Merrill Gardens

My mom is very happy. She plays cards every day with a group of women. She is also teaching sign language class once a week to the residents. And she does chair exercises there. She is much happier there than she ever thought she could be.

What we like about Merrill Gardens is the overall cleanliness and staff and I would recommend this community to other families based on the experience I have had.

They are helpful and friendly. One reason I picked this community is because they have a washer and dryer.

Barkley Place is a nice place to live. The food is good. At times they run out of things that should not happen. Service is decent most of the time, and at times poor. Management is good to work with, but you need to remind them at times.All and all it is a nice place and very secure.

After a lot of research and consideration, my sisters and I selected Truewood by Merrill in Glen Riddle for an assisted living facility for our Mom. I has turned out to be a fantastic choice! Mom is very happy with her comfortable apartment, the caring and attentive staff, and the friendly social life that this community has to over. I would give it five stars if they manage to hire more staff for the dining room; it’s the one complaint Mom consistently has that they are very short staffed at meals. Overall, though, this has proven to be a wonderful choice!

I would pop in and some places wanted you to have an appt or it wasn't clean. MG had no issue with me popping in at any time and I was never disappointed. They answered all my questions and more as I thought of things. It doesn't matter what time of the day you drop in to visit there's always friendly faces, clean smell and elderly people living there having a good time.

Staff is very nice/activities to involve mom/she is safe and cared for. The one thing that a place for mom did have wrong was that they were all inclusive and prices would not change depending on level of care in the memory center. I did find that out on my initial visit and of course price rose by over a thousand within a few months. Overall great place!

Many kind staff members who enjoy caring for the residents. Many kind, friendly and outgoing residents, both female and male. I would like to see more attention to the health needs and assistance of the residents. The food could be better. They need more activities offered. I feel that it is a bit too expensive for what is offered.

A Place for Mom helped me find this location for my sister-in-law, who needed to leave her house in Boulder City, NV. She has been very happy there, although she was not happy with the change of staff, after she got there.

Barkley Place is well organized and sufficiently managed. The assisted living portion of the facility is all on the bottom floor with the cafeteria and all other services. Meals are good, well portioned, and served promptly. Recreation programs and events are vast - something for everyone and adaptive. The nurse and aide services are capable, careful, and responsive. The management and administration section is helpful and responsive to concerns. Military Veterans are very welcome, meet monthly for lunch, and supported. Facility security, procedures, and cleanliness are well done at Barkley Place.

I like that they have parking there and based on the experience we have had so far, we would recommend Truewood by Merrill to other families who may need a place for their loved ones.

All homes for the elderly have problems...mainly finding and retaining good employees, including management. Merrill Gardens is not perfect, but is better than the rest overall and that's why I selected it for my friend. I would definitely recommend it to anyone in need of assisted living.

It's good as an assisted living facility. When his level of care went up, they couldn't provide as much care as he needed.

When it comes to the cleanliness, they had a bad case of bedbugs happened the weekend we moved in and it took months to deal with it. But once that was over I'd say. They've raised their rates by a lot! And there's lots of nickeling and diming. However, I would recommend this community to other families based on the experience we have had.

Merrill Gardens is a very clean community and their staff members are great. The meals are ok, it seems to be the same bland items. However at least its by order and not a buffet. There are almost no physical activities. There is only chair aerobics which our loved ones scoffs at. It just seems to lack creativity. I recommend it for a social person with limited physical needs. Meaning. It's in the city and really no place safe to go for a walk.

Truewood by Merrill Fig Garden is Independent Living with a lot of rules. The housekeeper that does my mom's apartment is not very friendly and hates animals. They have a lot of fun activities for the residents. They also provide transportation for Dr appointments.

The overall facility was very pleasant and quiet. We are currently looking for a facility for our mom. this is the running. Thank you.

What our family likes the most about the Truewood by Merrill, Port Charlotte community is the Manager there [name removed], has been above & beyond helpful! I would highly recommend that place based on him alone.

Staff is very helpful most of the time. For some the apartments, they are Ok such as the 1 Bedroom, but some try to fit a lot of personal belongings into a studio. They have had a problem with the dishwasher and we eat from styrofoam plates.

What our family likes the most about Truewood by Merrill, Charlotte Center is the staff, floor plan and common area set up. We also like that the front door is locked at night. Based on the experience we have had so far, we would recommend this community to other families but with caveats.