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Truewood By Merrill, First Hill

1421 Minor Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101
9.3
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36 reviews

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Megan - Family/friend
5.0
Truewood is the peace of mind you're looking for

It's been a wonderful place for my mom. Try to negotiate on the non returnable deposit if needed because of your situation or finances. The staff has been great and has very little turn over. Also the rooms are really nice. Great views. Lots of activities and staff to drive residents to appts and such. Highly recommend for anyone looking for a safe, clean, and amazing staff.... Read more

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About the facility Truewood By Merrill, First Hill

Located in the heart of Seattle, Truewood by Merrill, First Hill is conveniently close to anything you could need. Within minutes, you have access to the city’s delicious restaurants, world-class stores, and dynamic activities. You can view amazing museums, take in city views in the neighboring parks, enjoy waterfront activities, or visit the famed Seattle Aquarium. There are also several medical care options in the area, so health care services are readily accessible.

Truewood by Merrill, First Hill offers independent living, assisted living, and memory care options, so residents can remain here even if their care needs increase. The city offers quite a lot to do, but so does the community. Residents have access to numerous amenities and activities that will keep them entertained, both on- and off-site. Experience just how fun and engaging retirement can be in Seattle, today!

Truewood By Merrill, First Hill Amenities and Services

Independent living doesn’t have to include a long list of daily chores. At Truewood by Merrill, First Hill, team members offer housekeeping, home maintenance, and cooking services, so residents can be truly independent and focus on the things that matter most to them — like hobbies or socializing.

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Senior Living Options Offered

Assisted Living
Assisted Living
Assisted living facilities offer housing and care for active seniors who may need support with activities of daily living, like bathing, dressing, and medication management.
Memory Care
Memory Care
Memory care facilities provide housing, care, and therapies for seniors who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia in an environment designed to reduce confusion and prevent wandering.
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Independent Living
Independent living facilities offer convenient, hassle-free living in a social environment for seniors who are active, healthy, and able to live on their own.
Truewood By Merrill, First Hill is a community within Merrill Gardens properties. See all Merrill Gardens communities.

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Amenities at Truewood By Merrill, First Hill

Health Care Services

Memory Care
Diabetic Care
Incontinence Care
High Acuity Care
Medication Management
Non-Ambulatory Care
Staffing & Ancillary Services

Meals & Dining

Gluten-free
Low / No Sodium
No Sugar
Guest Meals

Room Amenities

Wheelchair Accessible Showers
Wi-Fi/high-speed internet
Kitchenette
Ground Floor Units
Handicap Accessible
Air Conditioned

Facility Amenities

Dining

Café or Bistro
Private Dining Room

Transportation & parking

Complimentary Transportation
Covered Parking
Property Convenient to Public Transit
Resident Parking Available

Pets

Weight limit 41-50lbs
Dogs Allowed
Cats Allowed

Common areas

Private Bath
Outdoor Common Areas
Indoor Common Areas
Main Street Shops

Recreational areas

Arts and Crafts Center
Billiards Lounge
Fitness Center
Game Room

Services

Housekeeping
Beautician
Grocery Shopping and Errands
Laundry Service / Drycleaning

Memory care

Wander Guard or Similar System Available
Secured Community
Designed Specifically to Accommodate Memory Loss
Enclosed Courtyard

Languages spoken

English
Farsi
Filipino
Spanish

Activities

Devotional Activities On-Site
Devotional Activities Offsite
Visiting Chaplain or Priest
Catholic Services

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9.3
Review Score
36 reviews

Review Score

36 reviews
9.3

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5 star

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4 star

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3 star

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A Place for Mom has scored Truewood By Merrill, First Hill with 9.3 out of 10 using our proprietary review score based on 8 reviews in the last 2 years. Over all time, Truewood By Merrill, First Hill has 36 reviews with an average "overall experience" of 4.3 out of 5.

How we score communities
Cleanliness

4.5

Friendliness

4.6

Meals & Dining

4.5

Care Services

4.3

Activities

4.3

Staff

4.9

Value for Cost

4.3

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4.0
Anonymous - Family/Friend
Assisted Living
February 1, 2024
Verified Review
Our Experience

My loved one is a resident at Truewood by Merrill First Hill and everything is working out for him and has been good.


