Merrill Gardens

The facility has been recently renovated and is fresh and bright. There is a good resident to staff ratio and the food quantity and quality are good. The price for service is fair. The communication from staff could be better.

The staff has been pretty consistent. Many of the staff have worked there a long time. They do not need to contract with agencies to staff shifts, which is great. The staff are all very friendly and responsive to my mother-in-law and our family. Overall, we are very happy with our choice! I also want to thank A Place for Mom with all of your help in our search. You really were so helpful!

It was a great experience. I picked them because of my gut feeling.

Well I don't live there but my Mom has been there for just over a year now and although no place is perfect it is just great for her. The staff is very warm and friendly and seems to know their residents very well.

The quality of care was addressed and fixed. They are working on the meals. They have a new manager there that is changing a lot in just the past couple weeks. My Mom likes her a lot! She said she already sees a big difference.

. I do not regret the decision to move here. The cost and the staff and the pet-friendly environment. My dog really likes it

What I like the most about Truewood by Merrill is the friendliness of everyone. Staff and residents. A lot of remodeling and repairs are being completed. Staying in the room is hard for long stretches of time.

The care at Merrill Gardens is exceptional. When my dad passed they cared for him and for us in such an exceptional way. My mom is now there on her own and feels safe and supported. The fee system is opaque and virtually impossible to understand but worth the work for such a wonderful and caring environment.

My mother is in the memory care part of the facility. The staff is very friendly. The snacks are very bland. Some of her clothes are missing or she has other peoples clothes. She seems to have pink-eye a lot.

I am not using the care services and when it comes to the meals and dining service the food is awful. For the value for cost it keeps increasing of course. I would recommend this community with qualifications. Maybe they all have weaknesses?

Really good food at beginning. Gone down since then. Staff great and helpful however activity director seems to want to control the movies we see. Too bad they did a lot of fixing up and I am sure our rent will go up significantly

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!

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.