10 Best Nursing Homes in Toledo, OH

Toledo families often pay for senior care using private funds and public assistance options. Assessing your family’s financial situation can help determine which payment methods are best for covering your loved one’s care costs.

Most families combine payment methods, so it’s important to evaluate your loved one’s eligibility for public assistance programs such as VA benefits, Medicare, and Medicaid. In this section, you’ll find an overview of some of the most common private and public pay methods used by families to cover the costs of a nursing home and other senior care facilities.

Nursing homes provide care for seniors who need round-the-clock attention and specialized medical care. Examples of the care services your loved one can receive in a nursing home may include:

• 24-hour access to medical professionals such as registered nurses (RN) and licensed practical nurses (LPN)
• Wound care
• Care for chronic medical conditions, like diabetic care
• Catheter or colostomy care
• Medication management and administration
• Assistance with personal care, such as bathing, dressing, and eating
• Specialized therapies, like occupation, speech, or physical therapy

Nursing home care is comprehensive medical care and is not necessary for all seniors, especially if it’s not recommended by a doctor. A Place for Mom doesn’t partner with nursing homes, but we do partner with several assisted living and memory care facilities in the Toledo area that provide multiple personal care options.

Assisted living facilities support residents with personal care services like bathing and dressing, while offering numerous recreational and social activities. Memory care also offers round-the-clock security and specialized staff to help residents to live safely in a community setting. Additionally, 73% of our partner assisted living and memory care communities in Toledo offer on-site nursing care for current residents who would benefit from some medical support.

Senior care options in Toledo

In Toledo, 81% of our partner assisted living and memory care facilities share a single campus. This allows residents to access care from the same community even if their care needs change. Toledo assisted living communities also offer a variety of health care services, including:

• Diabetic care
• Incontinence care
• Medication management
• Specialized memory care

Amenities and activities in Toledo’s senior care facilities

Toledo’s senior care facilities provide a wide variety of activities to help seniors stay active and social. Your loved one can indulge in their hobbies or try something new with access to clubs, classes, and exercise activities like the following:

• Garden club
• Trivia
• Games such as cards or Wii bowling
• Art classes
• Cooking classes
• Walking club
• Guest speakers and educational lectures
• Yoga

For seniors who enjoy getting to know their neighbors, there are abundant social activities and entertainment options at Toledo senior care facilities including:

• Karaoke
• Live music and theater performances
• BBQs and holiday celebrations

A delicious meal is the perfect way to cap off a day filled with activities. Our partner communities create comforting meals that accommodate several dietary needs, from vegetarian to kosher. Over 63% of our partner communities offer restaurant-style dining, and if your loved one is feeling like having dinner in, most of our partner communities can also provide room service.

Health care for seniors in Toledo

Toledo offers residents of senior care facilities numerous health care options in and around the city. The hospitals we highlight here are easily accessible and provide a number of specialty medical services for seniors.

Transportation for seniors in Toledo

Easy and safe transportation is available at most of A Place for Mom’s partner senior communities in Toledo. At least 90% of our partners offer complimentary or at-cost rides for residents to medical appointments, errands, and community events. While these rides vary from one facility to another, they’re a reliable and safe way for seniors to get around in their community.

Toledo’s public transportation system, TARTA, provides several routes that serve the city and the surrounding suburbs. Reduced fares are available for seniors and veterans. TARTA also operates TARPS, which serves Toledo residents living with disabilities. TARTA Flex can also provide connecting shuttles to some rural areas and distant suburbs.

For seniors who drive, resident parking is available at over 62% of our partner communities.

Senior activities in Toledo

Straddling the banks of the Maumee River, Toledo sits at the mouth of Lake Erie’s Maumee Bay. Toledo enjoys four distinct seasons that are celebrated annually, offering seniors an incredible variety of activities, events, and entertainment. Residents of our Toledo partner senior care facilities enjoy a choice of entertainment and activities that can include:

• In-house musical and theater performances
• Specialty clubs
• On-site games
• Social functions

The arts in Toledo

Known affectionately as “The Glass City,” Toledo’s history as a glass manufacturing town is reflected in its creative homage to the arts around the city.

The renowned Toledo Museum of Art highlights the works of local and international artists alike. The museum is free to the public and is outfitted with accessibility features throughout. Manual wheelchairs and walkers are available free of charge for visitors with mobility challenges.

Music lovers will appreciate Toledo’s Symphony Orchestra, which performs throughout the year and plays host to visiting musicians. The symphony plays in several venues, including the Peristyle Theater, the historic Valentine Theatre, and Rosary Cathedral. These unique venues are accessible by wheelchair, with designated seating for visitors living with mobility challenges.

Local theater is alive and well at the Toledo Repertoire Theatre. A full season of productions is scheduled year-round and includes everything from holiday classics to lesser-known originals. The historic theater offers great sight lines to the stage and accessible seating.

Outside in Toledo

Exploring the city’s outdoor offerings will keep you busy year round. From quaint city green spaces to spacious state parks, many of Toledo’s abundant outdoor attractions offer seniors the opportunity to enjoy the area’s natural wonders.

The Toledo Zoo is a fun outing for the entire family. Home to over 10,000 animals, the zoo will keep children engaged in learning and observing while parents and grandparents can enjoy wandering about the accessible exhibits. In addition to seasonal events, the zoo offers Senior Discovery days each month.

Maumee Bay State Park stretches east along the shore of Maumee Bay before bumping up against Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge. The park offers accessible activities from wheelchair-friendly paths, for exploring marshes and bird watching, to fishing piers that stretch out into the bay.

Step back in time to when canals were the lifeline for local commerce. The Canal Experience is part of Metroparks Toledo, a series of city-funded and -operated parks. Tour the heritage center and then observe the operation of Lock #44, the last working lock and dam on the canal. Visitors can also take a floating tour aboard “The Volunteer,” a late 1800’s reproduction of a mule-drawn canal boat.

Dining and local sports in Toledo

Finding delicious food in Toledo is easy; choosing where to go is the hard part. From world famous hot dogs and sandwiches at Tony Packo’s to fine dining at the Chop House, it’s hard to go wrong no matter what you choose.

No summer in Toledo is complete without sitting in the stands and rooting on the hometown Toledo Mud Hens minor league baseball team. Representing Toledo since 1896, the Mud Hens have won several championships and were frequently represented by Corporal Klinger on the hit 70’s sitcom MASH. The Mud Hens play home games at Fifth Third Field, which has accessible seating for fans with mobility challenges.

Fans of ice hockey will enjoy watching the fast, nonstop action of the Toledo Walleyes. Part of the Eastern Conference Hockey League (ECHL), the Walleyes are a Detroit Red Wings affiliate. The team plays at Huntington Center, which provides accessible seating and easy access to concessions and bathrooms.