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The information below is reported by the Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Survey and Certification.
| Brookdale Westlake Village | AL IL MC NH SNF | Westlake | 60
Facility
60
OH AVG
78
Rank
#190 / 323 | Yes |
25
Facility
25
OH AVG
40
Rank
#501 / 705 | 1 Bed / 2 Bed | A+ | Suzanne Nall | 86
Facility
86
OH AVG
85.8
Rank
#82 / 193 | - |
| Worthington Christian Village | AL IL NH SNF | Columbus (Olentangy High Bluffs) | 40
Facility
40
OH AVG
78
Rank
#265 / 323 | No |
30
Facility
30
OH AVG
40
Rank
#446 / 705 | Studio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed | A+ | - | 85
Facility
85
OH AVG
85.8
Rank
#103 / 193 | - |
| Elizabeth Scott Community | AL MC NH SNF | Maumee | 60
Facility
60
OH AVG
78
Rank
#190 / 323 | No |
0
Facility
0
OH AVG
40
Rank
#687 / 705 | Studio / 1 Bed | A+ | Jill Schlievert | 94
Facility
94
OH AVG
85.8
Rank
#8 / 193 | - |
| Bickford of Worthington | AL MC | Worthington | 56
Facility
56
OH AVG
78
Rank
#202 / 323 | Yes |
52
Facility
52
OH AVG
40
Rank
#229 / 705 | Private Rooms | A+ | Glasgow Hockett | 90
Facility
90
OH AVG
85.8
Rank
#35 / 193 | 1
Facility
1
OH AVG
2
Rank
#1 / 142 |
| The Inn At Belden Village | AL HOS IL NH PC RC | Canton | 20
Facility
20
OH AVG
78
Rank
#311 / 323 | No |
31
Facility
31
OH AVG
40
Rank
#433 / 705 | Studio / 1 Bed | A+ | - | 90
Facility
90
OH AVG
85.8
Rank
#35 / 193 | 1
Facility
1
OH AVG
2
Rank
#1 / 142 |
| Genoa Retirement Village | AL NH IL MC | Genoa | 68
Facility
68
OH AVG
78
Rank
#176 / 323 | Yes |
17
Facility
17
OH AVG
40
Rank
#568 / 705 | Studio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed | A+ | - | 94
Facility
94
OH AVG
85.8
Rank
#8 / 193 | - |
| Bickford of Upper Arlington | AL MC | Columbus (River Ridge) | 53
Facility
53
OH AVG
78
Rank
#221 / 323 | Yes |
48
Facility
48
OH AVG
40
Rank
#277 / 705 | Private Rooms | A+ | - | 87
Facility
87
OH AVG
85.8
Rank
#64 / 193 | 1
Facility
1
OH AVG
2
Rank
#1 / 142 |
| Carriage Court of Grove City | AL MC | Grove City | 57
Facility
57
OH AVG
78
Rank
#199 / 323 | Yes |
49
Facility
49
OH AVG
40
Rank
#264 / 705 | Studio | A+ | - | 87
Facility
87
OH AVG
85.8
Rank
#64 / 193 | 1
Facility
1
OH AVG
2
Rank
#1 / 142 |
| SouthWest Commons by New Perspective | AL NH | Strongsville | 90
Facility
90
OH AVG
78
Rank
#113 / 323 | Yes |
52
Facility
52
OH AVG
40
Rank
#229 / 705 | Studio / 1 Bed | A+ | - | - | - |
| The Woodlands of Columbus | AL MC RC | Columbus (East Broad) | 102
Facility
102
OH AVG
78
Rank
#69 / 323 | Yes |
8
Facility
8
OH AVG
40
Rank
#629 / 705 | Studio / 1 Bed | A+ | - | 88
Facility
88
OH AVG
85.8
Rank
#56 / 193 | - |
| Bickford of Lancaster | AL MC | Lancaster (Wacker Heights) | 92
Facility
92
OH AVG
78
Rank
#104 / 323 | Yes |
8
Facility
8
OH AVG
40
Rank
#629 / 705 | Private Rooms / Semi-Private Rooms | A+ | - | 89
Facility
89
OH AVG
85.8
Rank
#43 / 193 | 2
Facility
2
OH AVG
2
Rank
#64 / 142 |
| Bickford of Bexley | AL MC | Columbus (Bexley Park) | 53
Facility
53
OH AVG
78
Rank
#221 / 323 | Yes |
88
Facility
88
OH AVG
40
Rank
#3 / 705 | Private Rooms | A+ | - | 87
Facility
87
OH AVG
85.8
Rank
#64 / 193 | - |
| Brookdale Alliance | AL | Alliance | 42
Facility
42
OH AVG
78
Rank
#257 / 323 | Yes |
28
Facility
28
OH AVG
40
Rank
#465 / 705 | Suite | A+ | Tara Gotshall | 87
Facility
87
OH AVG
85.8
Rank
#64 / 193 | - |
| Brookdale Wickliffe | AL IL MC NH SNF | Wickliffe | 11
Facility
11
OH AVG
78
Rank
#318 / 323 | Yes |
48
Facility
48
OH AVG
40
Rank
#277 / 705 | Studio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed | A+ | - | 87
Facility
87
OH AVG
85.8
Rank
#64 / 193 | - |
| Brookdale Kettering | AL | Dayton (Kettering) | 55
Facility
55
OH AVG
78
Rank
#209 / 323 | Yes |
43
Facility
43
OH AVG
40
Rank
#336 / 705 | Studio / 1 Bed / 2 Bed | A+ | - | 77
Facility
77
OH AVG
85.8
Rank
#179 / 193 | 1
Facility
1
OH AVG
2
Rank
#1 / 142 |
