https://www.rakhma.org/rakhma-home daily 1.0 2025-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f32d9d6eaf1c871feb15d1b/1597185415927-ZRUDWY91JI2SGUYO78Y1/_DSC3553Cropped2.jpg Home - Admissions Rakhma provides assisted living for individuals living with dementia, Alzheimer’s, and other forms of memory loss. As a mission-driven non-profit we do not discriminate on the basis financial ability and accept private pay residents as well as those who qualify for Medical Assistance, GRH, Elderly Waiver, CADI, TBI, and BI waivers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f32d9d6eaf1c871feb15d1b/1597186380844-P0SAG2KU5P67ENEUYD3H/_DSC3692B.jpg Home - Why Choose a Group Home? Rakhma filled a community need when founder, Shirley Shaw, created the first residential social-model of care for elders with memory loss in 1984. Shirley worked as a home health aide and recognized that elders were isolated and often lonely. Some needed assistance, but were far from requiring expensive, institutional care. The home model provides a smaller, intimate environment, and higher staff ratios are able to meet the needs of those with cognitive decline. It is especially successful in minimizing behaviors associated with dementia. Residents participate in chores, like watering plants, peeling potatoes, or folding towels, to increase their purpose, while the home setting and stable staffing alleviate fears and restore calm. Shirley's residential social-model proved a success, resulting in the opening of two more homes, and the writing of a book, The Rakhma Story, which details the Rakhma model for others. Today, hundreds of residential social models exist in Minnesota for individuals affected by memory loss. https://www.rakhma.org/minneapolis-peace-home daily 0.75 2026-01-28 https://www.rakhma.org/st-paul-joy-home daily 0.75 2026-01-28 https://www.rakhma.org/minnetonka-grace-home daily 0.75 2026-01-28 https://www.rakhma.org/contact-us daily 0.75 2022-09-16 https://www.rakhma.org/employment daily 0.75 2024-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f32d9d6eaf1c871feb15d1b/1599842538764-J0SX37LIOR1TYG9P7H2H/IMG_9859.JPG Employment https://www.rakhma.org/volunteer daily 0.75 2023-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f32d9d6eaf1c871feb15d1b/1597272616085-JUJJ2J8AGK4KXSMIYQC2/_DSC3717B.jpg Volunteer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f32d9d6eaf1c871feb15d1b/1597188640259-LM8LKUK04K4T1H8N1RH2/_DSC3651.JPG Volunteer https://www.rakhma.org/board-of-directors daily 0.75 2026-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f32d9d6eaf1c871feb15d1b/374ec93e-dd2e-48fd-a21f-079cb020f7e7/hauschild-158+%281%29+%282%29.jpg Board of Directors - Jacob Hauschild Board Chair Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f32d9d6eaf1c871feb15d1b/1599849089231-Y61E5JPBP12N5NQJR0Q4/0+%281%29.jpg Board of Directors - Heather Christopherson Director Fundraising Consultant - H.A. Christopherson & Associates, LLC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f32d9d6eaf1c871feb15d1b/1597273981358-H7BK1LU4DAJNVI45MY2J/Lynne.png Board of Directors - Lynne Kehne Director Owner - Wardrobe Solutions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f32d9d6eaf1c871feb15d1b/1619544516216-GK49OZ4FB7P4D59320CI/Rakhma_logo_no+tag.gif Board of Directors - Naomi Peters Director & Treasurer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f32d9d6eaf1c871feb15d1b/1600881002046-UIYXL3E0H3TK6MT7HG39/Rakhma_logo_no+tag.gif Board of Directors - Sheryl Pupkes Director & Secretary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f32d9d6eaf1c871feb15d1b/1597171403811-LZNDGAVZKLTLE400IRPZ/Rakhma_logo_no+tag.gif Board of Directors - Amy Harvey Director Growth Operators https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f32d9d6eaf1c871feb15d1b/1619544516216-GK49OZ4FB7P4D59320CI/Rakhma_logo_no+tag.gif Board of Directors - Dan Hiebl Director Vital Farms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f32d9d6eaf1c871feb15d1b/1600881002046-UIYXL3E0H3TK6MT7HG39/Rakhma_logo_no+tag.gif Board of Directors - Megan Norby Director https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f32d9d6eaf1c871feb15d1b/1597171403811-LZNDGAVZKLTLE400IRPZ/Rakhma_logo_no+tag.gif Board of Directors - Amy Hesselgrave Director Lotus Pharmacy https://www.rakhma.org/our-staff daily 0.75 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f32d9d6eaf1c871feb15d1b/22efc110-e498-490e-99c1-2138116d25e2/Leif+Headshot+crop.jpg Our Staff - Leif Johnson Executive Director ljohnson@rakhma.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f32d9d6eaf1c871feb15d1b/1608580457405-416RNK9IW82M4TG3Y51F/1516628862013.jpg Our Staff - Jeannette Sindt Lead Director of Health Services, RN Minnetonka Grace Home jsindt@rakhma.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f32d9d6eaf1c871feb15d1b/1597171403811-LZNDGAVZKLTLE400IRPZ/Rakhma_logo_no+tag.gif Our Staff - Maria Nyamari Director of Health Services, RN St. Paul Joy Home & Minneapolis Peace Home mnyamari@rakhma.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f32d9d6eaf1c871feb15d1b/6d9c2590-851f-48b8-a7e7-01c8e9657bdd/thumbnail_IMG_9074.jpg Our Staff - Julianna G. 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