Carey's Care Homes is a licensed adult foster home with five private rooms, round-the-clock professional care, and a mother-and-son family who live on-site. We don't run a facility — we keep a home.
A Class-3 license means we're trained and authorized to provide Oregon's highest level of residential care. Here's what we do — every day, without a clock to watch.
Bathing, grooming, dressing and daily living support — delivered with dignity and the kind of patience our residents' own family would want.
Most adult foster homes are run by managers. Ours is run by family — a mother and son who wake up here, eat dinner here, and know every resident by heart.
Debra has been caregiving for more than twelve years — for her own mother, for neighbors, and now for the residents who call our home theirs. She lives in the home, cooks most of the meals, and is usually the one you'll meet on your first visit.
"I don't believe in shift-change care. I believe in being here when you wake up and when you go to sleep — the way anyone's mother should be."
Tyler founded Carey's with his mother in 2020. Before that, he spent thirty years building and running businesses — all of which he puts to work on the operational side of the home so that Debra can focus on residents.
"My job is to make sure the lights are on, the bills are paid, and the caregivers have everything they need. My mom's job is everything that actually matters."
Oregon licenses adult foster homes at three levels. Most small homes operate at Class 1 or 2. We're licensed at the highest — which lets us keep residents here through more of life's later chapters, so families don't have to keep moving their loved one.
Homes in this class may only care for residents who are largely independent — handling their own personal care, medications and mobility with minimal help.
Families often tell us the hardest part of care isn't finding the first home — it's being told, three years later, that the home can no longer meet Mom's needs. A Class-3 license is our promise that we can keep her here.
Days here aren't scheduled in fifteen-minute increments. They breathe. Some residents rise at 6, others at 10. Some take their coffee on the porch, others by the fire. Here's roughly what a Tuesday looks like.
Coffee is on early. Breakfast is made to order — pancakes, eggs, oatmeal, fruit. Medications are handled as each resident begins their day.
Puzzles at the dining table, a craft project, a chair-yoga stretch, or reading by the window. Nothing is required. Everything is offered.
Soup or sandwiches, a fresh salad, something baked. We sit together at one table. Seconds are encouraged. Plates are cleared without a fuss.
Afternoons are unhurried. Many residents nap. Some take walks in the garden. Families drop by — no appointments needed.
Live guitar on Thursdays, a resident's favorite album on the speakers, or a game of cards. This is often the warmest part of the day.
A proper sit-down supper. Roasted chicken and vegetables, pot roast, shepherd's pie — whatever's in season and whatever residents have been asking for.
Evening medications, help with pajamas and bathing as needed, a favorite TV show, a story, a nightlight left on. Someone is awake in the home all night.
We built this home to live in — not to warehouse. Every bedroom has its own en-suite bathroom. There's a real kitchen, a real living room, a covered porch, and a garden that's used every sunny afternoon.
A hand held. A slow dance. A birthday cake. An afternoon of knitting at the kitchen table. This is the shape of a good day at homes like ours.
A 30-bed assisted-living facility serves many people, many ways. A five-bed adult foster home can serve five people, one way — their way. We believe that's the difference between being cared-for and being known.
Our whole home is five private rooms. That means mom isn't one of dozens. Her caregivers know how she takes her coffee, which blanket she prefers, what makes her laugh.
We don't run a facility. We keep a home. And in a home, you know the people who live with you — their stories, their favorite songs, the name of the cat they had in 1962. That's what we're here to do.Debra & Tyler Carey Co-Founders · Sisters, Oregon
My mother lived at Carey's for the last two and a half years of her life. In that time Debra learned more about her than some of our family did. When she passed, it was in her own bed, with Debra holding her hand.
No question is too big, too small, or too awkward. If yours isn't here, call us — we'll talk.
Call (503) 307-2679Choosing care for someone you love is one of the most difficult decisions you'll ever make. These guides are written for the adult children navigating it — no jargon, no sales pitch, just what we wish we'd known.
How to bring up the idea of care with an aging parent — the questions to ask yourself, the ones to ask them, and the words that tend to land.
Download the PDFA side-by-side look at adult foster homes, assisted living, and memory-care communities — cost, staffing, level of care, and the trade-offs families should weigh.
Download the PDFTwenty-two questions to ask — and things to watch for — on any care-home tour. Print it, bring it, use it with every home you visit (including ours).
Download the PDFOur home is in Sisters, a short drive from Bend and Redmond, and an easy weekend trip from Portland, Eugene and Medford. Many of our residents come from throughout Central Oregon — and their families visit often.
The best way to know whether we're right for your family is to walk through the door, sit on the porch, and meet us. Visits are private and take about an hour. No pressure, no sales pitch.
182 E Tall Fir Ct
Sisters, OR 97759
(503) 307-2679
Debra or Tyler will answer personally.
info@careyscarehomes.com
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Weekdays 10am–4pm
Weekends by appointment.
