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AVIVA River Bend

30 Silver Lake Pl NW, Rochester, MN 55901

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7.7
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25 reviews
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7.7
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25 reviews
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Anonymous

Child of resident/client

4.0 out of 5 stars

Review for AVIVA River Bend

All staff that I are friendly and helpful. Place is clean and has a good vibe. Lots of stuff to do during the month. Nice location with views of a river and walking paths that can be used. Also close to Silver Lake with more paths to walk on.

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AVIVA River Bend

AVIVA River Bend welcomes older adults to a homelike community spread across scenic grounds in Rochester, Minnesota. Residents and their families can feel at ease knowing the community is located within minutes of the well known Mayo Clinic.

Whether seniors are in need of assisted living or memory care services, the community offers quality care and pet-friendly living accommodations for both. All residents receive customizable care provided by round-the-clock professional caregivers. In addition to long-term care, the community offers short-term stays (i.e. respite care). If further care is ever needed, residents can easily attend local medical appointments, thanks to the community’s complimentary transportation services. Along with continuous care, residents can feel secure in their living space, thanks to safety features like walk-in showers, grab bars, and emergency call systems. These features are included in all apartments, ranging from studio to two-bedroom.

While living at AVIVA River Bend, residents have access to on-site amenities and activities. The community features an outdoor patio, a fitness center, a beauty salon and barbershop, and multiple walking paths. Additionally, the community has a restaurant-style dining room, where residents can sit and eat chef-prepared meals together three times a day. When residents are not socializing in the dining...

Senior living options offered

  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care

AVIVA River Bend

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for AVIVA River Bend

7.7 out of 10
Review Score25 reviewsWrite a review
Overall Experience
3.5
Cleanliness
4.5
Friendliness
4.3
Care Services
3.7
Staff
3.7
Meals & Dining
3.4
Activities
3.9
Value for Cost
3.5

A Place for Mom has scored AVIVA River Bend with 7.7 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 4 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, AVIVA River Bend has 25 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 3.5 out of 5.

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Last Updated: 9/26/25

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Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

September 26, 2025

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
3.0
Staff
3.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

Our families experience

They are very welcoming! I wish they had more activities

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

August 6, 2025

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

Review for AVIVA River Bend

All staff that I are friendly and helpful. Place is clean and has a good vibe. Lots of stuff to do during the month. Nice location with views of a river and walking paths that can be used. Also close to Silver Lake with more paths to walk on.

Christine

Memory Care

Family/friend

July 25, 2025

1.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
2.0
Friendliness
1.0
Value for Cost
1.0
Care Services
1.0
Activities
2.0
Staff
1.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

Worst Experience Ever

Within the first 4 days of my mom's move in date, she fell four times with the last fall putting her in the hospital with injuries to include a broken shoulder. These injuries exacerbated her illness and my mom passed within one month of her short stay at Aviva River Bend. The Executive Director lacked compassion and professionalism when my dad and I returned to ask questions. I feel the Director of Nursing at intake should have evaluated my mom’s physical capabilities in addition to asking my mom questions she was not able to correctly answer due to her disease. Also, measures should have been taken after her 2nd fall to protect her from serious injury. No words can say how disappointed I am in this facility.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

December 19, 2024

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
3.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Our families experience

The staff is wonderful! My parents love the food. Biggest item to improve upon is the activities. Greater variety of them & a pool table

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

October 8, 2024

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

Our experience

What we like the most about AVIVA River Bend is the positive environment. Yes, we would recommend this community to other families If they had the money to afford it!

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

August 22, 2024

2.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
1.0
Care Services
2.0
Staff
4.0

It appears to be a nice area, definitely needs improvement.

The meals good from what I see, but I don't know about the activities I do not seem them. Charging for memory care, but giving assisted living care. They promised me that they would do daily hygiene care morning and evening and help with changing clothes for bedtime. This usually never happens. Our loved one sleeps in their clothing from what they wore for the day. It's just sad. I had high hopes for better care for them, but it didn't happen.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

May 10, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Aviva Review

Very nice place, nice people, and the food is very good. 5 stars for all. Location is great as well.