5.0
Megan - Family/Friend
Independent Living
December 26, 2023
Truewood is the peace of mind you're looking for

It's been a wonderful place for my mom. Try to negotiate on the non returnable deposit if needed because of your situation or finances. The staff has been great and has very little turn over. Also the rooms are really nice. Great views. Lots of activities and staff to drive residents to appts and such. Highly recommend for anyone looking for a safe, clean, and amazing staff.

Cleanliness

5

Friendliness

5

Meals & Dining

5

Care Services

5

Activities

5

Staff

5

Value for Cost

5


5.0
John - Resident/client
Assisted Living
April 24, 2023
Verified Review
friendly and caring staff at a nice community

I am very happy to be here at Truewood by Merrill, First Hill and I am greatly enjoying it. I would whole heartedly recommend it has a good buy to all. Plus the location is great. Thank you A Place For Mom for getting me here.

Cleanliness

5

Friendliness

5

Meals & Dining

5

Care Services

5

Activities

5

Staff

5

Value for Cost

5

Response from Truewood By Merrill, First Hill

April 24, 2023

Hi John, thank you for taking the time to leave us this review. We are happy to hear that you're enjoying your time at Truewood by Merrill, First Hill and would recommend it to others.


4.0
Anonymous - Family/Friend
Independent Living
April 14, 2023
Verified Review

Overall, my family and loved one had a good experience at Truewood by Merrill First Hill. As care levels go up there are additional charges. The staff is amazing and friendly to work with. The dining room is nice and staff in the dining room are great! The food could use some improvement.

Cleanliness

5

Friendliness

5

Meals & Dining

2

Care Services

4

Activities

3

Staff

5

Value for Cost

3


4.0
Anne FZ - Family/Friend
Assisted Living
April 4, 2023
Verified Review

Truewood by Merrill (First Hill) is a small community so residents are able to see familiar faces regularly. The staff are caring and knowledgeable about how my mother-in-law is doing, when asked. The food is sometimes NOT great, but this is over come by the other positive factors.

Cleanliness

5

Friendliness

5

Meals & Dining

3

Care Services

4

Activities

4

Staff

5

Value for Cost

4


5.0
I. - Family/Friend
Assisted Living
February 28, 2023
Verified Review
Lucky to find this place!

At Truewood, everyone knows everyone's name. It's really just a warm, almost family-like environment. The staff have been super welcoming and very supportive. The care has been great. It takes a little bit of adjustment in the beginning, but now that my person is settled in, it has been great. They're very attentive to her, and they reach out to me when they have questions. It's a great value as well --unbeatable compared to the other places I looked into in the area.

Cleanliness

5

Friendliness

5

Meals & Dining

5

Care Services

5

Activities

5

Staff

5

Value for Cost

5


5.0
Pawel - Family/Friend
Assisted Living
November 23, 2022
Verified Review
Great Place to Be

The value for the money is good. We picked this community because, it's close to our home, we felt very welcomed, and the staff was really nice. My loved one felt really good about it, and it felt like home. It was also affordable. I would recommend to other families.

Cleanliness

5

Friendliness

5

Meals & Dining

5

Care Services

4

Activities

No data collected

Staff

4

Value for Cost

4

Response from Truewood By Merrill, First Hill

December 1, 2022

Hi Pawel, thank you for taking the time to leave us this review! We appreciate your kind words and that you would recommend our community to others.


5.0
anonymous - Family/Friend
Memory Care
July 6, 2022
Verified Review
All around incredible experience, highly recommend

The staff are very knowledgeable, professional and helpful whenever we need them. [name removed] the community director is just phenomenal, she is so supportive and really understands what she is doing and helps families get up to speed with any changes and adjustments. She has helped us and our mom navigate that and we really appreciate her. I would also like to give [name removed] the activities director a shout out, he is so good with the residents her and really tries to lift the mood and get creative with the activities he puts on for them which is really important. I cannot enough good things about the staff at Truewood.

Cleanliness

4

Friendliness

5

Meals & Dining

5

Care Services

5

Activities

5

Staff

5

Value for Cost

4.5

Response from Truewood By Merrill, First Hill

July 6, 2022

Hi there, thank you for taking the time to leave us this review. We are happy to hear that the team at Truewood by Merrill, First Hill have been so helpful.


5.0
Elvy G - Family/Friend
Independent Living
January 6, 2022
Verified Review
Highly recommend - caring staff

Our loved one absolutely loves it there, she says the food is good and has a nice variety. She is really enjoying the activities especially when they take trips. The staff members are super nice and a big deal for us and her is that on the weekends family members can stay over night and visit.

