Seagrass Village of Gulf Shores

License status

Regular

Last survey posted

October 11, 2023

Surveys posted

2

Deficiencies cited

21

Substantiated complaints

0

Surveys

• October 11, 2023 (Follow Up): 1 deficiency cited report plan of correction
  The deficient practices resulted in the potential for harm to all residents and require a plan of correction.
  • Physical Environment: Building Requirements - Congregate Assisted Living Facility. ADPH found: “The facility failed to ensure that a fire door functioned in accordance with the NFPA 101 Life Safety Code.” This deficient practice placed all 27 residents at risk for significant harm. 420-5-4-.12(8)
• June 23, 2022 (Licensure/Complaint): 20 deficiencies cited report plan of correction
  The deficiencies cited resulted in harm to at least four (4) residents and placed the remaining 32 residents at significant risk for harm.
  • Administration: The Assisted Living Facility Governing Authority. ADPH found: “The governing authority failed to ensure the facility operated in compliance with the State Board of Health (SBOH) rules for assisted living facilities (ALF).” 420-5-4-.03(1)(a)(b)(c)(d)
  • Administration: Policies. ADPH found: “The facility failed to have an appropriate policy and procedure for controlled medication management that was in accordance with the SBOH rules and regulations for ALF.” This deficient practice had the potential to affect all 36 residents. 420-5-4-.03(1)(e)
  • Administration: Responsibility. ADPH found: “The administrator failed to ensure that the facility was operated in accordance with the SBOH rules and regulations for ALF.” 420-5-4-.03(2)(a)
  • Personnel: Training. ADPH found: “The facility staff failed to demonstrate adequate training in the areas of state law and rules for assisted living facilities, facility policies and procedures, infection control, protecting resident confidentiality, fire safety, special needs of the elderly, incident investigation and reporting, resident safety, accurate resident assessments including identification of symptoms of dementia and depression.” This deficient practice resulted in actual harm for at least four residents (RI#1, RI#4, RI#5 and RI#6) and placed the remaining 32 residents at risk for significant harm. 420-5-4-.04(6)
  • Records and Reports: Resident Records. ADPH found: “The closed record for RI#12 was incomplete.” 420-5-4-.05(3)(a)(b)(c)
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  • Records and Reports: Residents' Rights. ADPH found: “The facility failed to ensure all resident medical records were kept confidential.” This deficient practice resulted in actual harm for at least four residents (RI#1, RI#4, RI#5 and RI#6) and placed the remaining 32 residents at significant risk for harm. 420-5-4-.05(3)(d)
  • Records and Reports: Admission Record. ADPH found: “The facility failed to accurately document resident admission and discharge dates.” This deficient practice had the potential to affect all 36 residents living in the facility. 420-5-4-.05(3)(g)
  • Care of Residents: Initial Physical Examination. ADPH found: “The facility failed to ensure initial medical examinations were completed with all the required documentation.” This deficient practice had the potential to affect all 36 residents living in the facility. 420-5-4-.06(2)(a)(b)(c)
  • Care of Residents: Initial Assessment. ADPH found: “The facility failed to properly assess each resident's ability to direct their individual care needs on a monthly basis.” This deficient practice placed six (6) residents at significant risk for harm. 420-5-4-.06(3)(a)(b)
  • Care of Residents: Personal Care and Services. ADPH found: “The facility failed to have care plans that addressed individual resident care needs.” This deficient practice resulted in actual harm for at least four residents (RI#1, RI#4, RI#5 and RI#6) and placed the remaining 32 residents at risk for significant harm. 420-5-4-.06(4)(a)(b)
  • Care of Residents: Medications. ADPH found: “The facility failed to identify residents who were unable to protect themselves from medication errors.” This deficient practice affected at least 4 residents and placed the remaining 32 residents at risk for harm. 420-5-4-.06(5)(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
  • Care of Residents. ADPH found: “The facility failed to ensure all medications kept in the custody of the facility were unit dose packaged and properly labeled by a pharmacy.” This deficient practice placed all 36 residents at risk for harm. 420-5-4-.06(7)(k)(l)(m)(n)(o)
  • Care of Residents: Disposal of Medications. ADPH found: “The facility failed to ensure expired medications and the medications of discharged residents were destroyed within 30 days.” This deficiency placed all 36 residents at risk for harm. 420-5-4-.06(8)
  • Care of Residents: Retention. ADPH found: “The facility did not identify and admitted or retained residents who did not meet admission or continued stay criteria.” This deficient practice placed all 36 residents at risk for significant harm. 420-5-4-.06(11)(b)
  • Food Service: Food Handling Procedures. ADPH found: “The facility failed to store cleaning chemicals separate from food items.” This deficient practice placed all 36 residents at significant risk for harm. 420-5-4-.07(2)
  • Food Service: Dietary Service. ADPH found: “The facility failed to have adequate supplies of potable water and non-perishable food items to feed 36 residents for at least three days.” This deficient practice placed all 36 residents at risk for significant harm. 420-5-4-.07(3)
  • Sanitation and Housekeeping: Sanitation. ADPH found: “The facility had ponded water located close to the facility in two different areas.” This deficient practice placed all 36 residents at risk for significant harm. 420-5-4-.10(1)
  • Sanitation and Housekeeping: Housekeeping and Physical Plant Maintenance. ADPH found: “The facility stored flammable chemicals in a laundry room closet.” This deficient practice placed all 36 residents at risk for significant harm. 420-5-4-.10(2)
  • Fire and Safety: General. ADPH found: “The facility failed to ensure fire drills were properly performed and documented.” This deficient practice placed all 36 residents at risk for significant harm. 420-5-4-.11(1)
  • Physical Environment: Building Requirements - Congregate Assisted Living Facility. ADPH found: “The facility failed to ensure that fire doors functioned in accordance with the NFPA 101 Life Safety Code.” This deficient practice placed all 36 residents at risk for significant harm. 420-5-4-.12(8)

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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 60 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.