Merrill Gardens

Staff and residents are quite friendly. The facility is new and well designed. Meals are a bit of a problem. From the time you sit down it can sometimes take up to 2 hours to get a meal. Often the food is cold to boot. Not exactly the “gourmet meals” they promote. My mother has basically given up on regular meals at the dining area. She subsists instead on sandwiches and breakfast cereal. Disappointing to us because that was one of the primary reasons to move to assisted living.

Good place - enjoyed our tour. It's a very nice facility, looks perfect except it's a bit further than we were hoping from our house. but it would totally work.

Good place - enjoyed our tour. It's a very nice facility, looks perfect except it's a bit further than we were hoping from our house. but it would totally work.

Very informative visit. Staff would speak with residents by name when they encountered them. Viewed MC facility and very clean. Staff appears to be very motivated.

Expensive and out of our price range.

this residence was nice. They are only independent living. if you need other services you need to go outside and bring inhome care. More like senior apartments with a common area. nice location, next to medical.

Real Clean. Good Layout. [Name removed] interacted with residents by first name. 2 month waiting list for Assisted living. Couldn't really get a sense of the level of care my father would get and he needs a lot of prompting to keep moving.

This looks to be a modern, well-maintained facility with a number of smiling residents. It has nicely landscaped grounds with space and furniture for outside activity, and the building is very light and airy, inviting movement within. Several rooms are being renovated, which is encouraging. Not that they looked like they needed renovation, but deferred maintenance is dangerous.

This looks to be a modern, well-maintained facility with a number of smiling residents. It has nicely landscaped grounds with space and furniture for outside activity, and the building is very light and airy, inviting movement within. Several rooms are being renovated, which is encouraging.

Very beautiful. Spotless. Too much and they don't take Medicaid

Loved the studio floor plan! Lovely grounds. A little too far from family for us. Could use some upgrades inside. We were put off by odors here. Friendly staff.

I toured this facility while looking for a place for my parent’s. This is a newer facility and I really like them. The building itself looked really good and seemed to be very clean. The person who gave me the tour was nice and I liked her. However, it just wasn’t what we were looking for. I was looking for a facility that had cottages because I wanted to have their own place and have their independence. I would recommend other families to tour this community.

I toured this facility while looking for a place for my loved one. I feel like this is a good corporation and the building itself was nice. The person who gave me the tour was friendly and knowledgeable. Even after I toured this facility, I received an email inviting me to a seminar for caregivers. I thought that was a really great thing. However, I didn’t pick this community because of the location and the cost. I would recommend other families to tour this facility.

I ended up picking this facility for my loved one because it’s a new facility and she would be close to me. In the beginning, there were a few small problems but those have been corrected. The staff members are very friendly and helpful. I am very happy that I placed my loved one here. The food here is excellent and they serve a variety of things like prime rib, stew, and BBQ. I would recommend this facility to other families.

We were very well treated by the sales staff and it has many nice things to recommend it but the decor of both the building and the furnishings was not appealing. The whole place had a smell (not one of uncleanliness) which was not pleasant. Just not a good fit.

I toured this facility while looking for a place for my friend and I was very impressed. It’s a brand new community and it looked beautiful. The person who gave me the tour wasn’t as personable as other places by he was still knowledgeable. The reason why my friend doesn’t live here is that they do not accept residents with feeding tubes. I would recommend other families to tour this facility.

My love one really likes living at Standiford Place. She is in one of the cottages and really appreciates having a both a front and back door. While she has not had a chance to get involved in the activities yet, she is enjoying both the food and the people she has met. I wish someone was available to help her get to the activity programs. She is afraid to go alone because she might get lost. I think going to the activities would help her a lot though. If she could have a staff member or buddy help her at least every once in a while, that would be great. Other than that, everything at Standiford Place has been wonderful.

Mom is here and is adjusting. The communication could be a little better between the caregivers and the family. The food wasn't as good as we thought it would be but she gets 3 meals a day. Things in here room needs to be fixed and they don't seem to be to concerned about it getting fixed in a timely manner. She is in a safer place than to be alone at home. They clean 1x a week. She has found an old friend there too.

I toured this facility while looking for a place for my Mother-In-Law. The atmosphere of this community seemed lively and intellectually stimulating. A lot of the residents here are retired teachers or professors. This was my runner-up choice and the reason why I didn’t pick it is that it was just a little farther away than the other facility. They had a lot of activities however there aren't as many residents as elderly as my in-law. The person who gave me the tour was very knowledgeable and impressive. I would recommend this facility to other families.

Everyone at this facility has been very nice thus far. My Mother is so much happier here. The facility has lovely accommodations and they even allow her to have her dog. However, she has complained about a few things she doesn’t like. She says that they need a lot more busy activities and she is bored out of her gourd. I’ve heard her say that most of the time the residents just play bingo and watch TV which isn’t much fun. My mom is blind and there have been a few instances where she has tried to get the attention of the wait staff in the dining room and they didn’t pay attention so she didn’t get served for that meal. The other thing is that she is living on the 3rd floor. She does have her dog with her and it’s really hard for her to get down the hall, on the elevator and outside with her dog. My mom is currently waiting for a room on the 1st floor. I would recommend this facility to other families.