What does the Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging actually do for families?

The Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging (WRAAA) covers Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, and Medina counties, offering benefits counseling, care coordination, funding for congregate and home-delivered meals, caregiver support, long-term care options counseling, and administration of the Region 10A Long-Term Care Ombudsman program. It does not cover Summit or Portage counties, which fall under a different agency, Direction Home Akron Canton.

What's the difference between an Area Agency on Aging and a Long-Term Care Ombudsman in Ohio?

An Area Agency on Aging (AAA), like Western Reserve or Direction Home Akron Canton, coordinates a broad range of aging services, meals, caregiver support, waiver assessments, benefits counseling, across a defined multi-county region. A Long-Term Care Ombudsman focuses specifically on advocating for residents already living in a nursing home or residential care facility, investigating complaints tied to that resident's care and rights, and in this region the ombudsman program is actually administered through the AAA network itself.

How does Adult Protective Services actually work in Ohio?

Ohio Adult Protective Services is state-supervised by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services but administered county by county; unlike some states, there is no single statewide 24-hour hotline. Each county's Job and Family Services or Department of Job and Family Services agency runs its own APS intake, with a statewide online portal and backup number (855-644-6277) available if the correct county contact isn't immediately clear.

Altercare Post-Acute Rehabilitation Center

Skilled nursing and short-term rehab specializing in orthopedic, cardiovascular, and stroke recovery.

Altercare Post-Acute Rehabilitation Center, at 1463 Tallmadge Road in Kent, offers skilled nursing services focused specifically on short-term rehabilitation as well as longer-term care, and specializes in orthopedic rehabilitation, cardiovascular rehabilitation, and rehabilitation following a CVA, or stroke, giving it a clinical focus that is more specialized than a general skilled nursing facility without specific published rehabilitation specialties.

That specialization in orthopedic, cardiovascular, and stroke recovery suggests the facility is particularly geared toward residents who have recently undergone joint replacement or other orthopedic surgery, those recovering from cardiac events or procedures, or stroke survivors requiring intensive, focused rehabilitation therapy following a hospital discharge, rather than serving as a general-purpose long-term skilled nursing facility for residents without a specific rehabilitation need.

Located on Tallmadge Road in Kent, a Portage County city home to Kent State University, southeast of the greater Cleveland metro area, Altercare Post-Acute Rehabilitation Center is part of the broader Altercare network of post-acute care facilities. For families specifically seeking a skilled nursing facility with a clearly defined specialization in orthopedic, cardiovascular, or stroke rehabilitation following a hospital stay, rather than general long-term skilled nursing care, Altercare's published clinical focus areas make it a distinctive option among the skilled nursing facilities profiled in this guide.

Short answer

Altercare Post-Acute Rehabilitation Center is a nursing home provider at 1463 Tallmadge Road, Kent, Ohio 44240, in Portage County.

Location and contact

Community	Altercare Post-Acute Rehabilitation Center
Care type	Nursing Home
Address	1463 Tallmadge Road, Kent, OH 44240
County	Portage County, Ohio
Website	Official site

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Kent 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.

Other nursing home options near Kent

Judson Manor — Cleveland
Eliza Bryant Village — Cleveland
Algart Health Care — Cleveland
O'Neill Healthcare Lakewood — Lakewood
Mount Alverna Village — Parma
The Normandy — Rocky River

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.

Altercare Post-Acute Rehabilitation Center

Location and contact

Kent in context

Other nursing home options near Kent

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