The Goldton at Jones Farm

License status

Regular

Last survey posted

April 3, 2024

Surveys posted

2

Deficiencies cited

16

Substantiated complaints

2

Surveys

• April 3, 2024 (Follow Up): 10 deficiencies cited, 1 complaint substantiated, 3 complaints unsubstantiated report plan of correction
  The deficiencies cited pose a potential risk of harm to the residents and require a plan of correction.
  • Records and Reports: Residents' Rights. ADPH found: “The facility failed to provide health care consistent with established and recognized standards within the community by failure to provide proper hand hygiene.” 420-5-4-.05(3)(d)
  • Care of Residents: Personal Care and Services. ADPH found: “A resident's facility care plan was not updated to address the resident's current condition with appropriate interventions to meet the care needs of the resident.” ADPH noted this as a repeat deficiency from the survey of JANUARY 26, 2023. 420-5-4-.06(4)(a)(b)
  • Care of Residents: Medications. ADPH found: “Residents who were unable or unwilling to protect themselves from a medication error did not receive medication administration by licensed staff.” 420-5-4-.06(5)(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
  • Care of Residents: Medications. ADPH found: “At least three residents of the facility were unable or unwilling to properly utilize the unit dose packaging system and protect themselves from medication errors.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-4-.06(5)(f)(g)(6)(7)(a)
  • Care of Residents: Disposal of Medications. ADPH found: “The facility failed to document disposition of a resident's medications upon discharge of the resident from the facility.” 420-5-4-.06(8)
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  • Care of Residents: Retention. ADPH found: “The facility retained a resident who did not meet the criteria for retention in an assisted living facility.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-4-.06(11)(b)
  • Food Service: Food Handling Procedures. ADPH found: “The facility failed to provide proper handling and serving of food to prevent contamination.” 420-5-4-.07(2)
  • Physical Facilities: Food Service Facilities. ADPH found: “The facility failed to maintain clean equipment for food service.” 420-5-4-.08(4)
  • Sanitation and Housekeeping: Housekeeping and Physical Plant Maintenance. ADPH found: “The facility failed to maintain a safe, functional, and sanitary environment.” 420-5-4-.10(2)
  • Physical Environment: General Building Requirements - Family, Group, and Congregate. ADPH found: “The facility failed to provide adequate emergency lighting.” 420-5-4-.12(5)
• January 26, 2023 (Complaint): 6 deficiencies cited, 1 complaint substantiated report plan of correction
  The deficiencies cited caused actual harm to one resident and placed all residents of the facility at risk of harm.
  • Administration: Policies. ADPH found: “The governing authority failed to establish and implement a written policy to ensure residents were adequately monitored.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-4-.03(1)(e)
  • Administration: Responsibility. ADPH found: “The facility administrator failed to manage and direct staff activities to maintain an orderly and safe environment for all residents and failed to ensure adequate care was provided for the residents at all times.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-4-.03(2)(a)
  • Records and Reports: Residents' Rights. ADPH found: “Community standards of care were not followed for one resident's care by failure to perform periodic checks on the resident during an entire eight hour shift.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-4-.05(3)(d)
  • Care of Residents: Personal Care and Services. ADPH found: “The facility failed to maintain a care plan for a resident which addressed the resident's current care needs with appropriate interventions to meet the care and safety needs of the resident.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-4-.06(4)(a)(b)
  • Care of Residents: Retention. ADPH found: “The facility failed to provide all care needs and maintain a safe environment for a resident who was cognitively impaired and had been issued a 30-day discharge notice.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-4-.06(11)(b)
  • Physical Environment: General Building Requirements - Family, Group, and Congregate. ADPH found: “The facility allowed a portable heater in the room of a resident who was cognitively impaired.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-4-.12(5)

ADPH also lists 3 earlier surveys, back to 2019.

Search ADPH’s deficiency reports for license D4548 →

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 75 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.