Memory Care in Strongsville, OH

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

2 verified in Strongsville

Cuyahoga County

Quick answer

There are 2 verified memory care options listed in Strongsville, 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.

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 2 verified memory care options in Strongsville, 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 Strongsville

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.

Full guide to memory care in Ohio →

Verified memory care in Strongsville

Community	Care type	Address	County
VITALIA Strongsville	Assisted Living	21452 Royalton Road Strongsville, OH 44149	Cuyahoga
Altenheim Senior Living	Assisted Living	18627 Shurmer Road Strongsville, OH 44136	Cuyahoga

Memory Care elsewhere in the region

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

Community	Care type	Address	County
O'Neill Healthcare Lakewood	Assisted Living	13900 Detroit Avenue Lakewood, OH 44107	Cuyahoga
Mount Alverna Village	Independent Living	6765 State Road Parma, OH 44134	Cuyahoga
Sunrise at Parma	Assisted Living	7766 Broadview Road Parma, OH 44134	Cuyahoga
StoryPoint Parma	Assisted Living	8668 Day Drive Parma, OH 44129	Cuyahoga
StoryPoint Shaker Heights	Assisted Living	17000 Van Aken Boulevard Shaker Heights, OH 44120	Cuyahoga
The Woodlands of Shaker Heights	Assisted Living	16333 Chagrin Boulevard Shaker Heights, OH 44120	Cuyahoga

The Strongsville market specifically

Strongsville anchors the I-71 corridor in southwestern Cuyahoga County. It has a growing supply of newer-build assisted living and memory care relative to some of the older East Side stock.

Newer buildings in Strongsville tend to mean better physical plant and wider doorways, but also a thinner inspection history to review, since several communities here have opened more recently than the East Side's older stock.

What the contract does that the tour does not

The residency agreement decides what happens when things change: how care levels are reassessed and repriced, how much notice is required on either side, what the deposit covers and whether it is refundable, and what happens if the resident exceeds the RCF's 120-day skilled-nursing cap.

Ask for a blank copy to take home before you are asked to sign anything. A community that will not provide one has told you something useful.

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

Is there a reliable memory care cost figure for Ohio?

No. CareScout does not survey memory care as a separate category in its Cost of Care Survey, so there is no authoritative statewide or Cleveland-area memory care median. Any memory care price quoted online should be treated as an estimate rather than survey-backed data.

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.