Cleanliness

5

Friendliness

5

Meals & Dining

5

Care Services

No data collected

Activities

5

Staff

5

Value for Cost

5


4.0
John - Family/Friend
Assisted Living
November 16, 2021
Verified Review
Good Experience

This is our first experience but we are happy with the community and it has been a good experience. They have activities like bus trips, singing sessions, bingo and more for the residents to do to stay busy.

Cleanliness

4

Friendliness

4

Meals & Dining

4

Care Services

5

Activities

4

Staff

5

Value for Cost

4


5.0
anonymous - Family/Friend
Independent Living
June 14, 2021
Verified Review
They worked within our budget

We needed to find a place where our loved one fits in and would have everything he needs. Truewood is that place, the staff in the beginning were very communicative without being to pushy or trying to sell us on anything. Everyone who we met with were just very professional and chill. The value for cost is also reasonable.

Cleanliness

5

Friendliness

5

Meals & Dining

5

Care Services

No data collected

Activities

5

Staff

5

Value for Cost

5


5.0
Diane - Family/Friend
Independent Living
April 14, 2021
Verified Review
A Great Place to Live, Great Friends, Great Staff

Being a brand new resident in a unique time, with the lock down taking place a couple weeks after moving in due to the pandemic was handled well. The communication with the family was great. They kept the residents safe. I would highly recommend this community to anyone. I want to live there if the time comes.

Cleanliness

5

Friendliness

5

Meals & Dining

5

Care Services

5

Activities

5

Staff

5

Value for Cost

5


4.0
Anonymous - Family/Friend
Assisted Living
January 19, 2021
Verified Review
A good place

The staff is very caring but their communication could be better. I would recommend this community to others.

Cleanliness

5

Friendliness

5

Meals & Dining

4

Care Services

4

Activities

No data collected

Staff

5

Value for Cost

4


5.0
Laurie - Family/Friend
Independent Living
January 19, 2021
Verified Review
Overall good experience

We think the food is really good, we also think the size of the community is good. The rooms are pretty standard they are a little small. We we would recommend the Merrill Gardens community to others.

Cleanliness

5

Friendliness

5

Meals & Dining

5

Care Services

No data collected

Activities

5

Staff

5

Value for Cost

4


3.5
C.O. - Family/Friend
Memory Care
July 24, 2020
Verified Review
A homey community

It is a wonderful place for activities and has really nice apartments but when your loved one needs more care and their are not equipped for that level and of become problematic for me. I chose this community because I thought is was very homey and had a warm feeling. The staff were welcoming and friendly. It a great place for high functioning seniors.

Cleanliness

5

Friendliness

5

Care Services

4

Activities

5

Value for Cost

3.5


3.0
anonymous - Toured community
Memory Care
August 23, 2018

Although I think they do a great job with both assisted and memory, I don't like the strict separation between the two levels of care. Mom isn't quite at the level or need of their memory care but she needs more help than their assisted offers

Cleanliness

3

Friendliness

3

Care Services

3

Activities

3

Value for Cost

3


5.0
anonymous - Toured community
Memory Care
August 19, 2018

too hilly. daytime walking trips good no medicaid spend down VA Aid and Assist requires Dad to have two services and Merrill's minimum is 500 each service.

Cleanliness

5

Friendliness

5

Care Services

5

Activities

5

Value for Cost

5


5.0
anonymous - Toured community
Memory Care
March 14, 2018

Better than being at Grandmas! Staff A+ Food A+ Accomodations A+ Extremely well cared for A++ Just perfect!

Cleanliness

5

Friendliness

5

Care Services

5

Activities

5

Value for Cost

5


4.5
Charlie Severn - Toured community
Memory Care
October 17, 2017
We love Merrill Gardens

Amazing community. I love the mixed community feel of this location.

Cleanliness

4.5

Friendliness

4.5

Care Services

4.5

Activities

4.5

Value for Cost

4.5


5.0
anonymous - Toured community
Memory Care
October 16, 2017

We chose this program for our Mother. It offered the type of programs that would offer our Mom a very attractive facility, good menu, and strong staff. In visiting each time, we noted the activities constantly present for residents. It was one of the facilities that seemed to walk their talk; demonstrating their ability to keep residents engaged in their environment. We were especially attracted to the diversity of not only staff but also the residents. In looking at all of the programs, the populations diversity was what helped to cement our decision.

Cleanliness

5

Friendliness

5

Care Services

5

Activities

5

Value for Cost

5


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