Settling in the peaceful Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH, Algart Health Care is a one-of-a-kind senior living community that provides skilled nursing and assisted living. The community provides 72-bed accommodations for the seniors’ comfort. Moreover, Algart Health Care delivers 24-hour care with a team of well-trained and compassionate professionals. Focusing on memory care, the community provides a reality orientation, wellness checks, and memory-focused activities to its residents.
Algart Health Care fosters a warm and welcoming environment, ensuring that its residents feel belonging and relaxed. Here, seniors are provided with delicious and nutritious meals three times every day with snacks that cater to their dietary needs and preferences. Proving its high-quality care and assistance, Algart Health Care was awarded as one of the Best Nursing Homes by US News and World Report in 2014 and regarded as a 5-star Facility by Medicare in 2024.
Peacefully set in the harmonious neighborhood of Columbus, OH, Ohio Living Westminster-Thurber is a trusted community that offers assisted living. Alongside cozy and purposely built studio to two-bedroom floor plans, exceptional care is provided 24/7 to ensure residents’ comfort and safety. Housekeeping and laundry services are also available, so residents have a worry-free lifestyle.
Residents are encouraged to live actively and make new friends with a thoughtfully curated calendar of fun recreational activities and enriching programs. With restaurant-style dining, residents enjoy mealtimes that satisfy their dietary needs and preferences. Transportation services and basic utilities are also provided for residents’ convenience. This pet-friendly community creates the ideal setting for residents to spend their golden years happily.
Receive compassionate care in a nurturing environment with Bridgeway Pointe, an elegant community in Cincinnati, OH, offering assisted living and memory care. Their licensed nurses and caregivers are available on-site 24 hours a day to support residents with their clinical needs, daily living activities, and medication management while preserving their independence. Those living with the challenges of memory loss find comfort in their safe and secure memory care units with a specially-trained team to accommodate their unique needs and programs to enrich their lives.
Apart from spacious and cozy accommodations, residents are provided with an array of minutes like a fitness center, wellness classes, and salon for their convenience. They also offer access to healthcare services through their third-party care providers. Residents also enjoy healthy and delicious meals with fellow residents in the vibrant dining area. Whether you’re seeking quality care, peace, or fun experiences, Bridgeway Pointe is a great place to find it.
Live your golden years enveloped by the warm and inviting environment of the idyllic senior living community of Traditions of Hilliard in Trueman Boulevard, Hilliard, OH, that provides assisted living and memory care. The community features carefully designed and sophisticated residences in a selection of studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom floor plans, ensuring seniors experience unmatched comfort and security. With a reliable and qualified team lending extra hands of support, residents ease their worries and gain meaningful experiences in their retirement.
Focusing on seniors’ interests and strengths, the community goes above and beyond to ensure seniors live the life they prefer within its serene spaces. Discover new interests and rekindle old hobbies through enjoyable activities and exciting events. Have a delightful dining experience with delicious and healthy meals satisfying dietary needs and preferences. Brimming with incredible amenities and a warm environment, Traditions of Hilliard is ideal for seniors seeking to create unforgettable moments for a better quality of life.
