Nursing Homes in Cleveland, OH

Compare licensed nursing homes in Cleveland and the surrounding Cuyahoga County area. Free guidance, no obligation.

3 verified in Cleveland

Cuyahoga County

Quick answer

There are 3 verified nursing homes options listed in Cleveland, 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.

A skilled nursing facility provides 24-hour licensed nursing, regulated under a separate Ohio rule chapter (OAC 3701-17) from assisted living. Two different populations live under the same roof: short-term rehab patients recovering after a hospital stay, and long-term residents whose medical needs exceed what an RCF can support.

Short answer

We list 3 verified nursing homes options in Cleveland, Ohio. The Ohio Department of Health licenses these providers and publishes inspection history you can look up free.

What to watch for with nursing homes in Cleveland

Medicare may cover a short rehab stay after a qualifying inpatient hospital admission, but it does not pay for long-term custodial nursing care.
Nursing facilities are the one senior care category with federal CMS star ratings. Check both Care Compare and the Ohio Department of Health inspection history — they surface different things.
The published Ohio semi-private median runs well below the private-room figure and reflects a heavily Medicaid-weighted market; expect a private-pay Cleveland quote to vary from it.

Full guide to nursing homes in Ohio →

Verified nursing homes in Cleveland

Community	Care type	Address	County
Judson Manor	Independent Living	1890 East 107th Street Cleveland, OH 44106	Cuyahoga
Eliza Bryant Village	Independent Living	7201 Wade Park Avenue Cleveland, OH 44103	Cuyahoga
Algart Health Care	Assisted Living	8902 Detroit Avenue Cleveland, OH 44102	Cuyahoga

Nursing Homes elsewhere in the region

Greater Cleveland's 7-county area is compact enough that families in Cleveland 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
The Normandy	Independent Living	22701 Lake Road Rocky River, OH 44116	Cuyahoga
Brookdale Westlake Village	Independent Living	28550 Westlake Village Drive Westlake, OH 44145	Cuyahoga
Huntington Woods Care and Rehabilitation Center	Nursing Home	27705 Westchester Parkway Westlake, OH 44145	Cuyahoga
Altenheim Senior Living	Assisted Living	18627 Shurmer Road Strongsville, OH 44136	Cuyahoga

The Cleveland market specifically

Cleveland proper holds a mix of historic University Circle campuses and West Side communities, and it is where the region's three major hospital systems concentrate discharge planning. Traffic between the East Side and West Side of Cleveland runs through downtown, which matters more for visit frequency than the map distance suggests.

Because Cleveland proper holds the region's University Circle campuses alongside West Side communities, it is also where you will find the widest spread in quality within a single price band. Ask the same specific questions of every community, since brand name and building age vary widely across the city.

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

How do I actually apply for Medicaid long-term care coverage in Ohio?

Applications go through the Ohio Department of Medicaid at benefits.ohio.gov, or families can contact the Area Agency on Aging serving their county for help with a waiver assessment and to get on any relevant waiting list. Applicants need to meet both the nursing-facility level-of-care clinical standard and the state's non-MAGI financial eligibility rules.

What is Medicaid Estate Recovery in Ohio, and can the state take my parent's house?

Ohio's Medicaid Estate Recovery Program (MERP) is a federally required program that recovers certain Medicaid long-term care payments from a deceased recipient's estate, for recipients 55 or older or of any age if permanently institutionalized. Ohio is an "expanded recovery" state, meaning assets passing outside probate, like transfer-on-death deeds or joint survivorship property, can be subject to recovery too. Recovery is delayed while a surviving spouse, minor child, or blind or disabled child lives in the home, and hardship waivers are evaluated case by case.

Does Ohio Medicaid pay for room and board in assisted living?

No. The Assisted Living Waiver pays only for personal care and supportive services delivered by the facility's staff; room and board is the resident's own responsibility, capped at the SSI federal benefit rate minus a $50 personal needs allowance. This is true across Ohio's long-term care Medicaid programs: PASSPORT and MyCare Ohio also do not cover room and board in any residential setting.

How much does assisted living cost in Ohio in 2025?

According to the 2025 CareScout Cost of Care Survey, the Ohio statewide median for an assisted living community is $6,103 a month ($73,230 a year), close to the 2025 national median of $6,200 a month. CareScout does not publish a separate Cleveland or Cuyahoga County figure, so this is a statewide median, not a local one.