Independent Living and Assisted Living
Merrill Gardens at Barkley Place
36 Barkley Circle, Fort Myers, FL 33907 · Map
Licensed for 64 residents
Merrill Gardens at Barkley Place is a state-licensed independent living, assisted living community in Fort Myers, Florida. It is licensed for 64 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
Prices
Starting prices the community publishes, with the date we checked each one and a link to where it is published. Care charges are usually added after an assessment.
| Care | Starting at | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Assisted Living | $2,450 /mo | Oct 12, 2026 |
Area costs
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Merrill Gardens at Barkley Place says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Provides transportation.
From dining and housekeeping to wellness programs, robust activities and transportation, we take care of the details — so you can focus on enjoying life.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Pets Welcome
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: studio, two-bedroom.
Assortment of studio, one, and two bedroom floor plans
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Lilisity’s independent report
What the public record shows
Gathered by Lilisity from state and federal sources. Communities can’t edit this part of the page.
License
Active, 64 residents
Assisted Living Facility 7218.
Nearest emergency room
2.8 miles
Lee Memorial Hospital, rated 5 of 5 stars by CMS.
Side by side with nearby communities
The 4 nearest communities that offer assisted living, by straight-line distance. Prices are starting prices each community publishes; we never show estimates.
| Community | Distance | Licensed capacity | Published starting price | License | Inspection citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merrill Gardens at Barkley Place this community | 64 | $2,450/mo | Active | No record | |
| American House Palms | 1.9 mi | 80 | Not published | Active | 11 deficiencies, 1 sanctions |
| Springwood Court | 2.3 mi | 110 | $3,495/mo | Active | No record |
| Brookdale Fort Myers Cypress Lake | 2.8 mi | 190 | $3,635/mo | Active | 9 deficiencies, 3 sanctions |
| Cape Chateau 2 ALF | 3.2 mi | 19 | Not published | Active | 30 deficiencies, 2 sanctions |
License and ownershipActive license
- License type
- Assisted Living Facility
- License number
- 7218
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 64
- County
- Lee County
- General Manager
- Cindy Syoen Thompson
Source: Florida state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
General Manager name from the operator's website, as of Oct 12, 2026.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsHow Medicaid pays for care in Florida, and other programs
How Medicaid pays for care in Florida
- Statewide Medicaid Managed Care (SMMC) Long-Term Care (LTC) program. Florida Medicaid's Long-Term Care program lists assisted living services as a covered service. There is a wait list, and people are released from it by priority score, not by how long they have waited. (state page)
- Waitlist. The Long-Term Care program has a wait list. People are released by priority score and frailty, not by time on the list. (source)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 2.8 mi, nursing home 0.2 mi, pharmacy 0.7 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Lee Memorial Hospital, Fort Myers. 2.8 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Cedarbrook Health and Rehabilitation Center, Fort Myers. 0.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Preferred Care Home Health Services, Fort Myers. 0.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 33907 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Usrc Fort Myers Dialysis, Fort Myers, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Usrc Winkler Home Dialysis, Fort Myers, 2.0 miles away, straight line
Davita Fort Myers Dialysis, Fort Myers, 2.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 2 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 33907.
Hope Hospice And Community Services Inc, office in Fort Myers, 5.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Lee Health System Inc, Fort Myers. 2.1 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard riskFEMA overall risk relatively high; outside FEMA's high-risk flood areas; in a hurricane evacuation zone
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Emergency power
- Fully Implemented Permanent Generator. (Florida AHCA generator status, as of Oct 15, 2026)
- Hurricane evacuation zone
- Zone B (Lee B) on the Florida Know Your Zone evacuation zones. (Florida Division of Emergency Management, map updated Sep 19, 2026)
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: hurricane very high, inland flooding relatively low, coastal flooding relatively low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
Questions to ask on a tour10 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- This address is in a hurricane evacuation zone. Where do residents go in an evacuation, and how do you move them?
- Your published starting price is a base rate. What would the total monthly cost be for my parent's needs?
- How much have prices gone up in each of the last three years?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
- How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
- Who gives medications, and what training do they have?
- For what reasons can a resident be asked to leave?
What we checked16 public sources we searched, with dates
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) inspection records | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Florida Medicaid provider list | Oct 15, 2026 | Not on the state list we checked. These lists are often incomplete. |
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | No kitchen matched |
| Florida AHCA generator status | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | See above | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does Merrill Gardens at Barkley Place provide?
Merrill Gardens at Barkley Place is licensed by the state of Florida for independent living, assisted living in Fort Myers, Florida. Its licensed capacity is 64 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Merrill Gardens at Barkley Place?
No. We publish state licensing details for Merrill Gardens at Barkley Place but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much does Merrill Gardens at Barkley Place cost?
Assisted Living in Florida typically starts at $3,300 to $5,000 a month. Based on 248 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. The starting prices it publishes are in the Prices section on this page.
How do I contact Merrill Gardens at Barkley Place?
Use Merrill Gardens at Barkley Place's website, merrillgardens.com/senior-living/fl/fort-myers/merrill-gardens-at-barkley-place, or visit at 36 Barkley Circle, Fort Myers, FL 33907.
How Lilisity works. The only scores or rankings Lilisity publishes are the Top Communities list and the Excellence Awards, both built from phone-verified resident and family interviews. Communities can pay Lilisity a flat monthly fee to manage their own listing: photos, prices, contact details, and receiving the inquiries families choose to send them. The fee is the same no matter how many families contact them or move in. Senior Living Alliance, which runs Lilisity, offers the same listing to its member communities as part of their membership; members pay SLA for its resident and family interview program. No community pays Lilisity per inquiry, per referral or per move-in. Payment never changes a testimonial, a rating, or the order of search results. The "Nearby Senior Living Alliance communities" box shows member communities only. How we verify testimonials · How we are paid