Independent Living and Assisted Living and Memory Care
Merrill Gardens at Madison
121 Brookridge Drive, Madison, AL 35758 · Map
Licensed for 160 residents
Merrill Gardens at Madison is a state-licensed independent living, assisted living, memory care community in Madison, Alabama. It is licensed for 160 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 | $2,995 /mo | Oct 12, 2026 |
| Memory Care | $2,995 /mo | Oct 12, 2026 |
Area costs
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Merrill Gardens at Madison says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
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.
State inspections
Last survey posted: Oct 15, 2026. See the record
License
Active, 160 residents
Assisted Living Facility (Regular) D4538, P4514.
Nearest emergency room
11.2 miles
Huntsville Hospital, rated 3 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 Madison this community | 160 | $2,995/mo | Active | 0 deficiencies, 0 substantiated complaints / 0 deficiencies, 0 substantiated complaints | |
| The Madison Village | 0.8 mi | 60 | $3,950/mo | Active | 0 deficiencies, 0 substantiated complaints |
| Heritage Assisted Living | 2.6 mi | 31 | $3,400/mo | Active | 28 deficiencies, 2 substantiated complaints |
| Heritage Memory Care | 2.6 mi | 16 | $3,400/mo | Active | 24 deficiencies, 4 substantiated complaints |
| Carillon Oaks Madison | 2.6 mi | 48 | Not published | Active | 0 deficiencies, 0 substantiated complaints |
State inspection record0 deficiencies, 0 substantiated complaints / 0 deficiencies, 0 substantiated complaints
License D4538
- License status
- Regular
- Last survey posted
- None in the last five years
- Surveys posted
- 0
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
- Substantiated complaints
- 0
ADPH also lists 2 earlier surveys, back to 2016.
Search ADPH’s deficiency reports for license D4538 →
License P4514
- License status
- Regular
- Last survey posted
- None in the last five years
- Surveys posted
- 0
- Deficiencies cited
- 0
- Substantiated complaints
- 0
ADPH also lists 3 earlier surveys, back to 2015.
Search ADPH’s deficiency reports for license P4514 →
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 160 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.
License and ownershipActive license
- License type
- Assisted Living Facility (Regular)
- License number
- D4538, P4514
- License status
- Active
- Licensed capacity
- 160
- County
- Madison County
- General Manager
- Stacey Henley
Source: Alabama 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.
Location and nearby careNearest hospital 11.2 mi, nursing home 0.8 mi, pharmacy 0.4 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Huntsville Hospital, Huntsville. 11.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Valley View Health and Rehabilitation, LLC, Madison. 0.8 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Aveanna Home Health, Huntsville. 3.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 35758 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc West Madison, Madison, 2.4 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Kidney Care Madison Home, Madison, 2.7 miles away, straight line
Fmc Odyssey Dialysis, Madison, 4.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 16 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 35758.
Affinity Hospice Madison, office in Madison, 2.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Enhabit Hospice - Huntsville, office in Madison, 5.9 miles away, straight line
Gentiva Huntsville, office in Huntsville, 6.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- The Valley Foundation, Huntsville. 10.3 miles away, straight line. 2 geriatric medicine doctors 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 moderate; outside FEMA's high-risk flood areas
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- 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 moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado very high, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake relatively moderate. 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.
- 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 work in memory care during the day, the evening and overnight, and for how many residents?
- What dementia training does each caregiver get before working alone, and every year after?
- How do staff respond when a resident is agitated, frightened or tries to leave?
- 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?
What we checked12 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama Department of Public Health, Bureau of Health Provider Standards inspection records | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| 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 |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| 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 Madison provide?
Merrill Gardens at Madison is licensed by the state of Alabama for independent living, assisted living, memory care in Madison, Alabama. Its licensed capacity is 160 residents.
Does Lilisity rate Merrill Gardens at Madison?
No. We publish state licensing details for Merrill Gardens at Madison 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 Madison cost?
Assisted Living in Alabama typically starts at $4,000 to $8,300 a month. Based on 24 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 Madison?
Use Merrill Gardens at Madison's website, merrillgardens.com/senior-living/al/madison/merrill-gardens-at-madison, or visit at 121 Brookridge Drive, Madison, AL 35758.
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