55345

Rakhma Harmony, 5403 Minnaqua Dr., Golden Valley, MN 55422 The homes have 10-15 resident capacity each and are located residential areas.