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Merrill Gardens at Tacoma

7290 Rosemont Circle, Tacoma, WA 98465

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8.6
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37 reviews
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8.6
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37 reviews
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Loved one of resident/client

5.0 out of 5 stars

Review for Merrill Gardens at Tacoma

Staff is wonderful - warm and friendly. Grounds and housing is kept immaculate. Food is tasty and they offer a large variety of choices.

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Merrill Gardens at Tacoma

Merrill Gardens at Tacoma combines traditional and modern features to offer a refreshing, yet comforting atmosphere for retirement. The community fosters an engaging environment designed to help you build lasting friendships and memories. With exceptional services, incredible amenities, and friendly team members, you’re set to lead an active and vibrant life! Currently, you can choose from independent living, assisted living, and memory care lifestyle options.

Within walking distance, residents have easy access to the shopping mall, big-box grocery stores, fast-food and fine dining restaurants, and lovely Sunset Terrace Park. Within a short drive, you can visit Tacoma’s beaches for waterfront activities, golf clubs, and the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.

Merrill Gardens at Tacoma Amenities and Services

At Merrill Gardens at Tacoma, you get to remain as independent as you’d like without the worry of daily tasks. All residents can enjoy services like housekeeping, home maintenance, scheduled transportation, concierge services, and flexible dining that enables you to eat at your convenience. Independent living residents can live freely knowing that the 24-hour staff is there for support whenever needed.

For those who require additional support with day-to-day activities, the 24-hour staff happily provides services, including assistance with activities of daily living, medication management, safety...

Senior living options offered

  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care
  • Independent Living

Merrill Gardens at Tacoma

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8.6 out of 10
Review Score37 reviewsWrite a review
Overall Experience
4.1
Cleanliness
4.4
Friendliness
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Staff
4.4
Meals & Dining
4.4
Activities
4.3
Value for Cost
4.0

A Place for Mom has scored Merrill Gardens at Tacoma with 8.6 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 1 review in the last 2 years. Over all time, Merrill Gardens at Tacoma has 37 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.1 out of 5.

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Last Updated: 3/24/25

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Anonymous

Assisted Living

Family/friend

March 24, 2025

5.0 out of 5 stars
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Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Review for Merrill Gardens at Tacoma

Staff is wonderful - warm and friendly. Grounds and housing is kept immaculate. Food is tasty and they offer a large variety of choices.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Family/friend

June 25, 2024

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
4.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

a nice community

I think the best thing is she is around other people and enjoys the musical entertainment. She is quite the critic! We would definitely recommend the Merrill Gardens at Tacoma community to other families who may need a place for their loved ones.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Family/friend

February 20, 2024

4.0 out of 5 stars
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Cleanliness
5.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
3.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
3.0

A Good Place

Overall a good facility. The food service has gone down in quality. Also, the food is not delivered hot which is a constant complaint from my mom.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

September 22, 2023

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Care Services
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

A caring Community

Merrill Gardens at Tacoma is very welcoming. The facility is clean and beautifully maintained. They take very good care of my parents. Based on the experience we have had so far, we would recommend this community to others who are looking for a place for their loved ones.

Anonymous

Assisted Living

Toured community

March 10, 2023

3.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

My Tour Experience at Merrill Gardens at Tacoma

Their key did not work when they tried to open an apartment door (huge red flag for me). Also, they had a waiting list so I was under the impression that they didn't care if I wanted a room or not.

Kim

Assisted Living

Toured community

March 10, 2023

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

My Tour Experience at Merrill Gardens at Tacoma

Merrill Gardens was lovely. Seemed to be a larger community than another community in the area. The staff person doing the tour was good about answering questions. I didn't see too much of the activities when I was there briefly--the residents that I saw were on their way to the dining room for breakfast.

anonymous

Assisted Living

Toured community

February 1, 2023

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

Tour Experience

We had a great tour experience with Merrill Gardens in Tacoma. Unfortunately, this facility does not offer a Medicare spend-down so it was not an option for us.

Elisabeth M

Independent Living

Family/friend

December 6, 2022

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Fabulous Community

The staff and residents are welcoming and consistently friendly and caring. This is a vibrant community to live in.

Lori

Independent Living

Toured community

May 20, 2022

4.5 out of 5 stars
Verified Review

My Tour Experience at Merrill Gardens at Tacoma

This was a nice community with a friendly atmosphere. The apartment wasn't on the first floor, like my loved one wanted.

