Lynridge of Huntsville Memory Care

License status

Regular

Last survey posted

July 24, 2024

Surveys posted

3

Deficiencies cited

27

Substantiated complaints

3

Surveys

• July 24, 2024 (Licensure/Complaint): 20 deficiencies cited, 3 complaints substantiated report
  The deficient practices resulted in the potential for harm to all residents 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 JULY 6, 2023. 420-5-20-.03(1)(a)(b)(c)(d)
  • Administration: Responsibility. ADPH found: “The facility failed to operate with a properly licensed administrator for greater than 45 days.” 420-5-20-.03(2)(a)
  • Administration: Department Notification. ADPH found: “The facility failed to notify the Alabama Department of Public Health timely when a change in administrator occurred.” 420-5-20-.03(2)(c)
  • Personnel. ADPH found: “The facility was not staffed with at least the minimum required staff at all times.” ADPH noted this as a repeat deficiency from the survey of JULY 6, 2023. 420-5-20-.04(1)(2)
  • Personnel: Training. ADPH found: “The facility failed to provide staff with appropriate special needs training.” 420-5-20-.04(9)
  Show all 20

  • Records and Reports: Residents' Rights. ADPH found: “The facility failed to post the most recent state inspection report and corrective action plan in a prominent location.” 420-5-20-.05(3)(d)
  • Records and Reports: Incident Investigation. ADPH found: “The facility failed to conduct a thorough and accurate investigation when abuse of a resident by a staff member occurred at the facility.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-20-.05(3)(h)
  • Care of Residents: Medical Direction and Supervision. ADPH found: “The facility failed to follow the physician's orders for a resident's medication.” ADPH noted this as a repeat deficiency from the survey of MAY 20, 2021. 420-5-20-.06(1)
  • Care of Residents: Initial Assessment. ADPH found: “Resident assessments were not completed as required.” ADPH noted this as a repeat deficiency from the survey of MAY 20, 2021. 420-5-20-.06(3)(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
  • Care of Residents: Personal Care and Services. ADPH found: “Residents' facility care plans did not address the residents' current care needs with appropriate interventions.” ADPH noted this as a repeat deficiency from the survey of MAY 20, 2021. 420-5-20-.06(4)(a)(b)
  • Care of Residents: Activity Program. ADPH found: “The facility failed to provide an activity program designed to meet the individual needs of each resident.” 420-5-20-.06(4)(c)(d)(e)(f)
  • Care of Residents: Disposal of Medications. ADPH found: “The facility failed to provide documentation of the disposition of a resident's medications when the resident was discharged from the facility.” ADPH noted this as a repeat deficiency from the survey of MAY 20, 2021. 420-5-20-.06(6)
  • Food Service: Food Handling Procedures. ADPH found: “The facility failed to properly label leftover food and properly sanitize dishes.” 420-5-20-.07(2)
  • Food Service: Dietary Service. ADPH found: “The facility failed to post meal times and weekly menus.” 420-5-20-.07(3)
  • Laundry: General. ADPH found: “The facility failed to maintain clean dryer lint traps.” 420-5-20-.09(1)(2)
  • Sanitation and Housekeeping: Housekeeping and Physical Plant Maintenance. ADPH found: “The facility failed to provide a sanitary and decent environment for staff, residents, and the public.” 420-5-20-.10(2)
  • Fire and Safety: General. ADPH found: “The facility failed to conduct fire drills on each shift every quarter.” 420-5-20-.11(1)
  • Physical Environment: Buildings and Grounds. ADPH found: “The facility failed to maintain the grounds and outdoor furnishings in the courtyard.” 420-5-20-.12(1)
  • Physical Environment: General Building Requirements - Group and Congregate. ADPH found: “The facility failed to provide annual fire extinguisher inspections.” 420-5-20-.12(5)
  • Physical Environment: Additional Requirements for Specialty Care Assisted Living Facilities. ADPH found: “The facility failed to provide safe egress from an exterior courtyard gate.” 420-5-20-.12(8)
• July 6, 2023 (Complaint): 6 deficiencies cited, 1 complaint unsubstantiated report plan of correction
  The deficient practices resulted in the potential for harm to all residents and require a plan of correction.
  • Personnel. ADPH found: “The facility was not staffed to meet the minimum staffing requirements 24 hours a day, 7 days at week.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-20-.04(1)(2)
  • Records and Reports: Incident Investigation. ADPH found: “The facility failed to timely complete an investigation of an incident involving suspected abuse of a resident.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-20-.05(3)(h)
  • Care of Residents: Initial Assessment. ADPH found: “The facility nurses failed to properly assess a resident following a significant change in the resident's condition.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-20-.06(3)(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
  • Care of Residents: Personal Care and Services. ADPH found: “The facility Registered Nurse failed to maintain a current and appropriate care plan for a resident.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-20-.06(4)(a)(b)
  • Care of Residents: Activity Program. ADPH found: “The facility failed to develop and implement a specific activity program for a resident whose wandering behaviors were unmanaged and infringed on the rights of other residents.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-20-.06(4)(c)(d)(e)(f)
  • Care of Residents: Retention. ADPH found: “The facility retained residents who did not meet the criteria for continued stay in a SCALF.” Cited as a result of a complaint investigation. 420-5-20-.06(9)(b)
• May 12, 2022 (Complaint): 1 deficiency cited, 2 complaints unsubstantiated report plan of correction
  The deficient practice resulted in the potential for harm to all residents.
  • Care of Residents: Medications. ADPH found: “The facility failed to ensure medications were documented contemporaneously on the Medication Administration Records (MAR).” 420-5-20-.06(5)(h)

ADPH also lists 7 earlier surveys, back to 2005.

Search ADPH’s deficiency reports for license P4501 →

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 52 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.