SouthWest Commons

New Perspective's ODA-certified assisted living community accepting MyCare Ohio, with shuttle service to a 10-acre arboretum.

SouthWest Commons, operated by New Perspective at 18090 Pearl Road in Strongsville, is an assisted living community certified by the Ohio Department of Aging and one that accepts MyCare Ohio, following the same payer-acceptance pattern found at its sister New Perspective communities, Haven at Lakewood and Beachwood Commons, elsewhere in this guide.

A distinguishing amenity at SouthWest Commons is a shuttle service that takes residents to a 10-acre arboretum as well as to the Freedom Trail veterans memorial, giving residents organized outings to specific local destinations beyond the more generic outings that many assisted living communities offer.

Located on Pearl Road in Strongsville, a southwestern Cuyahoga County suburb, SouthWest Commons sits among several other senior living communities profiled in this guide serving the same general area, including VITALIA Strongsville, StoryPoint Strongsville, and Altenheim Senior Living. For families specifically interested in an ODA-certified, MyCare Ohio-accepting assisted living community with organized outings to a nearby arboretum and veterans memorial via dedicated shuttle service, SouthWest Commons offers a combination of payer flexibility and structured community outings that differentiates it from some of the private-pay-only assisted living options elsewhere in the Strongsville area. Families interested in the arboretum and veterans memorial outings should confirm current shuttle scheduling directly with the community, since outing frequency and destinations can vary by season.

Short answer

SouthWest Commons is an assisted living provider at 18090 Pearl Road, Strongsville, Ohio 44136, in Cuyahoga County.

Location and contact

Community	SouthWest Commons
Care type	Assisted Living
Address	18090 Pearl Road, Strongsville, OH 44136
County	Cuyahoga 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What we do not publish, and why.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 We do not publish bed counts, license numbers, pricing or quality ratings for this community because we could not verify them from a primary source.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 assisted living community. The questions that actually separate providers of this type. Read the full explanation →

Strongsville in context

Strongsville anchors the I-71 corridor in southwestern Cuyahoga County. It has a growing supply of newer-build assisted living and memory care relative to some of the older East Side stock.

Other assisted living options near Strongsville

Judson Manor — Cleveland
St. Augustine Towers — Cleveland
Algart Health Care — Cleveland
Haven at Lakewood — Lakewood
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

What does Ohio's Long-Term Care Ombudsman do, and who covers Cuyahoga County?

Ohio's Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program advocates for residents of nursing homes and residential care facilities, investigating complaints about care quality, residents' rights, improper transfer or discharge, restraint use, and abuse or neglect, free, confidential, and only with resident consent. Cuyahoga County falls under Region 10A, Eastern Lakefront, served by the Long-Term Care Ombudsman of Cleveland (LTCO) at 1-800-365-3112, which also covers Geauga, Lake, Lorain, and Medina counties.

What should I do if an assisted living facility in Cleveland won't resolve my complaint?

If direct conversation with facility management doesn't resolve a concern, escalate to the Region 10A Long-Term Care Ombudsman (1-800-365-3112) for advocacy and mediation, or file a formal complaint with the Ohio Department of Health at 1-800-342-0553 if the issue involves possible abuse, neglect, or a licensing violation. These paths can run in parallel; an ombudsman advocacy effort doesn't preclude also filing an ODH complaint.

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.

Location and contact

Strongsville in context

Other assisted living options near Strongsville

Questions Cleveland families ask

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