VITALIA Strongsville

Named a 2026 U.S. News 'Best Memory Care' community; in-house restaurant 'Finley's.'

VITALIA Strongsville, at 21452 Royalton Road, offers assisted living and memory care and was named a 2026 U.S. News & World Report 'Best Memory Care' community, an independent, third-party recognition specific to its memory care programming rather than its assisted living services generally.

Consistent with the branding pattern found across other VITALIA communities in this guide, VITALIA Strongsville operates its own named on-site restaurant, called 'Finley's,' distinct from the Kingston's Restaurant at VITALIA North Olmsted, the Dover Restaurant at VITALIA Westlake, and the other uniquely named dining venues at VITALIA's remaining Cleveland-area locations.

Located on Royalton Road in Strongsville, a southwestern Cuyahoga County suburb, VITALIA Strongsville sits among several other senior living options in this guide serving the same general area, including SouthWest Commons, StoryPoint Strongsville, and Altenheim Senior Living. For families specifically prioritizing memory care with independent, third-party quality recognition, VITALIA Strongsville's 2026 U.S. News 'Best Memory Care' distinction is among the more specific, externally validated credentials found in this guide, and is a relevant point of comparison against nearby memory care options in the Strongsville and greater southwestern Cuyahoga County area that may not carry an equivalent named recognition. Families should note that award recognitions like this one typically reflect data and criteria specific to the year they were granted, and are worth reconfirming as current when comparing multiple recognized memory care options.

Short answer

VITALIA Strongsville is an assisted living provider at 21452 Royalton Road, Strongsville, Ohio 44149, in Cuyahoga County.

Location and contact

Community	VITALIA Strongsville
Care type	Assisted Living
Address	21452 Royalton Road, Strongsville, OH 44149
County	Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Website	Official 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What we do not publish, and why.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 We do not publish bed counts, license numbers, pricing or quality ratings for this community because we could not verify them from a primary source.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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Current license status and inspection history: ODH Licensed Facilities, Services, and Program Search (verify a facility's current license status)
Consumer-facing quality information: Ohio Department of Aging Long-Term Care Quality Navigator (consumer-facing information on assisted living and nursing homes; not a CMS-style star rating)
To report a concern: Ohio Department of Health, 1-800-342-0553, Live call coverage Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern. Voicemail is available 24 hours a day and is checked twice daily outside live hours.

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Strongsville in context

Strongsville anchors the I-71 corridor in southwestern Cuyahoga County. It has a growing supply of newer-build assisted living and memory care relative to some of the older East Side stock.

Other assisted living options near Strongsville

Judson Manor — Cleveland
St. Augustine Towers — Cleveland
Algart Health Care — Cleveland
Haven at Lakewood — Lakewood
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

How does Ohio's Assisted Living Waiver work, and does it cover the full monthly bill?

The Assisted Living Waiver, administered by the Ohio Department of Aging through PASSPORT Administrative Agencies, pays for personal care and supportive services delivered inside a licensed Residential Care Facility for Medicaid-eligible adults 21 and older with a hands-on ADL need. It does not cover room and board; the resident pays that directly to the facility, capped at the SSI federal benefit rate minus a $50 personal needs allowance.

What is PASSPORT and how is it different from the Assisted Living Waiver?

PASSPORT is Ohio's flagship home and community-based Medicaid waiver, delivered through Area Agencies on Aging, designed to keep Medicaid-eligible seniors who need nursing-facility level of care living at home rather than in an institution. It covers personal care, home-delivered meals, adult day care, minor home modifications, medical transportation, and, as of October 2024, Structured Family Caregiving. Like the Assisted Living Waiver, it never pays for room and board, since it's strictly an in-home program.

What is MyCare Ohio and which Cleveland-area counties does it cover?

MyCare Ohio is a managed care demonstration for Ohioans eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, coordinating medical care, behavioral health, and long-term services and supports through a single plan. Its Northeast Ohio region covers all of Cuyahoga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, and Geauga counties, plus Summit and Portage counties. As of mid-2026 Ohio was mid-transition on a restructuring called Next Generation MyCare, so families should confirm current plan and county status directly with the Ohio Department of Medicaid.

Location and contact

Strongsville in context

Other assisted living options near Strongsville

Questions Cleveland families ask

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