Merrill Gardens at Santa Maria

Vicki Ahlemann

Eight Years of Being Spoiled!!! After 8 years living at Merrill Gardens Santa Maria, I am still amazed at the quality of life I’ve experienced. I often wondered during my life what it would be like to be pampered, comfortable, and carefree as far as cooking, cleaning, home, and yard maintenance, taxes, and to feel completely secure and safe. My last eight years have been exactly that. We moved in at a fairly young age (early 70’s). During my husband’s illness I had all the care and support I could imagine. In addition, I had a built-in support group in this community of wonderful residents and staff. I cannot imagine, nor do I want to, living anywhere else. I’m perfectly healthy and am now able to come and go as I please without concerns about my responsibilities. It’s such a wonderful feeling of comfort and freedom. During 2020 and 2021 Covid restrictions, the staff went out of their way to keep us occupied and comfortable. The grounds and facility are beautiful with nice outdoor areas to walk and relax. There are plenty of activities and events to occupy us or we can choose to continue our previous outside activities without all the other responsibilities of a homeowner, more quality time with family and friends, in addition to a whole new group of friends. There is nowhere else I would rather be than here.

Diane Colegate

Staff not adequate

Daniel

They treat their employees awfully. Psychological manipulation, Everything you say will be used against you. When one of the supervisors told a new employee to stop bugging her I just didn't come back, also low wage. They had the audacity to ask me if I would apply again.... good luck to the current employees.

Sumeet Singh

I consistently get call from Merrill Gardens and its always a bot. It always talks about events that i have no interest in and I have never been to this place. You need to check these robot calls as it gets annoying and not having a way to stop these calls is the worst.