Mercy Ridge

Title: Mercy Ridge and the Power of Aging
Time: 6 min 16 sec

Description:

For more than a decade, Mercy Ridge has grown to become the gold standard in retirement living. Situated in one of Baltimore County’s premier neighborhoods, Mercy Ridge brings a continuing care retirement community lifestyle choice to those who want to enjoy a comfortable, care-free way of life, confident they have planned for their future wisely.

Transcript:

the place we call home should be more than just an address it should be a place that keeps us active both physically and mentally and that's what makes Mercy Ridge the unparalleled choice in senior living it's so beautiful when you walk in here and you see that reception around the place sells itself you have to get adjusted you know we felt very comfortable from the day one I know when I first walked in here it was jaw-dropping they have a beautiful Lobby and just everyone is so friendly I think you'll notice that mercy rigs as you walk through there's a real spirit I looked at all the different retirement communities from Napoli on up to here nor since and West and East I was most impressed by the location I've been in Green's and accessibility to shopping and health care facilities was very important to me the location is wonderful Loch Raven here everything here we call it a cruise ship that doesn't leave a curtain they have a lot going on it's very lively everything is here in this place they can stay right here on campus lots of activities we were just playing bocce ball and I used the swimming pool too and they certainly give us the facilities here to keep your mind very active with their entertainment and all of us and their graduate facilities and to keep our body the same way with the exercises in the gym the swimming pool and they have it all it can be very private if you like it so that was important to me I'm very much concerned about staying very active physically active and I have access to different facilities that are offered here the exercise room the library different dining facilities and it's all in walk walking distance we have a beautiful trail that goes around the whole complex which I walk every morning and it's very well-maintained and you can they keep it clean even in wintertime so you encourage to walk outside well we have 40 acres here for nine years I've walked around every day for exercise and they keep it beautiful flowers so it's so pleasant to be here I think the the lushness of the property near the fact that we do have a focus on a green initiative we have applied for our Gold LEED certification I think and that's been something that our residents have embraced as well I think they truly do understand you know that they're all working to make Mercy Ridge successful and certainly the residents have been a big part of the success that we have experienced that far today next stella maris if you need an extra mass or something like that they do have the mass here also so it makes very nice just everything's beautiful brands are kept really well it is extremely well maintained our maintenance department has a fantastic shop in keeping things clean and well managed and it's a beautiful layout and my apartment is very comfortable and the beautiful balcony and we take over vegetables and flowers and plants well we just had two friends they were not thinking in terms of going to a retirement home until they came in here they saw my apartment they had a wonderful dinner here in the dining room and she just wrote to me and said they are seriously thinking about moving in as far as the residents go you call by just their first name it's very personable every apartment unit comes with an iPad and they're able to do things like interact with their families they can communicate by voice they can do things internally like process work workers we put in resident directories we put in menus our newsletters they're all easily accessible in each individual residence apartment it's also a daily check-in system where they just get up and hit a button in the morning and we know they're fine if they don't we make a phone call to check on them just to be sure everything is okay in the apartment the attitude of the staff is so good they greet everybody and they call you by name makes it very pleasure to being here damnit lots of nice new people I have good friends now here here or three times a week now for groups I think the staff is is one of the most important reasons why I enjoy my my life here so much they know us all by our names which is wonderful and I I feel very safe here because of the staff and the staff is wonderful they're always there taking care of you and knowing you and treating you very well really friendly here and I've made a lot of friends or I'm here the more I see in the place and I love the people I would recommend this place above all the whole atmosphere is wonderful it's a pretty special place so if you're looking for a retirement community I hope that you check us out they won't find a better place around this area so they're gonna like it here mercy Ridge is truly unparalleled in its beauty and in the many activities mercy Ridge offers its residents for an appointment to visit mercy Ridge call for ten or visit their website mercy Ridge calm as our year