Nursing Homes in Mentor, OH

Compare licensed nursing homes in Mentor and the surrounding Lake County area. Free guidance, no obligation.

0 verified in Mentor

Lake County

Quick answer

There are 0 verified nursing homes options listed in Mentor, 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.

A skilled nursing facility provides 24-hour licensed nursing, regulated under a separate Ohio rule chapter (OAC 3701-17) from assisted living. Two different populations live under the same roof: short-term rehab patients recovering after a hospital stay, and long-term residents whose medical needs exceed what an RCF can support.

Short answer

No verified nursing homes provider is currently based in Mentor, Ohio. The closest verified options are listed below. The Ohio Department of Health licenses these providers and publishes inspection history you can look up free.

What to watch for with nursing homes in Mentor

Medicare may cover a short rehab stay after a qualifying inpatient hospital admission, but it does not pay for long-term custodial nursing care.

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Verified nursing homes in Mentor

Nothing verified in Mentor yet. There is no verified nursing homes provider based in Mentor itself. The closest verified options are in Willoughby, Cleveland, Lakewood and Parma, which for most families here is a realistic drive. We only list providers we have confirmed against their own published information, so this list is shorter than the aggregator directories — and more reliable.

Closest verified providers

Provider	Based in	Address	County
Ohio Living Breckenridge Village	Willoughby	36851 Ridge Road, OH 44094	Lake
Judson Manor	Cleveland	1890 East 107th Street, OH 44106	Cuyahoga
Eliza Bryant Village	Cleveland	7201 Wade Park Avenue, OH 44103	Cuyahoga
Algart Health Care	Cleveland	8902 Detroit Avenue, OH 44102	Cuyahoga
O'Neill Healthcare Lakewood	Lakewood	13900 Detroit Avenue, OH 44107	Cuyahoga
Mount Alverna Village	Parma	6765 State Road, OH 44134	Cuyahoga

The Mentor market specifically

Mentor is the largest city in Lake County, which has the highest share of residents 65 and older across this site's 7 counties. Transportation here runs through Laketran rather than Greater Cleveland RTA, a distinction worth knowing when planning visits or appointments.

Because Mentor and the rest of Lake County use Laketran rather than Cleveland's RTA, ask any community directly about transportation coordination with medical appointments in Cuyahoga County, since the two transit systems do not connect seamlessly.

Who is actually on shift

Ask how many caregivers and med aides are on the floor at 3 a.m., not the building-wide daytime ratio. Ask what happens when someone calls in sick, and whether the community uses agency staff to fill gaps. Agency coverage is not disqualifying, but heavy reliance on it changes continuity in ways families feel.

Ask how long the administrator has been in post. Turnover at the top is one of the better predictors of turnover below it.

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

How do I actually apply for Medicaid long-term care coverage in Ohio?

Applications go through the Ohio Department of Medicaid at benefits.ohio.gov, or families can contact the Area Agency on Aging serving their county for help with a waiver assessment and to get on any relevant waiting list. Applicants need to meet both the nursing-facility level-of-care clinical standard and the state's non-MAGI financial eligibility rules.

What is Medicaid Estate Recovery in Ohio, and can the state take my parent's house?

Ohio's Medicaid Estate Recovery Program (MERP) is a federally required program that recovers certain Medicaid long-term care payments from a deceased recipient's estate, for recipients 55 or older or of any age if permanently institutionalized. Ohio is an "expanded recovery" state, meaning assets passing outside probate, like transfer-on-death deeds or joint survivorship property, can be subject to recovery too. Recovery is delayed while a surviving spouse, minor child, or blind or disabled child lives in the home, and hardship waivers are evaluated case by case.

Does Ohio Medicaid pay for room and board in assisted living?

No. The Assisted Living Waiver pays only for personal care and supportive services delivered by the facility's staff; room and board is the resident's own responsibility, capped at the SSI federal benefit rate minus a $50 personal needs allowance. This is true across Ohio's long-term care Medicaid programs: PASSPORT and MyCare Ohio also do not cover room and board in any residential setting.

How much does assisted living cost in Ohio in 2025?

According to the 2025 CareScout Cost of Care Survey, the Ohio statewide median for an assisted living community is $6,103 a month ($73,230 a year), close to the 2025 national median of $6,200 a month. CareScout does not publish a separate Cleveland or Cuyahoga County figure, so this is a statewide median, not a local one.