Set in the neighborhood of Akron, Ohio, Ohio Living Rockynol is an excellent senior living community, offering excellent assisted living services. Residents are welcomed into their beautifully-designed one-bedroom apartments with round the clock supervision and care from a team of reliable nurses. The community also ensures its residents safety by providing 24-hour emergency, safety, and security systems throughout the campus.
An array of convenient services, such as housekeeping, laundry, and transportation services are also offered to let residents experience a carefree lifestyle. With almost no chores to worry about, residents can focus on enjoying the community’s array of social, recreational, and spiritual activities. Nutritious meals and snacks are also offered along with an array of convenient amenities for residents’ comfort and convenience.
Find luxurious and relaxing senior living with Twin Towers, nestled in the vibrant neighborhood of Cincinnati, OH. With options ranging from independent and assisted living neighborhoods to skilled care, memory support, and rehabilitation services, residents receive the support they need. Here, they can choose from cozy and well-appointed accommodations, including fully equipped patio homes and spacious apartments.
The community is dedicated to providing top-notch amenities and services, including a fitness room to boost physical endurance and wellness, as well as an aquatic center. Residents can unwind in the heated swimming pool or participate in various events. They can meet new companions and share wonderful memories in the beautifully designed common spaces. At Twin Towers, seniors can live out their retirement as they planned.
Ohio Living Llanfair is a Life Plan community that boasts a future at their retirement home. Residence maintains their individuality by allowing them to freely choose a lifestyle that fits their needs. Provided their delightful ambiance, management and staff encourage residents can live vibrantly through socializing and making meaningful memories with people of their age.
The staff at Ohio Living is dedicated to ensuring that all residents can do as they please and not worry about simple daily activities. Their amenities include a fully-equipped kitchen, individually controlled air condition and heating systems, an emergency call system, walk-in showers with grab bar, a laundry room on each floor, and all utilities included in the building; services include in-house wellness nurse, social services support, maintenance of each apartment, flexible dining programs, and transportation to local areas.
Westerwood is located on Forest Hills Boulevard in Columbus. United Church Homes Management operates the 75-bed facility. It is a Continuing Care Retirement Community. The campus combines independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing. Residents stay on one campus as their medical needs change. The area has a Walk Score of 26. This score indicates that transportation requires a vehicle.
Data shows an average stay of 43 days and an 85 percent occupancy rate. The facility provides both short-term rehabilitation and long-term care. Mount Carmel St. Ann’s Hospital is 1.62 miles away. This distance is a factor for patients moving from the hospital to the facility.
Each resident receives 4 hours and 23 minutes of nursing care daily. Nurse aides provide 2 hours and 34 minutes of this time. Registered nurses provide 55 minutes, and licensed practical nurses provide 48 minutes. The facility offers physical, occupational, and speech therapy. These services support the transition from hospital care.
Services include a dining program and social activities. A resident council provides a way for people to give feedback. The facility accepts Medicare, Medicaid, and private payments.
Westerwood is a retirement community for different types of residents. It serves people in rehabilitation, memory care, and assisted living. The on-site therapy and the nearby hospital define the facility’s role in medical recovery.
In our village-style life plan community, gracious public spaces complement well-designed private senior living residences, including apartments, cottages, and villas. We are a Level I Arboretum with walking trails, yet we have easy freeway access to the “big city” of Columbus and an international airport.
We make space for the gregarious and the contemplative. Residents can be as active or as quiet as they prefer, because there is no one right way to live. Freedom is an important concept at Otterbein Granville. Our residents’ fresh ideas thrive in familiar, supportive surroundings. Resident-directed activities and life-enhancing friendships enrich community life. The design supports a range of individual lifestyles, promotes community interaction, and optimizes mobility for people with a variety of physical capabilities. Many residents are lifelong learners who audit classes; attend concerts, plays and lectures; and volunteer throughout central Ohio in a variety of settings.
A comprehensive health care program is offered on campus, with health and wellness programs, physician services, therapies, assisted living, skilled nursing, memory support and long-term nursing care.
