Brookdale Westlake Village

Rental CCRC near Crocker Park and St. John Medical Center with resident interest groups including a Veterans Association.

Brookdale Westlake Village, at 28550 Westlake Village Drive, operates as a rental continuing care retirement community offering independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing, all without the entrance fees typically associated with traditional buy-in CCRCs, an arrangement Brookdale refers to as a rental model.

The community organizes several resident interest groups, including a 'Painting Pals Group' for art-focused residents, a 'Nature Strollers' walking club for those who want organized outdoor activity, and a Veterans Association for residents with military service backgrounds, giving residents multiple structured ways to build social connections around shared interests beyond generic activity calendars.

Its location on Westlake Village Drive places the community near Crocker Park, Westlake's major open-air shopping and dining destination, as well as St. John Medical Center, giving residents' families both a retail and dining destination to visit during trips and a nearby hospital for emergency or specialist care needs. As part of the national Brookdale Senior Living network, Brookdale Westlake Village follows that company's broader continuum-of-care model, but its specific rental CCRC structure, its named resident interest groups, and its proximity to both Crocker Park and St. John Medical Center are what most distinguish this particular Westlake location from other Brookdale communities profiled in this guide.

Short answer

Brookdale Westlake Village is an independent living provider at 28550 Westlake Village Drive, Westlake, Ohio 44145, in Cuyahoga County.

Location and contact

Community	Brookdale Westlake Village
Care type	Independent Living
Address	28550 Westlake Village Drive, Westlake, OH 44145
County	Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Website	Official site

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Westlake in context

Westlake sits at the western edge of Cuyahoga County bordering Lorain County, part of the same lakefront corridor as Lakewood and Rocky River, and within reach of both Cleveland Clinic and MetroHealth's western facilities.

Other independent living options near Westlake

Judson Manor — Cleveland
Eliza Bryant Village — Cleveland
Saint Luke's Manor — Cleveland
Garrett Square Senior Apartments — Cleveland
O'Neill Healthcare Lakewood — Lakewood
Mount Alverna Village — Parma

Listing details verified 2026-07-21 against the provider's own published information. We are not affiliated with this community and do not represent it. Details change — confirm directly before making a decision.

Questions Cleveland families ask

What's the difference between short-term rehab and long-term nursing home care in Ohio?

Short-term rehab typically follows a hospital stay and focuses on recovering function through physical, occupational, or speech therapy, often covered for a limited period by Medicare, within a nursing home building licensed under OAC 3701-17. Long-term nursing home care serves residents whose needs are ongoing rather than recovery-focused, and is typically funded through private pay, long-term care insurance, or Medicaid once resources are exhausted, rather than Medicare's short-term rehab benefit.

What is adult day care and how does it work in the Cleveland area?

Adult day care provides supervised daytime programming, meals, and social or health-related activities for seniors, typically allowing a family caregiver to work or rest during the day while a parent returns home each evening. Ohio's PASSPORT waiver covers adult day care as one of its supported services, and the 2025 CareScout survey puts the Ohio median cost at $1,798 a month ($83 a day).

How do I know when memory care becomes necessary instead of staying in standard assisted living?

The signal is usually a change in safety risk rather than the diagnosis itself, wandering, exit-seeking behavior, an inability to recognize danger, or care needs a standard RCF isn't staffed or secured to manage safely. Because Ohio doesn't certify memory care separately, the decision comes down to a facility's own assessment against its documented special care unit criteria, part of the OAC 3701-16-07(F)(5) disclosure, rather than a state-defined threshold.

Location and contact

Westlake in context

Other independent living options near Westlake

Questions Cleveland families ask

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