The Goldton at Athens

License status

Regular

Last survey posted

September 4, 2025

Surveys posted

4

Deficiencies cited

17

Substantiated complaints

2

Surveys

• September 4, 2025 (Complaint): no deficiencies cited, 2 complaints unsubstantiated report
• January 15, 2025 (Licensure/Complaint): 5 deficiencies cited, 1 complaint unsubstantiated report plan of correction
  The deficiencies cited pose a potential risk of harm to the residents and require a plan of correction.
  • Care of Residents: Personal Care and Services. ADPH found: “The facility failed to update residents' care plans with appropriate interventions to meet the current care and safety needs of the residents.” 420-5-4-.06(4)(a)(b)
  • Care of Residents. ADPH found: “Medications kept in the custody of individual residents were not securely stored.” 420-5-4-.06(7)(k)(l)(m)(n)(o)
  • Care of Residents: Disposal of Medications. ADPH found: “The facility failed to properly document disposition of residents' medications upon discharge of the residents from the facility.” 420-5-4-.06(8)
  • Care of Residents: Oxygen Therapy. ADPH found: “The facility failed to properly document oxygen therapy on two residents' medication administration records.” 420-5-4-.06(9)
  • Physical Facilities: Food Service Facilities. ADPH found: “The facility failed to keep equipment in the food service area clean and free of grease.” 420-5-4-.08(4)
• November 8, 2023 (Complaint): 10 deficiencies cited, 2 complaints substantiated report plan of correction
  The deficiencies cited placed all 59 residents of the facility at risk of harm.
  • Administration: Policies. ADPH found: “The facility failed to follow its own policies.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-4-.03(1)(e)
  • Administration: Responsibility. ADPH found: “The former Executive Director (ED), EI#26, failed to perform her administrative duties to ensure the care and safety needs of all residents were met.” This deficient practice resulted in potential harm for all 59 residents currently residing at the assisted living facility. Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-4-.03(2)(a)
  • Records and Reports: General. ADPH found: “The former Executive Director, EI#26, failed to complete the required documentation for an allegation of verbal abuse she was admittedly aware of.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-4-.05(1)
  • Records and Reports: Residents' Rights. ADPH found: “Community standards of care were not followed for medication assistance when facility staff failed to observe that the resident actually took the medications.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-4-.05(3)(d)
  • Care of Residents: Medical Direction and Supervision. ADPH found: “The facility failed to follow the physician's orders for assistance with a resident's medications.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-4-.06(1)
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  • Care of Residents: Initial Assessment. ADPH found: “Monthly assessments of residents were not completed as required.” 420-5-4-.06(3)(a)(b)
  • Care of Residents: Resident Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-4-.06(3)(h)
  • Care of Residents: Personal Care and Services. ADPH found: “Residents' care plans were not updated with appropriate interventions when a change in the resident's status occurred.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-4-.06(4)(a)(b)
  • Care of Residents: Medications. ADPH found: “A resident was not given the opportunity to correctly utilize the unit dose package system at every opportunity for medication use.” 420-5-4-.06(5)(f)(g)(6)(7)(a)
  • Care of Residents: Retention. ADPH found: “The facility retained a resident who did not meet the criteria for an ALF resident.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-4-.06(11)(b)
• June 15, 2023: 2 deficiencies cited, 4 complaints unsubstantiated report plan of correction
  The deficiencies cited pose a potential risk of harm to the residents and require a plan of correction.
  • Care of Residents: Medications. ADPH found: “A resident was unable to identify his/her medications and protect himself/herself from a medication error.” 420-5-4-.06(5)(f)(g)(6)(7)(a)
  • Physical Environment: General Building Requirements - Family, Group, and Congregate. ADPH found: “Visual inspections of fire extinguishers were not documented monthly as required.” 420-5-4-.12(5)

ADPH also lists 1 earlier survey, back to 2019.

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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 80 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.