We built a house we would live in ourselves.
Avian Care is a licensed group home on Aurora Avenue in Saint Paul. Five residents, staff awake around the clock, and support that bends around each person's day.
Why this house runs the way it does.
If you have toured a few residential programs you have seen the institutional version. Fluorescent hallways, staff behind a desk, a laminated schedule taped to the wall. It is nobody's home, and everyone in the building knows it.
Avian Care is a house on a residential street with neighbors on both sides. Residents decorate their own rooms. The kitchen is open. The day runs on what the five people living here actually need, rather than on a routine posted by the door.
Patience, consistency and genuine affection for the people who live here shape a day more than any policy does.
Who runs the house.
A licensed assisted living director is accountable for how the house runs and for every standard the state holds us to. A registered nurse oversees medications and health needs, and coordinates with each resident's own doctors. Caregivers are in the house on every shift, every one trained in medication administration, and the office answers the phone 9 to 5 on weekdays.
Every hire clears a background check and a TB test before they start, then finishes orientation and core training within two weeks.
What we hold ourselves to.
Dignity
Care starts with a question. What do you want for dinner? When do you like to wake up? Every resident here is an adult, and we respect the answers.
Independence
Residents do what they can for themselves and staff pick up the rest, without rushing. We count every new skill, from frying an egg to catching the bus alone.
Belonging
Dinner is shared, card games happen at the table, and birthdays come with a cake that has your name on it. Five people who know each other well.
Joy
Care plans matter, and so does having a good time. Hobbies, outings, jokes over coffee, and the small daily pleasures that make a life feel like a life.
Come see it for yourself.
The fastest way to know is to stand in the place. Walk the rooms, meet whoever is on shift, and bring the questions you did not get to ask on other tours. If the house feels right, we can talk through what happens next.
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