STANDARD OF CARE MERRILL GARDENS

MERRILL GARDENS has their own standard of care.  So if you are thinking of moving into a Merrill Gardens facility you need to know what they consider meeting the standard of care so you can decide whether you want to live in one of their facilities.  

MEETS STANDARD OF CARE 

IF YOU LOOK LIKE THIS  (BELOW PHOTOS OF MY DAD) AT LEAST 20 TIMES IN A NINE MONTH PERIOD AND SPEND MORE TIME IN THE HOSPITAL ER THAN YOU DO IN YOUR $6,000/MONTH SMALL ROOM WITH TORN CURTAINS, STAINED CARPET, NO BATHROOM AND VIEW OF A PARKING LOT... MERRILL GARDENS SAYS YOU MEET THE STANDARD OF CARE.  THE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN AT THE HOSPITAL ER.  NO, MY DAD DID NOT HAVE ANY TYPE OF BLEEDING DISORDER THAT CAUSED HIM TO BRUISE EASILY, HE WAS NOT TAKING ANY BLOOD THINNING MEDICATION.  HE WAS TESTED FOR  EVERYTHING.  HE WAS FOUND ON THE FLOOR REPEATEDLY WITH STRANGULATION BRUISES AROUND HIS NECK, CUT UP, BLOODY AND BRUISED.  MERRILL GARDENS CALLED THEM "UNWITNESSED FALLS".  MANY MANY MANY OTHER RESIDENTS WERE FOUND THE SAME AND FOR YEARS AFTERWARD.  



IF YOU ARE PROHIBITED FROM SEEING  YOUR MOTHER OR FATHER UNTIL THEY ARE DEAD...THAT MEETS MERRILL GARDENS STANDARD OF CARE.


IF YOU ARE NOT GIVEN ANY INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR MOTHER OR FATHER...HOW THEY ARE DOING OR ANYTHING...THAT MEETS MERRILL GARDENS STANDARD OF CARE.