Live a blissful retirement with Maple Knoll Village set in the harmonious neighborhood of Springfield Pike, Cincinnati, OH, providing assisted living, independent living, rehabilitation services, skilled nursing, and hospice care. Here, residents receive top-notch care and assistance from a compassionate and highly trained team attending to their needs 24/7. Featuring variations of specially designed villas and apartments, residents can rest assured of finding the right accommodation according to their preferences. The community also promotes a vibrant and welcoming environment, ensuring residents adapt easily to their surroundings.
Fun activities and engaging programs are also conducted to keep residents active and socially connected. Mealtimes are also something to anticipate, with delicious and healthy meals catering to dietary needs and tastes. The community is equipped with a club room, a spa, a wellness center, a swimming pool, and serene walking paths, perfect for socialization and recreation.
Ranking Methodology
How we rank these assisted living communities
Every community above is evaluated across six weighted categories using public data including state inspection records, review platforms, BBB profiles, and operator-published materials.
Weighting overview
- 35%Resident Experience
- 25%Regulatory
- 15%Visual Media
- 10%Website
- 10%Stability
- 5%Environment
01
Resident & Family Experience 35%
The single largest share of every ranking. Aggregated review sentiment and volume from major platforms — the closest signal to real resident experience.
- Includes
- Review Sentiment
- Review Volume
02
Regulatory & Safety Record 25%
State inspection records, citations, and complaint visits. We weight per-inspection rates more heavily than raw counts.
- Includes
- State Inspections
- Citations/Inspection
- % Inspections w/ Citations
- Complaint Visits
- Accreditations
- BBB Rating
03
Visual Media & Transparency 15%
Communities that publish high-quality visuals give families a real preview. No photos or tours = a negative transparency signal.
- Includes
- Video Tours
- Virtual Walkthroughs
- Photo Quantity
- Photo Quality
04
Website & Operator Transparency 10%
Site quality and whether the operator publishes basic accountability information — staff names, contact details, ownership.
- Includes
- Website Content
- Mobile Usability
- Staff Info Available
- Owner Info Available
05
Community Stability 10%
Operational signals indicating whether a community is well-run and meeting demand.
- Includes
- Occupancy Rate
- Bed Options
06
Environment & Pricing 5%
Walkability and pricing transparency. Walk Score is weighted higher for Independent Living than for Memory Care, where most residents do not leave unaccompanied.
- Includes
- Walk Score
- Pricing Transparency
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Frequently Asked Questions about Assisted Living in Ohio
What's the difference between assisted living and memory care in Ohio?
Assisted living in Ohio supports residents with daily activities (bathing, dressing, medication management) while preserving independence. Memory care is a specialized form of assisted living for residents living with Alzheimer's or dementia, and adds 24/7 secured environments, dementia-trained staff, and structured routines designed to reduce confusion and wandering.
What's the difference between assisted living and a nursing home in Ohio?
Assisted living in Ohio is a residential model focused on housing, hospitality, and help with daily activities. Nursing homes (skilled nursing facilities) provide 24/7 medical care from licensed nurses for residents with significant health needs, and are regulated more strictly under both state and federal CMS rules.
Does Ohio Medicaid cover assisted living?
Ohio Medicaid does not directly pay room-and-board for assisted living, but most states (including Ohio) offer Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waivers that can offset the cost of care services delivered inside a licensed community. Eligibility, waitlists, and covered services vary — check directly with the state Medicaid agency.
What is assisted living?
Assisted living combines private or semi-private apartments with help on activities of daily living (meals, bathing, dressing, medication management) and a social calendar — for residents who need some support but do not need 24/7 medical care.
How many assisted living facilities are listed on this page?
This page features 443 assisted living facilities in Ohio. Use the filters and comparison tools above to compare ratings, amenities, and pricing.
How do I choose the right assisted living facility in Ohio?
Start by matching the level of care offered to the resident's current and anticipated needs, then compare licensing status, staff-to-resident ratios, recent inspection results, and pricing. Tour at least two or three communities in Ohio, talk to current residents and families, and confirm what is included in the base rate versus billed as add-on services.
What should I look for when visiting assisted living facilities in Ohio?
Pay attention to staff interactions with residents, cleanliness and odor, food quality at meal times, the activity calendar, and how questions about pricing and care plans are answered. Ask to see the most recent state inspection report, the move-out / level-of-care-change policy, and a sample monthly bill that lists every fee.



















