Pricing ranges from
    $5,030 – 6,539/month

    Brookdale Mount Vernon

    1615 Yauger Rd, Mount Vernon, OH 43050
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care

    Pleased with community staff activities

    I moved my parent here and have been very pleased. The community is bright, clean and beautiful with lovely outdoor spaces and spacious rooms; the menu is impressive and activities (bingo, gardening, fitness, outings) are plentiful. Staff and management are consistently friendly, attentive and communicative, move-in was smooth, and I would recommend this place.

    Loved one of resident
    Aug 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Coordination with health care providers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Memory care community services

    • Mild cognitive impairment
    • Specialized memory care programming

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (medical)
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)
    • Transportation to doctors appointments

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    4.43·(87)

    Overall rating

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    5. 1
    • Care

      4.1
    • Staff

      4.4
    • Meals

      3.7
    • Amenities

      4.1
    • Value

      3.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate, engaged caregiving staff
    • Clean, well-maintained interiors
    • Good and varied dining menu
    • Spacious private rooms with ample storage
    • Robust daytime activities program (bingo, fitness, gardening, book club)
    • Attractive outdoor courtyard and garden
    • Dedicated, home-like memory-care unit
    • Responsive admissions process and informative tours
    • Regular housekeeping services
    • Clear family communication and RN updates
    • On-site amenities (salon, dining area, large-screen TV)
    • Favorable nurse aide staffing ratios
    • Supportive hospice coordination and end-of-life care

    Cons

    • Inconsistent clinical oversight and medication-management processes
    • Staffing variability and periodic understaffing
    • Delays in responding to resident needs and call lights
    • Inconsistent meal-temperature and special-diet accommodations
    • Management and organizational communication gaps
    • High fees and unclear extra-charge policies
    • Odor and sanitation concerns in memory-care areas
    • Variability in staff professionalism and conduct
    • Maintenance and upkeep inconsistencies
    • Security and personal-property process weaknesses
    • Less robust activity programming on weekends
    • Care-continuity challenges during short stays and transitions

    Summary of reviews

    Overall impression: Reviews describe a facility that offers a clean, well-kept environment with many of the amenities families seek—spacious private rooms, an attractive outdoor courtyard, on-site salon and dining facilities, and a wide daytime activity slate. Many families highlight committed, compassionate direct-care staff and a memory-care unit that feels home-like and supports family visits. Admissions interactions and the tour experience are frequently described as informative and reassuring.

    Care and staffing: Caregiving staff and nurse aides are repeatedly characterized as attentive and engaged; families report good interpersonal communication and proactive RN updates in many cases. At the same time, reviewers describe variability in clinical oversight and staffing levels. Concerns include periodic understaffing, longer response times to resident needs or call lights, and uneven conduct or professionalism among some nursing staff. A number of accounts raise issues about medication-management processes and the security of medications, which signal the need for visitors to ask specific questions about clinical oversight and medication controls during a tour.

    Dining and nutrition: Dining is generally viewed favorably, with several comments about a varied and appealing menu. However, there are recurring notes of inconsistent meal temperature and occasional difficulties meeting specialized diets (for example, vegetarian preparations and specific doneness preferences). Prospective residents should confirm dietary accommodations and observe a meal service if that is important to them.

    Activities and social life: The facility offers a broad range of activities—games, fitness classes, gardening, book clubs, social events and occasional outings—that contribute to an active daytime social environment. Reviewers describe lively weekday programming and social opportunities such as happy hour. Weekend programming is perceived as less robust; families who prioritize weekend engagement may want to discuss weekend schedules in detail.

    Facilities and housekeeping: Physical spaces are described as bright, clean and resort-like by many visitors, with large rooms and adequate storage. Memory-care areas are often characterized as cozy and family-friendly, though some comments note dated decor and odor concerns in portions of the memory unit. Routine housekeeping is provided and generally satisfactory, but minor maintenance issues (worn finishes, occasional lighting or repair items) are mentioned and suggest variable attention to upkeep in certain areas.

    Management, policies and costs: Management impressions are mixed. Several families praise a welcoming executive director and helpful administrative staff who facilitate move-in and documentation. Others report organizational delays, overlooked requests, or slow follow-through on maintenance or administrative items. Concerns about billing practices and high additional fees (for example, medication-administration fees and transportation charges) appear repeatedly; visitors should request a clear written summary of all fees and post-admission policies. A few accounts describe security or property-access issues and post-discharge policy concerns, indicating a need to clarify room-access and belongings procedures.

    Notable patterns and recommendation: The dominant pattern is one of strong interpersonal care and a well-appointed environment paired with operational inconsistencies—particularly around staffing stability, clinical oversight, dining consistency, maintenance, and administrative responsiveness. Prospective residents and families who value compassionate staff, active programming, and a clean facility will find many strengths here; however, those for whom clinical continuity, medication security, consistent dining service, or predictable weekend programming are critical should conduct targeted inquiries. Recommended pre-admission checks include observing a meal service, asking about medication-management protocols and staffing levels by shift, reviewing fee schedules and billing policies, inspecting memory-care units for odors or maintenance needs, and confirming weekend activity offerings and response-time expectations.

