Optimal Cares At Home Merriman
7125 Merriman Pkwy Dallas, TX 75231
Optimal Cares At Home Merriman
Optimal Cares At Home Merriman is a memory care provider in Dallas, TX. The staff at Optimal Cares At Home Merriman provide supervision and are able to remind residents to attend to activities of daily living such as grooming and toileting. Staff are on service 24 hours a day. There are activities appropriate for seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia that help keep residents active and engaged. Optimal Cares At Home Merriman was designed specifically to provide memory care. It is a secured property. Residents who are prone to wandering can be accepted. There is a computerized system that alerts staff if a resident attempts to wander to an unsafe area. Optimal Cares At Home Merriman may be able to accommodate residents who are physically aggressive. The community may also be able to accept residents who exhibit bizarre or difficult behaviors. Optimal Cares At Home Merriman may allow residents to keep a dog or cat. Pet care is provided. At Optimal Cares At Home Merriman, you can rest assured because a nurse is on staff and a doctor is on call. Devotional services are provided to residents.
Features at a glance
- Accepts Cats
- Accepts Dogs
- Handles Aggressive Behavior
- Handles Exit Seeking
- Free Standing Community
- Purpose Built Community
- Secured Community
- Wander Alert System
- Can Administer Medications
- Reminders And Monitoring
- Visiting Nurse
- Wheelchair Accessibility
- Behavioral Care
- Can Administer Injections
Residents
- Accepts Residents Under 55
- Male
- Female
Staffing
- Nurses on Staff
- Doctor on Call
- 24-Hour Awake Staff
- Visiting Nurse
- Visiting Podiatrist
- Visiting Dentist
- Visiting Physical Therapist
- Visiting Occupational Therapist
- Visiting Speech Therapist
- ADL Assistance
- IADL Assistance
- On-Site RNs / LPNs
- Medication care managers / Medication Technicians
- Nutritionist / Dietician
- Medical Director: Nurse Practitioner
- Full time activity director
Facility Care Level
Care Level | Percentage |
|---|---|
Light Care | Light Care Can manage most activities of daily living, may require cueing or supervision; requires assistance with provision of basic needs, i.e. medications, nutrition, hygiene, housekeeping, mobility, etc. |
Medium Care | Medium Care May be able to manage some activities but requires assistance and supervision with activities of daily living; may require cueing or supervision; requires assistance with provision of basic needs, i.e. medications, nutrition, hygiene, housekeeping, mobility, etc. |
Heavy Care | Heavy Care Requires total care with most or all activities of daily living, with complex care nursing needs and/or behavioral management difficulties. |
Additional Services
Care available for behavioral problems/symptoms
This community can accept residents who are an elopement risk. This community can accept residents who act out physically.
Diabetic Care
Diabetic residents must be able to manage their own care, including blood sugar tests and insulin injections. The community can help residents monitor their blood sugar but cannot give insulin injections. This community can administer insulin injections and blood sugar tests, although are it is not necessarily able to offer sliding scale therapy. This community offers diabetes care and can offer insulin injections, including sliding scale therapy.
Incontinence Care
Incontinent residents must be able to manage incontinence themselves. This staff at this community can remind incontinent residents to use the restroom. This community can care for residents with bowel incontinence. This community can care for residents with bladder incontinence.
Memory Care Offered
This community employs technology to prevent residents from wandering and becoming lost, for example bracelets that will ring an alarm if the resident leaves the community. The memory care area of this community is secured to protect the safety of residents who wander. This community's memory care section can accept residents with major behavior issues. The community's memory care area was purpose built to care for residents with Alzheimer's and dementia. The community's memory care section is in its own building.
Non Ambulatory Care
This community can provide standby assistance for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair. This community can provide a 1 person assisted transfer for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair. This community can provide a 2 person assisted transfer for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair. This community is equipped to use mechanical lifts transfer for residents who need help transferring, for example, from a bed into a wheelchair.
Other Services
This community is provides multiple levels of care allowing residents to remain at the community while receiving increasing care.
Transportation
- Resident Parking Available
- Transportation at Cost
- Property Convenient to Busline
Smoking
- Allowed Outdoors
Meals
- Anytime Dining
- Guest meals
- International cuisine
- Special Diets: Organic
- Professional chef
- Room service
- Special Diets: Gluten-free
- Special Diets: Low / No sodium
- Special Diets: Low / No Sugar
- Vegan options
Additional Amenities
- Activities Onsite
- Devotional Services Onsite
- Outdoor Common Areas
- Indoor Common Areas
- Meals Provided
- Kosher
- Vegetarian
- Private Bath
Other Services
- Hospice Available
- Respite Offered
- Aging in Place
Activities Provided
- ForeverFit
- Stretching classes
- Yoga / chair yoga
- Art classes
- Brain fitness / Dakim
- Gardening Club
- Karaoke
- Live well programs
- Trivia
Average Room Pricing at Optimal Cares At Home Merriman
Room Type | Memory Care |
|---|---|
1 Bedroom | $4,000 |
Semi-Private | $3,500 |
Estimated Fees at Optimal Cares At Home Merriman
Fee Type | Memory Care |
|---|---|
Low Care Needs Fee | $500 |
Medium Care Needs Fee | $1,000 |
High Care Needs Fee | $1,500 |
Community Fee | $3,000 |
Nearby Cities
City | Distance | Number of Facilities |
|---|---|---|
| Duncanville | 12.4 miles | 1 |
| Willow Park | 53.0 miles | 1 |
| Haltom City | 31.5 miles | 1 |
| Colleyville | 26.9 miles | 1 |
| Heath | 24.9 miles | 1 |
| Mesquite | 14.2 miles | 1 |
| Grand Prairie | 13.1 miles | 1 |
General Pricing Information for Optimal Cares At Home Merriman
Room Type | Average Cost |
|---|---|
1 Bedroom | $4,000 |
Semi-Private | $3,750 |
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