Independence Village of Avon Lake

StoryPoint Group community about two miles from Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital; memory care uses SafelyYou AI fall-detection.

Independence Village of Avon Lake, at 345 Lear Road, is part of the StoryPoint Group portfolio and offers independent living, assisted living, and memory care, with memory care supported by the same SafelyYou AI fall-detection technology used at Danbury Mentor elsewhere in this guide, reflecting a technology standard the operator applies across multiple StoryPoint Group-affiliated communities.

Its Lear Road location places the community roughly two miles from Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital, a notably close proximity that may matter to families weighing how quickly residents could access emergency or specialist hospital-based care.

Located in Avon Lake, a Lorain County suburb along Cleveland's western lakefront corridor, Independence Village of Avon Lake gives families in this part of the region a StoryPoint Group community offering the full range from independent living through memory care, with SafelyYou fall-detection technology built into its memory care program. For families specifically comparing StoryPoint Group's various Cleveland-area communities, this Avon Lake location's close proximity to Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital and its independent living component distinguish it from some of the StoryPoint and Danbury communities elsewhere in this guide that are limited to assisted living and memory care only, without an independent living option on site.

Short answer

Independence Village of Avon Lake is an independent living provider at 345 Lear Road, Avon Lake, Ohio 44012, in Lorain County.

Location and contact

Community	Independence Village of Avon Lake
Care type	Independent Living
Address	345 Lear Road, Avon Lake, OH 44012
County	Lorain 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What we do not publish, and why.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 We do not publish bed counts, license numbers, pricing or quality ratings for this community because we could not verify them from a primary source.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.

How Ohio regulates this provider type. The Ohio Department of Health licenses and inspects this provider type, and publishes the record free. Read the full explanation →

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.

Evaluating an independent living community. The questions that actually separate providers of this type. Read the full explanation →

Avon Lake in context

Avon Lake is a Lake Erie shoreline community in Lorain County, west of Cuyahoga County, served by Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging rather than a separate Lorain County agency.

Other independent living options near Avon Lake

Judson Manor — Cleveland
Eliza Bryant Village — Cleveland
Saint Luke's Manor — Cleveland
Garrett Square Senior Apartments — Cleveland
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 can I check whether a Cleveland-area assisted living community is properly licensed?

Use the ODH Licensed Facilities, Services, and Program Search tool to confirm a facility's current license status and review its inspection history. This is the state's own lookup and reflects official licensing and survey records rather than a private review site. The Ohio Department of Aging's Long-Term Care Quality Navigator can supplement this with some consumer-facing information, though it is not a CMS-style star rating.

What does it mean when a Cleveland memory care unit says it has a special care unit disclosure?

Under OAC 3701-16-07(F)(5), a Residential Care Facility that operates a special care unit, as defined in OAC 3701-16-01(LL), must provide a written disclosure covering admission and discharge criteria, staffing, staff training, programming, additional costs, and the unit's physical design. This is a paperwork disclosure requirement, not a state inspection, survey, or certification; Ohio has no separate memory care license or certification comparable to some other states.

What's the practical difference between an assisted living community and a nursing home in Ohio?

Both are ODH-licensed, but under different rule chapters: assisted living communities are licensed as Residential Care Facilities under OAC 3701-16, while nursing homes are licensed under OAC 3701-17. RCFs provide housing, supervision, and personal care, and may deliver only limited skilled nursing care, capped at 120 days in a 12-month period absent a written extension agreement. Nursing homes are built for residents needing ongoing, higher levels of skilled nursing care, including rehabilitation and more complex medical needs.

Location and contact

Avon Lake in context

Other independent living options near Avon Lake

Questions Cleveland families ask

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