Briar Glen Alzheimer's Special Care Center

License status

Regular

Last survey posted

May 28, 2026

Surveys posted

4

Deficiencies cited

28

Substantiated complaints

3

Surveys

• May 28, 2026 (Licensure/Complaint): 2 deficiencies cited, 3 complaints unsubstantiated report plan of correction
  The deficient practices resulted in the potential for harm to all residents and require a plan of correction.
  • Records and Reports: Incident Investigation. ADPH found: “The facility failed to report incidents timely to the ADPH Online Incident Reporting System (OIRS).” 420-5-20-.05(3)(h)
  • Physical Environment: General Building Requirements - Group and Congregate. ADPH found: “The facility failed to to keep the interior and exterior of the building clean, orderly and in good repair.” 420-5-20-.12(5)
• August 18, 2025: no deficiencies cited report
• March 20, 2025 (Licensure/Complaint): 22 deficiencies cited, 3 complaints substantiated, 6 complaints unsubstantiated report plan of correction
  The deficient practices resulted in the potential for harm to all 67 residents of the facility and require a plan of correction.
  • Administration: The Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility Governing Authority. ADPH found: “The governing authority failed to ensure the facility operated in compliance with the SBOH rules for SCALFs.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. ADPH noted this as a repeat deficiency from the survey of MARCH 10, 2022. 420-5-20-.03(1)(a)(b)(c)(d)
  • Administration: Responsibility. ADPH found: “EI#1, Administrator, failed to adequately perform her (EI#1's) duties to ensure the proper and safe management of the day to day operations of the facility.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. ADPH noted this as a repeat deficiency from the survey of MARCH 10, 2022. 420-5-20-.03(2)(a)
  • Personnel: Training. ADPH found: “Employees were not properly trained and training was not documented.” 420-5-20-.04(9)
  • Records and Reports: General. ADPH found: “The facility failed to make residents' medical records readily available for review and copying by the Alabama Department of Public Health surveyors upon request.” 420-5-20-.05(1)
  • Records and Reports: Residents' Rights. ADPH found: “The facility failed to maintain resident confidentiality of medical records.” 420-5-20-.05(3)(d)
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  • Records and Reports: Incident Investigation. ADPH found: “The facility failed to report incidents to the ADPH Online Incident Reporting System (OIRS) and failed to investigate the incidents.” 420-5-20-.05(3)(h)
  • Care of Residents: Initial Physical Examination. ADPH found: “Residents' medical examinations were incomplete.” 420-5-20-.06(2)(a)(b)(c)
  • Care of Residents: Initial Assessment. ADPH found: “Residents were not properly assessed prior to admission, monthly and with significant changes in condition to evaluate the need for implementation of additional interventions for the care of the residents.” ADPH noted this as a repeat deficiency from the survey of MARCH 10, 2022. 420-5-20-.06(3)(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
  • Care of Residents: Observation. ADPH found: “The facility failed to provide general observation and health supervision of the residents to ensure arrangements were made for the residents to obtain necessary services.” 420-5-20-.06(3)(f)
  • Care of Residents: Mechanical Restraint and Seclusion. ADPH found: “Physical restraints were applied to residents of the facility.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-20-.06(3)(j)
  • Care of Residents: Personal Care and Services. ADPH found: “Residents' facility care plans were not current and did not contain appropriate interventions to meet the care needs of the residents.” 420-5-20-.06(4)(a)(b)
  • Care of Residents: Medications. ADPH found: “The facility failed to obtain physician's bedside medication orders for over the counter medication (OTC) and physician's orders for custody of prescription medications.” 420-5-20-.06(5)(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
  • Care of Residents: Disposal of Medications. ADPH found: “Disposition of residents' medication upon discharge of the residents from the facility was not properly documented or not documented at all.” 420-5-20-.06(6)
  • Care of Residents: Retention. ADPH found: “Residents were retained at the facility who did not meet the criteria for retention in a SCALF.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-20-.06(9)(b)
  • Food Service: Food Handling Procedures. ADPH found: “The facility failed to protect food from contamination and failed to ensure dishes were properly sanitized.” 420-5-20-.07(2)
  • Food Service: Dietary Service. ADPH found: “The facility failed to provide less than 14 hours between the evening and breakfast meals.” 420-5-20-.07(3)
  • Physical Facilities: Food Service Facilities. ADPH found: “The facility's food service area and kitchen were not properly maintained and clean.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-20-.08(4)
  • Laundry: General. ADPH found: “The facility laundry room was not properly maintained.” 420-5-20-.09(1)(2)
  • Sanitation and Housekeeping: Sanitation. ADPH found: “The facility failed to keep the premises neat and clean.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-20-.10(1)
  • Sanitation and Housekeeping: Housekeeping and Physical Plant Maintenance. ADPH found: “Cleaning supplies and flammable materials were not secured.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-20-.10(2)
  • Fire and Safety: General. ADPH found: “The facility failed to conduct and document fire drills monthly and quarterly on each shift.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-20-.11(1)
  • Physical Environment: Additional Requirements for Specialty Care Assisted Living Facilities. ADPH found: “The facility failed to provide smoke detectors in residents' bedroom areas.” 420-5-20-.12(8)
• March 10, 2022 (Licensure/Complaint): 4 deficiencies cited report plan of correction
  The deficient practices resulted in the potential for harm to all residents and require a plan of correction.
  • Administration. ADPH found: “The facility failed to follow its own policies and procedures for employee personal appearance.” ADPH noted this as a repeat deficiency from the survey of JANUARY 28, 2021. 420-5-20-.03(e)
  • Care of Residents: Medical Direction and Supervision. ADPH found: “The facility failed to follow physician's orders for a resident's care.” 420-5-20-.06(1)
  • Care of Residents: Initial Assessment. ADPH found: “The Registered Nurse (RN) failed to perform a required assessment of a prospective resident for eligibility THIS IS A REPEAT DEFICIENCY FROM THE SURVEY CONDUCTED ON JANUARY 28, 2021.” ADPH noted this as a repeat deficiency from the survey of JANUARY 28, 2021. 420-5-20-.06(3)(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
  • Care of Residents: Oxygen Therapy. ADPH found: “The facility failed to document a resident's oxygen usage as required.” 420-5-20-.06(7)

ADPH also lists 6 earlier surveys, back to 2010.

Search ADPH’s deficiency reports for license P3701 →

ADPH posts each survey’s Statement of Deficiencies as a PDF (older ones are scans, which we read by OCR). From each report we show the deficiency tags, the rules they cite, ADPH’s own one-sentence finding and the complaint outcomes ADPH states; each cited rule is named in the rule’s own words (Alabama Administrative Code, chapter 420-5-4 for assisted living and 420-5-20 for specialty care assisted living). The report, and the facility’s plan of correction when ADPH posts it, are the official record. Some reports list a complaint as substantiated with no deficiency cited; we show both as ADPH wrote them. This community is licensed for 90 residents; larger communities are inspected and reported on more often, so read counts with size in mind. Source: Alabama Department of Public Health, Bureau of Health Provider Standards, data as of October 15, 2026, showing surveys from the last five years. Always visit in person and ask the community about anything listed here.