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What Senior Care Costs in Greater Cleveland

Published Ohio median costs for assisted living, memory care, nursing homes, in-home care and adult day care, with the caveats that matter.

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What senior care costs in Greater Cleveland

Short answer

The 2025 CareScout Cost of Care Survey puts the Ohio median for an assisted living community at $6,103 a month and a private nursing home room at $10,389. CareScout does not publish a Cleveland-specific or Cuyahoga County figure, so treat these as a statewide starting point, not a local quote.

These are the published Ohio statewide medians from the 2025 CareScout Cost of Care Survey (The survey formerly published under the Genworth name is now released by CareScout, a Genworth subsidiary.), based on rates collected July through November 2025, from more than 25,000 provider rates nationwide.

Type of careMonthlyAnnualRate
Assisted living community$6,103$73,230$196 per day
Nursing home, semi-private room$9,186$110,230$302 per day
Nursing home, private room$10,389$124,666$342 per day
Homemaker services$6,483$77,792based on 44 hours per week
Home health aide$433$5,200based on 44 hours per week; see caregiver_caveat
Non-medical caregiver——$34 per hour
Private duty nurse at home——$100 per hour, or $85 per visit
Adult day health care$1,798$21,580$83 per day

For contrast, the 2025 national medians are $6,200 a month for an assisted living community, $9,581 a month ($315 a day) for a semi-private nursing home room, $10,798 a month ($355 a day) for a private nursing home room, $35 an hour for a non-medical caregiver, and $95 a day for adult day health care.

Read the home care lines carefully. CareScout's Ohio 'home health aide' figure ($433 a month) is far lower than its 'homemaker services' figure ($6,483 a month) and lower than the hourly non-medical caregiver rate would suggest for full-time care. This is a real, published state median, not a transcription error, but it should not be read as the cost of full-time in-home care; CareScout itself has begun merging homemaker and home health aide reporting into a single 'non-medical caregiver' hourly category ($34 an hour in Ohio, $35 nationally) going forward, precisely because these older category definitions were inconsistent. For budgeting full-time in-home care, use the hourly non-medical caregiver rate multiplied by expected weekly hours, not the home health aide line.
On memory care pricing: CareScout does not survey memory care as a separate category, so no authoritative memory care median exists for Ohio or for Cleveland. Any memory care price quoted online is an estimate, not survey data.

Why we do not publish a Cleveland-specific figure. No primary source publishes a Cleveland-specific or Cuyahoga County-specific cost figure. Cleveland-area pricing likely varies significantly by neighborhood, with the East Side inner suburbs and Lake County generally commanding higher rates than more rural stretches of Geauga, Medina, or Portage counties. Ask each community directly for a current all-in monthly quote. You will find sites quoting a precise Cleveland number. We could not trace any of them to a primary source, so we do not repeat them.

Source: 2025 CareScout Cost of Care Survey state median tables

Questions Cleveland families ask

What happens after someone files an Adult Protective Services report in Ohio?

Once a county APS agency, such as Cuyahoga County's Division of Senior and Adult Services, receives a report, caseworkers assess the situation, which may include a home visit, interviews, and coordination with law enforcement or medical providers if warranted. Outcomes range from connecting the individual with support services to, in serious cases, pursuing legal intervention such as guardianship; APS acts to protect the adult's safety while respecting their right to make their own decisions where they have capacity to do so.

What should I expect from discharge planning at Cleveland Clinic's main campus?

Cleveland Clinic's discharge planning is handled by case managers and social workers, and the main campus operates a Departure Lounge specifically to help coordinate a patient's transition out of the hospital. Cleveland Clinic also operates additional regional hospitals throughout Northeast Ohio beyond the main Euclid Avenue campus, so discharge processes can vary slightly by location.

How does discharge planning work at University Hospitals in Cleveland?

University Hospitals, an integrated network of 21 hospitals and more than 50 health centers across 16 counties in northern Ohio with UH Cleveland Medical Center as its flagship, typically begins case management review within 24 hours of admission according to its "Going Home" discharge materials. This early start is meant to give families more lead time before an actual discharge date is set.

What does discharge planning look like at MetroHealth?

MetroHealth, Cuyahoga County's safety-net health system with five hospitals, four emergency departments, and more than a dozen health centers, handles discharge planning through its Social Work department, centered at its main campus, home to the county's Level I Adult Trauma Center. Families should expect Social Work staff to coordinate post-discharge needs including home care referrals, rehab placement, or facility transitions.

I only got 48 hours' notice for my parent's hospital discharge in Cleveland. What should I do first?

Contact the hospital's assigned case manager or social worker immediately to clarify the recommended level of care, home with services, short-term rehab, or a facility placement, and simultaneously start calling your county's Area Agency on Aging, Western Reserve for Cuyahoga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, or Geauga counties, or Direction Home Akron Canton for Summit or Portage, to explore PASSPORT, the Assisted Living Waiver, or other support options in parallel with any private-pay search.

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