E W

Assisted Living

Family/friend

April 10, 2024

1.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
3.0
Friendliness
3.0
Value for Cost
1.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
3.0
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
2.0

False promises

Overpriced Don't deliver on promises. Exec Director is FAKE, loud and obnoxious. Seems to only be concerned about money. Not caring at all. Good thing Caregivers are very caring, run by a wonderful, caring Resident Director, [name removed] and assistant RN. Had a chance to view memory care, run my a nice man, can't remember his name. Food was great and is now borderline disgusting. We moved mom out and she has since passed.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

March 20, 2024

2.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Staff
2.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

Our Experience

There have been some changes and this facility is definitely different than it used to be. Not bad, but not as pleasant. The food quality is not as exciting as it was for my loved one. They do offer activities, but my loved one chooses not to participate.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Resident/client

January 22, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
1.0
Care Services
3.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

Assisted Living

We liked the lay out of the apartments. Easy for handicap to get around. It is owned by an investment firm. Suck seniors dry. Staff very friendly and trying to do their best. You can always get a hamburger, which is good, if you don't like what they serve. It's an example of rich getting richer and sucking middle class poor.

Ann

Assisted Living

Family/friend

December 20, 2023

3.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
3.0
Meals & Dining
2.0

A welcoming community

Most of the staff are amazing! Moving in was smooth. Most importantly, my loved one loves it. A truly welcoming community. [Name removed], the Activities Director, is absolutely wonderful. It's very difficult communicating with staff/logistics/finance right now with the changes going on.

Mary

Assisted Living

Family/friend

October 10, 2023

1.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
3.0
Friendliness
3.0
Value for Cost
1.0
Care Services
1.0
Activities
1.0
Staff
1.0
Meals & Dining
1.0

New name = bad choice

We moved our loved one in about 11 months ago. We really liked the options & management. [date removed], New Facility director took over & nothing has gone right. Staff is quitting, or they let wonderful nurses resign due to bad management. That all aside in the 11 months my loved one has lived there the price has changed 3 times! Effective [date removed] they are making all the residents take an assisted living package for $[removed]more a month! My loved one receives no cares from staff except what is provided with light housekeeping, laundry & meals. They don't have the staff to provide "cares" for all the residents. With this price increase we will be paying $[removed] a month for a 1 bedroom apartment!! That's $[removed]in 1 year! Plus, the activities director treats the independent & assisted living residents like children some of the activities are very undignified. Playing with Legos & tinker toys is not something my 85 year old loved one would like to do. We are moving our loved one.

Karen

Memory Care

Toured community

August 16, 2022

3.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

tour review

Our family had an in person tour and everyone we met with was very nice but in the end it was just not going to be the best fit for our loved one

anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

July 1, 2022

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

A Wonderful Place for Mom

We love River Bend! It's a friendly and supportive environment that feels like family. My loved one says she likes the food. The facility itself is excellent, and it's an excellent value. I would highly recommend it to other families. We couldn't be more pleased.

Jeanette

Assisted Living

Family/friend

February 7, 2022

4.5 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.5
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

Good Place to Live in Your Golden Years

I would choose them again to place my loved one here. They are very friendly and this stands out to me. Some of the activities available are music, arts and crafts, and more for the residents to choose from. The food could have a little less sodium and more options would be more desirable for my loved one. Maybe even more plant based eating.

anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

December 1, 2021

3.5 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
3.5
Activities
5.0
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

great place needs improvement

From what we have seen the meals look great and the activities are great and we are fairly happy with the place. Our issue is with the communication, we aren't sure if it is because of the rotating shifts or the turnovers but the internal communication is lacking. Sometimes we ask multiples times for something to get done for our loved one and it does not reach the person it should, we really have to advocate for her.

anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

October 7, 2021

3.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
3.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
2.0
Care Services
2.0
Staff
3.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

A nice place but be prepared to take care of your loved one yourself

The people are pretty nice. I do not feel like they have enough staff but I understand that as of right now. However, I do not feel like you get what you pay for with memory care. I do not feel like they are attentive to their needs and that could be due to limited help but they need more help with cleaning rooms and showering.

Norma Y

Memory Care

Family/friend

September 22, 2021

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Good Place to go

My loved one is getting excellent care here. I do have issues getting a hold of the staff when I want to. They have him participating in all of the activities. This was one of the main things for me and he is up and moving and participating in everything.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Toured community

July 14, 2021

5.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0

Loved the location, the memory unit was very airy, with a lot of space. It is clear the residents are well-cared-for. We are still in the research-gathering mode, and this is definitely in the running for Mom

anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

June 3, 2021

3.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
3.0
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
2.0

Our experience with River Bend

We chose River Bend Assisted Living because of the location of the facility as well as the value for the money. The room sizes are very good and we are happy with that. They could use improvement on the variety and the quality of the meals, it has been an on going issue that hasn't been resolved.

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