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Senior care in Summit County, Ohio

2 verified communities, and the Area Agency on Aging and ombudsman coverage that actually applies here.

2 verified communities
Direction Home Akron Canton Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities
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Summit County, Ohio is served by Direction Home Akron Canton Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities for aging-network services. We list 2 verified senior care communities in Summit County.

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Summit County, anchored by Akron, is covered by a different Area Agency on Aging (Direction Home Akron Canton) and a different regional Long-Term Care Ombudsman office (Region 10B) than the rest of this site's coverage area.

Short answer

Summit County, Ohio is served by Direction Home Akron Canton Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities for Area Agency on Aging services and by Direction Home Akron Canton (Summit and Portage counties are covered by a different regional office for long-term care ombudsman coverage. We list 2 verified senior care communities in Summit County.

Seniors in Summit County

Summit County has a population of about 538,376, with 21.6% of residents 65 or older — approximately about 116,000 seniors — and 25,976 veterans.

Summit County, anchored by Akron, is covered by a different Area Agency on Aging (Direction Home Akron Canton) and a different regional Long-Term Care Ombudsman office (Region 10B) than the rest of this site's coverage area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts.

Which agencies cover Summit County

  • Area Agency on Aging: Direction Home Akron Canton Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities (PSA PSA 10B). Summit and Portage counties are served by Direction Home, not by Western Reserve. A family in Solon or Aurora searching by county rather than by AAA territory can easily reach the wrong agency.
  • Long-Term Care Ombudsman: Direction Home Akron Canton (Summit and Portage counties are covered by a different regional office, Region 10B (Akron/Canton Area), operated by Direction Home Akron Canton Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities, not by Region 10A), 1-800-421-7277
  • MyCare Ohio: Summit County is included in MyCare Ohio's Northeast Ohio region for dual-eligible residents. As of mid-2026, Ohio Medicaid was in the middle of a restructuring called Next Generation MyCare, with a first phase of counties transitioning effective January 1, 2026. Confirm current plan and county status directly with the Ohio Department of Medicaid before relying on program details, since this program is actively changing.
Do not assume county-adjacent agencies apply automatically. This site's 7-county service area is split between two different Area Agencies on Aging. Do not assume one agency covers the entire region.

Cities we cover in Summit County

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Verified communities in Summit County

CommunityCare typeAddressCounty
VITALIA StowIndependent Living4291 Allen Road
Stow, OH 44224		Summit
Brookdale StowAssisted Living5511 Fishcreek Road
Stow, OH 44224		Summit
Ohio licenses assisted living under a single RCF license. Ohio issues one Residential Care Facility (RCF) license covering nearly all assisted living and memory care, under ORC 3721 and OAC 3701-16. There is no evacuation-based tiering and no separate small-home license type. Read the full explanation →

Questions Cleveland families ask

What senior care resources exist in Lorain County, Ohio?

Lorain County is served by the Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging and falls under MyCare Ohio's Northeast Ohio region and the Region 10A Long-Term Care Ombudsman. With roughly 72,000 residents 65 and older out of a population of about 323,000, Lorain County has grown modestly in population since 2020, even as some neighboring counties held flat, and its Lake Erie shoreline communities like Avon Lake reflect that growth.

What senior care resources exist in Medina County, Ohio?

Medina County is served by the Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging and falls under MyCare Ohio's Northeast Ohio region and the Region 10A Long-Term Care Ombudsman. With about 41,000 residents 65 and older, Medina sits outside the Greater Cleveland RTA service area and is not currently included in VANTAGE Aging's Meals on Wheels of Northeast Ohio service territory, so families should confirm meal delivery options locally rather than assuming regional coverage.

What senior care resources exist in Geauga County, Ohio?

Geauga County is served by the Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging and falls under MyCare Ohio's Northeast Ohio region and the Region 10A Long-Term Care Ombudsman. Geauga has one of the highest senior population shares in the region, around 23.7% of its roughly 96,000 residents, making it, alongside Lake County, one of the two counties here with an outsized proportion of older adults relative to the rest of the region.

What senior care resources exist in Summit County, Ohio?

Summit County is served by Direction Home Akron Canton Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities, not Western Reserve, a key distinction from the other five counties in this region, and falls under the Region 10B Long-Term Care Ombudsman rather than Region 10A. Summit is still included in MyCare Ohio's Northeast Ohio region, and with about 116,000 residents 65 and older out of roughly 538,000 total, it's the second-most populous county in this site's coverage area.

What senior care resources exist in Portage County, Ohio?

Portage County, like Summit, is served by Direction Home Akron Canton Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities and falls under the Region 10B Long-Term Care Ombudsman, not the Western Reserve/Region 10A structure covering the other five counties in this region. Portage is included in MyCare Ohio's Northeast Ohio region and has about 34,000 residents 65 and older out of a population of roughly 163,000, with communities like Aurora sitting closer to the Akron metro area than to downtown Cleveland.

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