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Memory Care in Lakewood, OH

Compare licensed memory care in Lakewood and the surrounding Cuyahoga County area. Free guidance, no obligation.

1 verified in Lakewood
Cuyahoga County
Quick answer

There is 1 verified memory care option listed in Lakewood, Ohio. The Ohio Department of Health licenses and inspects these providers, and you can check any community's license status and inspection history free through the state search tool.

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Memory care is secured, dementia-specific assisted living. In Ohio it is not a separate license — a facility running a special care unit must provide a written disclosure under OAC 3701-16-07(F)(5) covering staffing, training, programming, costs and physical design.

Short answer

We list 1 verified memory care option in Lakewood, Ohio. Assisted living and memory care in Ohio are licensed under a single Residential Care Facility license, and memory care additionally requires a written special care unit disclosure rather than a separate certification.

What to watch for with memory care in Lakewood

  • Ask to see the special care unit disclosure, not the RCF license. Any community can market to dementia families; only a genuine special care unit must produce this document.

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Verified memory care in Lakewood

CommunityCare typeAddressCounty
O'Neill Healthcare LakewoodAssisted Living13900 Detroit Avenue
Lakewood, OH 44107		Cuyahoga

Memory Care elsewhere in the region

Greater Cleveland's 7-county area is compact enough that families in Lakewood regularly place a parent one city over, especially when a specific care level is needed.

CommunityCare typeAddressCounty
Mount Alverna VillageIndependent Living6765 State Road
Parma, OH 44134		Cuyahoga
Sunrise at ParmaAssisted Living7766 Broadview Road
Parma, OH 44134		Cuyahoga
StoryPoint ParmaAssisted Living8668 Day Drive
Parma, OH 44129		Cuyahoga
StoryPoint Shaker HeightsAssisted Living17000 Van Aken Boulevard
Shaker Heights, OH 44120		Cuyahoga
The Woodlands of Shaker HeightsAssisted Living16333 Chagrin Boulevard
Shaker Heights, OH 44120		Cuyahoga
Rose Senior Living BeachwoodIndependent Living23611 Harvard Road
Beachwood, OH 44122		Cuyahoga

The Lakewood market specifically

Lakewood sits in the West Side lakefront corridor with Rocky River and Westlake, an established, densely built-out area with a long-standing mix of older and newer senior housing stock, served by Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging's Cuyahoga County territory.

The West Side lakefront corridor's density means several communities sit within a short drive of each other, which makes same-day comparison tours practical for families based in Lakewood.

Visit twice, at different hours

A scheduled mid-morning tour and an unannounced 7 p.m. drop-in can look like two different buildings. Evening and overnight are when staffing thins and when families are most often surprised, so ask the overnight ratio specifically rather than the daytime one.

Eat a meal there. Talk to a resident's family member in the parking lot rather than one the community introduces you to. Neither takes long and both tell you more than the brochure.

You can check any Ohio facility's record free. Use the ODH Licensed Facilities Search for current license status and inspection history, and the Ohio Department of Aging's Long-Term Care Quality Navigator for consumer-facing detail. Assisted living is not CMS star-rated. Read the full explanation →

Questions Cleveland families ask

What are the main ways Cleveland-area families actually pay for senior care?

Most families use some combination of private pay (savings, home sale proceeds, retirement income), long-term care insurance, VA Aid & Attendance for eligible veterans and surviving spouses, and Medicaid once financial and clinical eligibility are met. Medicaid's Assisted Living Waiver and PASSPORT cover services, not room and board, so private funds typically continue covering the room-and-board portion even after Medicaid approval.

What is VA Aid & Attendance and how much can it provide?

VA Aid & Attendance is a pension benefit add-on for wartime veterans and surviving spouses who need help with daily activities. As of December 1, 2025, maximum annual pension rates range from about $18,697 for a surviving spouse with no dependents up to about $46,143 for two married veterans both eligible; VA pays the difference between countable income and the applicable maximum, and unreimbursed medical expenses, including assisted living or home care costs, reduce countable income. These rates are federal and identical in every state, including Ohio.

What does long-term care insurance typically cover for a senior in Ohio?

Long-term care insurance policies vary by contract, but most cover some combination of nursing home care, assisted living, home care, and adult day care up to a daily or monthly benefit cap and a lifetime maximum, after an elimination period. Ohio does not regulate benefit levels directly; what a specific policy pays depends entirely on its own terms, so families should review the actual policy document rather than assume standard coverage.

How does the cost of in-home care in Ohio compare to moving to a facility?

According to the 2025 CareScout survey, a non-medical caregiver in Ohio runs about $34 an hour, while assisted living runs a median of $6,103 a month. At roughly 20 hours a week, hourly in-home care can cost less than assisted living, but full-time round-the-clock in-home care quickly exceeds facility costs since hourly rates add up fast across 24-hour coverage.

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