Memory Care in Independence, OH

Compare licensed memory care in Independence and the surrounding Cuyahoga County area. Free guidance, no obligation.

1 verified in Independence

Cuyahoga County

Quick answer

There is 1 verified memory care option listed in Independence, Ohio. The Ohio Department of Health licenses and inspects these providers, and you can check any community's license status and inspection history free through the state search tool.

Memory care is secured, dementia-specific assisted living. In Ohio it is not a separate license — a facility running a special care unit must provide a written disclosure under OAC 3701-16-07(F)(5) covering staffing, training, programming, costs and physical design.

Short answer

We list 1 verified memory care option in Independence, Ohio. Assisted living and memory care in Ohio are licensed under a single Residential Care Facility license, and memory care additionally requires a written special care unit disclosure rather than a separate certification.

What to watch for with memory care in Independence

Ask to see the special care unit disclosure, not the RCF license. Any community can market to dementia families; only a genuine special care unit must produce this document.

Full guide to memory care in Ohio →

Verified memory care in Independence

Community	Care type	Address	County
StoryPoint Independence	Assisted Living	6046 Brecksville Road Independence, OH 44131	Cuyahoga

Memory Care elsewhere in the region

Greater Cleveland's 7-county area is compact enough that families in Independence regularly place a parent one city over, especially when a specific care level is needed.

Community	Care type	Address	County
O'Neill Healthcare Lakewood	Assisted Living	13900 Detroit Avenue Lakewood, OH 44107	Cuyahoga
Mount Alverna Village	Independent Living	6765 State Road Parma, OH 44134	Cuyahoga
Sunrise at Parma	Assisted Living	7766 Broadview Road Parma, OH 44134	Cuyahoga
StoryPoint Parma	Assisted Living	8668 Day Drive Parma, OH 44129	Cuyahoga
StoryPoint Shaker Heights	Assisted Living	17000 Van Aken Boulevard Shaker Heights, OH 44120	Cuyahoga
The Woodlands of Shaker Heights	Assisted Living	16333 Chagrin Boulevard Shaker Heights, OH 44120	Cuyahoga

The Independence market specifically

Independence is a small southern Cuyahoga County suburb along the Cuyahoga Valley, positioned between the Parma-Strongsville corridor and the East Side inner suburbs.

Independence's central position between several larger suburbs means families here typically compare a wider radius of options rather than treating the city limit as the search boundary.

Visit twice, at different hours

A scheduled mid-morning tour and an unannounced 7 p.m. drop-in can look like two different buildings. Evening and overnight are when staffing thins and when families are most often surprised, so ask the overnight ratio specifically rather than the daytime one.

Eat a meal there. Talk to a resident's family member in the parking lot rather than one the community introduces you to. Neither takes long and both tell you more than the brochure.

You can check any Ohio facility's record free. Use the ODH Licensed Facilities Search for current license status and inspection history, and the Ohio Department of Aging's Long-Term Care Quality Navigator for consumer-facing detail. Assisted living is not CMS star-rated. Read the full explanation →

Questions Cleveland families ask

What does a nursing home cost in Ohio, semi-private versus private room?

The 2025 CareScout Cost of Care Survey puts Ohio's statewide median nursing home cost at $9,186 a month ($302 a day) for a semi-private room and $10,389 a month ($342 a day) for a private room. Both figures run slightly below the 2025 national medians of $9,581 and $10,798 a month, respectively.

Why can't I find a Cleveland-specific or Cuyahoga County cost figure for senior care?

No primary source, including CareScout's annual survey, publishes a Cleveland- or Cuyahoga County-specific cost figure; the published data is limited to national and state-level medians. Cleveland-area pricing likely varies significantly by neighborhood, with the East Side inner suburbs and Lake County generally commanding higher rates than more rural parts of Geauga, Medina, or Portage counties.

Is there a reliable memory care cost figure for Ohio?

No. CareScout does not survey memory care as a separate category in its Cost of Care Survey, so there is no authoritative statewide or Cleveland-area memory care median. Any memory care price quoted online should be treated as an estimate rather than survey-backed data.

What are the main ways Cleveland-area families actually pay for senior care?

Most families use some combination of private pay (savings, home sale proceeds, retirement income), long-term care insurance, VA Aid & Attendance for eligible veterans and surviving spouses, and Medicaid once financial and clinical eligibility are met. Medicaid's Assisted Living Waiver and PASSPORT cover services, not room and board, so private funds typically continue covering the room-and-board portion even after Medicaid approval.