Chelsea

Independent Living

Family/friend

April 12, 2022

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

The Perfect Assisted Living Community for My Parents

This is the best place I have seen so far for my loved ones, and they choose this community. There are some many good things about Merrill Gardens. There is a movie theater, garden club, women's and men's club, and there is music playing in the hallway. The community feels calm and everyone is very nice here. The staff are great to work with. There are times I have had to check on my loved ones and couldn't get ahold of them, and the front desk was friendly and efficient to get ahold of my loved ones for me to call me back. My loved ones really enjoy the food. There are lots of different options for the residents and this makes it interesting. The food is delicious tasting. There is a standard menu for the residents to order off of if they don't like what is being served. The food is restaurant quality. There are lots of activities for the residents to choose from if they want to get involved with it. There is a washer and dryer in my loved one's apartment. There is an outdoor space off each apartment big enough for table and chairs, and a full kitchen in the apartment. There is housekeeping, on staff nurse, the room, indoor postal area, medication management, meals, activities, and transportation that is included in the monthly fee.

A

Assisted Living

Family/friend

September 16, 2021

3.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
2.0
Value for Cost
3.0
Care Services
3.0
Activities
4.0
Staff
3.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Overall good, but front desk staff terrible

Good housekeeping, & good food. Front desk staff are rude and unhelpful. They can help with meds but not insulin so they don’t really provide diabetic care.

Anonymous

Independent Living

Resident/client

August 20, 2021

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0
Activities
5.0
Staff
5.0
Meals & Dining
5.0

Couldn't Be Better

The community is wonderful and feels like living on a cruise ship! The are very friendly. There are a lot of activities for the residents to take advantage of. The food is very good. This seems to be one of their main attraction. They cook most of the meal when you order, it seems like it at least.

Anne

Assisted Living

Family/friend

May 12, 2021

1.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
1.0
Value for Cost
1.0
Care Services
2.0
Staff
3.0
Meals & Dining
4.0

BEWARE

I DO NOT RECOMMEND Merrill Gardens Tacoma.1)They DON'T HONOR POLSTs.If a resident goes down staff will start CPR until the Fire DPT comes and sees the POLST. My parents have definite wishes and want no life saving measures. How distressing for my mom if her husband had a heart attack, staff would start CPR. This is a travesty to not honor a legal document.2) the manager has little compassion for elderly.My mom has vision problems.She can't see the laundry machine to work it. the manager's, response, "I have shown your mother at least 20 times.I'm not exaggerating"3)We had to hire a private care giver.Once the staff "forgot" to put sheets on their bed, they slept on mattress pads a few days.4)Response times need to be adjusted. My mom requested a medication, 2 weeks later, NOTHING!.After a procedure my mom had to ask for pain medication at least 2 hours before she needed it due to bad response times.I HIGHLY RECOMMEND if you are looking for elder care LOOK SOMEPLACE ELSE

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

November 11, 2018

4.5 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
4.5
Friendliness
4.5
Value for Cost
4.5
Care Services
4.5
Activities
4.5

Great place, but pricey.

We moved my mother in law to Merrill Gardens 6 months ago. This is a beautiful facility and extremely well maintained. She loves the food and seems quite happy. We had hoped she could live fairly independently, but has needed more care than we expected. The nursing staff apparently has total control over how much care she should have and tallies up the numbers that indicate what the cost will be. It has become quite expensive which was something we hadn't planned on. Although she does need some help physically, they up the cost based on how good they perceive her memory is. She is still pretty sharp, but it doesn't seem to matter. But all in all, I would definitely recommend it.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Family/friend

December 7, 2017

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0
Care Services
4.0
Activities
4.0

My mom is bored out of her gourd

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.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Toured community

November 1, 2017

4.0 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0

Lovey, I toured a very nice two bedroom cottage with a garage. Very welcomming

Anonymous

Memory Care

Toured community

February 27, 2017

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0

A very nice place!

When I toured the Merrill Gardens at Tacoma, I noticed that the place was very nice and so were the people. When I got there for my tour, the tour guide was on time and had a lot of information for me. The place was a good choice, but we picked another community that we thought would for my mother's needs better.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Toured community

December 1, 2016

4.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
4.0
Friendliness
4.0
Value for Cost
4.0

My Visit To The Community!

This community has a separate building for memory care. I just did not get the feeling this would work for us. The person that conducted the tour was nice and accommodating. The community seemed clean during our tour.

Anonymous

Memory Care

Toured community

October 24, 2016

5.0 out of 5 stars
Verified Review
Cleanliness
5.0
Friendliness
5.0
Value for Cost
5.0

Small but good

We had a good tour here. The community is small. The staff was nice and friendly and was able to answer all of our questions on the care here. We would recommend this community if wanting something older with good care.

Izabella

Memory Care

Family/friend

April 18, 2016

1.5 out of 5 stars
Cleanliness
1.5
Friendliness
1.5
Value for Cost
1.5
Care Services
1.5
Activities
1.5

Major disappointment

My parent lived at the Merrill Gardens memory care house for over a year. She started going downhill, and was sent to the hospital where she remained until another placement was finally found. I did not appreciate the way the incident was handled. It was disrespectful and the administration was not helpful at all. My parent was overlooked in many incidents; Merrill Gardens claims to help find appropriate new placements for folks who can't live there anymore. But excuses of staff shortages, and other excuses were not acceptable. I would not recommend this facility to anyone.

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