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Meadow Falls Senior Living of Chagrin Valley

Assisted Living in South Russell, Ohio — Geauga County

Quick answer

Meadow Falls Senior Living of Chagrin Valley is an assisted living provider located at 5277 Chillicothe Road, South Russell, Ohio 44022, in Geauga County.

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Assisted living and memory care community in South Russell formerly operating as Lantern of Chagrin Valley, now under the Meadow Falls Senior Living brand.

Meadow Falls Senior Living of Chagrin Valley, at 5277 Chillicothe Road in South Russell, offers assisted living and memory care. The community's own careers page still links to job postings under the URL slug 'lantern-of-chagrin-valley,' a sign that this location operated for years as Lantern of Chagrin Valley before its rebrand to the Meadow Falls name — a history worth knowing since some older reviews or directory listings may still reference the Lantern name.

Amenities include a ballroom and movie theater, a community room, private lounges, a 24-hour bistro, and a therapeutic massage spa, alongside safety features such as Wander Guard-style monitoring and access-controlled secured entry for memory care residents. Meadow Falls Senior Living operates a growing network of similarly named communities across northeast Ohio, including a North Royalton location profiled separately in this guide, and its South Russell campus gives families in the Chagrin Falls/Geauga County area an assisted living and memory care option distinct from the nonprofit Hamlet at Chagrin Falls a few miles away.

Short answer

Meadow Falls Senior Living of Chagrin Valley is an assisted living provider at 5277 Chillicothe Road, South Russell, Ohio 44022, in Geauga County.

Location and contact

CommunityMeadow Falls Senior Living of Chagrin Valley
Care typeAssisted Living
Address5277 Chillicothe Road, South Russell, OH 44022
CountyGeauga 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What we do not publish, and why.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 We do not publish bed counts, license numbers, pricing or quality ratings for this community because we could not verify them from a primary source.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.
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South Russell in context

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.

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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's the practical difference between an assisted living community and a nursing home in Ohio?

Both are ODH-licensed, but under different rule chapters: assisted living communities are licensed as Residential Care Facilities under OAC 3701-16, while nursing homes are licensed under OAC 3701-17. RCFs provide housing, supervision, and personal care, and may deliver only limited skilled nursing care, capped at 120 days in a 12-month period absent a written extension agreement. Nursing homes are built for residents needing ongoing, higher levels of skilled nursing care, including rehabilitation and more complex medical needs.

How do I file a complaint against an assisted living facility in Cleveland with the state?

Complaints about abuse, neglect, or misappropriation in an ODH-licensed facility go to the Ohio Department of Health complaint line at 1-800-342-0553, with live coverage Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern, and voicemail checked twice daily outside those hours. ODH investigates licensing and care-quality complaints against RCFs and nursing homes; a separate home health hotline (1-800-669-3534) covers home health agency complaints.

What actually happens during a state inspection of an assisted living facility in Ohio?

ODH surveyors conduct on-site inspections of licensed RCFs to check compliance with OAC 3701-16, reviewing records, observing care delivery, interviewing staff and residents, and checking the physical plant. Inspection findings and any resulting citations become part of the facility's licensing record, which families can review through the ODH Licensed Facilities, Services, and Program Search tool.

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