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VITALIA Mentor

Independent Living in Mentor, Ohio — Lake County

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VITALIA Mentor is an independent living provider located at 8180 Mentor Hills Drive, Mentor, Ohio 44060, in Lake County.

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Recently moved to a newly built permanent location; in-house restaurant 'The Harbor.'

VITALIA Mentor, at 8180 Mentor Hills Drive, offers independent living, assisted living, and memory care, and recently relocated to a newly built, permanent location, meaning residents are served out of comparatively new construction rather than an older, retrofitted building, a detail worth noting for families who place weight on building age and modern design standards when comparing senior living options.

As with its sister VITALIA communities profiled elsewhere in this guide, VITALIA Mentor operates its own uniquely named on-site restaurant, called 'The Harbor,' continuing the same branded-dining pattern found at VITALIA North Olmsted's Kingston's Restaurant, VITALIA Westlake's Dover Restaurant, VITALIA Strongsville's Finley's, and VITALIA Solon's The Lake Effect.

Located on Mentor Hills Drive in Mentor, a Lake County suburb east of Cleveland along the Lake Erie shoreline, VITALIA Mentor sits among several other senior living communities profiled in this guide serving the Mentor area, including Brookdale Mentor, Danbury Mentor, and The Enclave of Newell Creek. For families specifically interested in a newer-construction VITALIA-brand community with its own named restaurant and full continuum from independent living through memory care, VITALIA Mentor's recent move to permanent, newly built facilities is among its most relevant distinguishing details relative to older buildings elsewhere in the Mentor senior living market.

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VITALIA Mentor is an independent living provider at 8180 Mentor Hills Drive, Mentor, Ohio 44060, in Lake County.

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CommunityVITALIA Mentor
Care typeIndependent Living
Address8180 Mentor Hills Drive, Mentor, OH 44060
CountyLake County, Ohio
WebsiteOfficial site
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Mentor in context

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.

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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 are Ohio's income and asset limits for nursing home Medicaid in 2025?

As of 2025, the income limit for a single applicant is $2,901 per month, 300 percent of the SSI federal benefit rate, and the asset limit is $2,000 for a single applicant or $3,000 combined for a couple where both need care. A community spouse can keep between $31,267 and $148,620 in countable assets under the Community Spouse Resource Allowance. These figures adjust annually and should be confirmed with the Ohio Department of Medicaid or an elder law attorney.

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.

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