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    Location

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    Brookdale Mount Vernon is located at 1615 Yauger Rd, Mount Vernon, OH, 43050.

    About Brookdale Mount Vernon

    Brookdale Mount Vernon sits in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and offers a mix of independent living, assisted living, and memory care with its own special programs like The Lily Program for Alzheimer's and dementia care. The staff here aim to encourage independence while staying available 24/7, and there's always professional staff around with cheerful attitudes and real compassion, making daily life a bit easier. The community stands out with a peaceful setting, lots of outdoor spaces, gardens, and a homey feeling-residents see friendly faces and have chances to join group dining in restaurant-style dining rooms or try room service and private dining by request. There are all sorts of activities, both indoors and outdoors, with places like the Buckeye Room for crafts or hobbies, a movie room, library, TV lounge, outdoor walking paths, and enclosed courtyards. There are games, clubs, social events, spiritual programs with religious services, and chances to join field trips or outings. Pets are welcome here, and you'll find both Wi-Fi and satellite TV free to use.

    Residents live in private or shared apartments with kitchenettes, and special care plans help each person get only the amount of help they need with things like medication reminders, bathing, dressing, or walking. If someone's needs change, the staff can add more support without making anyone feel like they've lost their independence, and there's always housekeeping, laundry, and maintenance services so no one worries about chores. There's also guided tours for those who want to see the place, meet both staff and residents, and get a true sense of the community. Brookdale Mount Vernon believes in supporting wellness and safety, with wheelchair-accessible showers, aging-in-place options, hospice, and respite care for families needing a short break, plus nurses and specially trained caregivers on call. There's a beautician, barber shop, and salon onsite, along with a jacuzzi and fireplaces, and there's general transportation, shopping help, and parking with easy access to bus lines.

    Memory care comes with a secure environment, staff who understand memory support, and activities designed to help with memory, all while keeping residents safe and active. There's tailored counseling, companionship, and even non-medical home care for those living at home but needing some support. The service covers dietary needs too-low fat or low salt meals, meals for people who need less sugar or sodium, and always plenty of options to eat together or with visiting friends. Health and safety are the focus with emergency systems and a promise to keep residents comfortable, engaged, and respected. The community got recognition as a Best of Senior Living community, showing strong care across all living types-independent, assisted, memory care, home care, and skilled nursing too. Everything comes together to make daily life simple-chores, meals, and activities-so people can keep doing what they enjoy, meet friends, and remain as independent as possible for as long as possible.

    About Brookdale

    Brookdale Mount Vernon is managed by Brookdale.

    Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) is the largest senior living operator in the United States, managing over 640 communities with capacity for approximately 59,000 residents across 41 states and employing around 36,000 associates. Founded in 1978 and publicly traded since 2005, Brookdale solidified its market leadership through major acquisitions including American Retirement Corporation (2006) and Emeritus Senior Living (2014), making it the only national full-spectrum senior living company. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, Brookdale has topped the American Seniors Housing Association's ASHA 50 list and Argentum's largest providers list for multiple consecutive years.

    The company's comprehensive care continuum includes independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, and continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). Brookdale's signature Clare Bridge program, developed over 30 years ago by dementia-care experts, provides specialized Alzheimer's and dementia care through two distinct levels: Clare Bridge communities for comprehensive memory support and the Clare Bridge Solace program for advanced-stage dementia residents. The program is recognized by the Alzheimer's Association® for incorporating evidence-based Dementia Care Practice Recommendations and features secure environments, enclosed courtyards, Daily Path programming with six structured activities daily, and the InTouch technology platform offering personalized brain-stimulating games and therapeutic content.

    Brookdale's holistic Optimum Life® wellness approach balances six dimensions—Purposeful, Physical, Emotional, Social, Spiritual, and Intellectual—implemented through signature programs including B-Fit (eight exercise class options), Brain Fit (mental fitness workouts), My Life Story (resident storytelling), EngagementPlus (interest-based connections), Growing Together (collaborative learning), and The Ageless Spirit (kindness and gratitude practices). The Embrace Family Partnership provides caregiver education and support for families of memory care residents.

    The company's Brookdale HealthPlus® care coordination model, winner of the 2024 Argentum Best of the Best Award placing it among the top 1% of operators, is a technology-enabled healthcare service featuring dedicated RN Care Managers who proactively manage residents' health, coordinate care transitions, and help prevent avoidable hospitalizations. Communities using HealthPlus report 78% fewer urgent care visits, 36% fewer hospitalizations, and 63% more completed annual wellness visits. The Personal Solutions program delivers hygiene products, medications, and daily necessities directly to residents' doors with discreet packaging and monthly billing convenience.

    Following a strategic divestiture of its home health and hospice operations to HCA Healthcare (completed December 2023), Brookdale now focuses exclusively on senior living operations while maintaining its position as the industry's largest operator, committed to its mission of enriching lives with compassion, respect, excellence, and integrity.

    People often ask...

    Brookdale Mount Vernon offers competitive pricing, with rates starting at a cost of $5,030 per month.

    Brookdale Mount Vernon offers assisted living and memory care.

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    The full address for this community is 1615 Yauger Rd, Mount Vernon, OH 43050.

    No, Brookdale Mount Vernon does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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