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Jennings at Brecksville

Independent Living in Brecksville, Ohio — Cuyahoga County

Quick answer

Jennings at Brecksville is an independent living provider located at 8736 Brecksville Road, Brecksville, Ohio 44141, in Cuyahoga County.

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Catholic nonprofit Jennings' campus with 74 private one- and two-bedroom suites plus respite care, serving Northeast Ohio since 1942.

Jennings at Brecksville, at 8736 Brecksville Road, is operated by Jennings, a Catholic-based nonprofit organization that has served Northeast Ohio seniors since 1942, giving it one of the longer institutional histories among the nonprofit operators profiled in this guide, alongside Eliza Bryant Village and Otterbein North Olmsted.

The community offers independent living and assisted living across 74 private one- and two-bedroom suites, a specific published unit count and configuration that gives families a concrete sense of the community's scale and typical unit layout compared to communities in this guide that do not publish specific suite counts. Respite care is also available for residents needing short-term stays.

Located on Brecksville Road in Brecksville, a southern Cuyahoga County suburb, Jennings at Brecksville reflects its parent organization's long-standing Catholic, nonprofit mission applied to this specific community. For families specifically interested in a faith-based nonprofit operator with a long regional operating history and private one- and two-bedroom suite configurations, Jennings at Brecksville's 74-suite layout and respite care availability are among its most concrete, verifiable details relative to other independent living and assisted living communities profiled elsewhere in this guide's Cuyahoga County listings. Families interested in the nonprofit, faith-based structure of Jennings should also ask about admission criteria and any waitlists for available suites, since demand for well-established nonprofit senior communities in the region can be significant.

Short answer

Jennings at Brecksville is an independent living provider at 8736 Brecksville Road, Brecksville, Ohio 44141, in Cuyahoga County.

Location and contact

CommunityJennings at Brecksville
Care typeIndependent Living
Address8736 Brecksville Road, Brecksville, OH 44141
CountyCuyahoga County, Ohio
WebsiteOfficial site
What we do not publish, and why. We list only details we confirmed against this provider's own published information. We do not publish bed counts, license numbers, pricing or quality ratings for this community because we could not verify them from a primary source. Aggregator sites publish those figures freely; some are wrong, and Austin's sister-site research turned up exactly this problem elsewhere in the network. Confirm licensing yourself using the state tools below, and get pricing in writing directly from the community.
How Ohio regulates this provider type. The Ohio Department of Health licenses and inspects this provider type, and publishes the record free. Read the full explanation →
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Brecksville in context

Brecksville borders the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in southern Cuyahoga County, near the Independence and Broadview Heights corridor.

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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 does the Ohio Department of Health license, and what law covers it?

The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) licenses Residential Care Facilities (RCFs), the single license type that covers nearly all assisted living and memory care communities in Ohio, along with nursing homes, home health agencies, and hospice. RCF licensing is governed by Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3721 and Ohio Administrative Code Chapter 3701-16. Nursing homes fall under a separate rule chapter, OAC 3701-17, so the two license types are not interchangeable.

How can I check whether a Cleveland-area assisted living community is properly licensed?

Use the ODH Licensed Facilities, Services, and Program Search tool to confirm a facility's current license status and review its inspection history. This is the state's own lookup and reflects official licensing and survey records rather than a private review site. The Ohio Department of Aging's Long-Term Care Quality Navigator can supplement this with some consumer-facing information, though it is not a CMS-style star rating.

What does it mean when a Cleveland memory care unit says it has a special care unit disclosure?

Under OAC 3701-16-07(F)(5), a Residential Care Facility that operates a special care unit, as defined in OAC 3701-16-01(LL), must provide a written disclosure covering admission and discharge criteria, staffing, staff training, programming, additional costs, and the unit's physical design. This is a paperwork disclosure requirement, not a state inspection, survey, or certification; Ohio has no separate memory care license or certification comparable to some other states.

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