Nursing home
Magnolia Ridge
420 Dean Drive, Gardendale, AL 35071 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Genesis Healthcare (193 facilities) · 148 certified beds
Magnolia Ridge is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Gardendale, Alabama. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.80 hours per resident per day, below the Alabama average of 3.91. Its most recent inspection on Mar 19, 2025 cited 33 deficiencies. Note: it is a CMS Special Focus Facility under enhanced oversight and it carries a CMS abuse icon.
- CMS abuse iconThis facility has an active abuse icon on its CMS record.
- Special Focus Facility candidateCMS lists this facility as a candidate for enhanced oversight.
- 1 fine totaling $392,125In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Magnolia Ridge compares
This facility vs. the Alabama and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Alabama avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.80 | 3.91 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.49 | 0.64 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.32 | 2.50 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 53.8% | 48.7% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 33.0 | 3.9 | 9.5 | above avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $392,125, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Magnolia Ridge
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Immediate jeopardy
Designate a physician to serve as medical director responsible for implementation of resident care policies and coordination of medical care in the facility.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Jun 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Establish a governing body that is legally responsible for establishing and implementing policies for managing and operating the facility and appoints a properly licensed administrator responsible for managing the facility.
Administration Deficiencies · Jun 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
Administration Deficiencies · Jun 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jun 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration Deficiencies · Jun 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Immediate jeopardy
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jun 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Jun 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jun 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jun 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jun 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 420 Dean Drive
Gardendale, AL 35071 - CMS certification #
- 015133
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 148
- Avg residents/day
- 98.6
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1976-01-16
- Chain
- Genesis Healthcare (193 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Genesis Healthcare
Genesis Healthcare operates 193 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Genesis Healthcare facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Magnolia Ridge using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, transportation, pets allowed
- Workplace safety 3 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2020, 2 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Magnolia Ridge says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Magnolia Ridge is a 148-bed skilled nursing facility offering post-hospital, short-term rehabilitation as well as long-term and respite care services.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Coordinated transportation
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Pets Permitted
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Private and Semi-Private Rooms
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- May 12, 2022: follow-up inspection, partial (health). Case closed Nov 10, 2022. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Sunbridge Gardendale Health Care Center, LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
- Dec 26, 2020: fatality or catastrophe inspection, partial (health). Case closed Oct 8, 2021. 2 violations cited (2 other). Penalties: $7,461 proposed, $7,461 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Sunbridge Gardendale Health Care Center, LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Other than serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(3)(i)). Penalty $7,461 proposed, $7,461 now. To be fixed by Oct 8, 2021.
- Other than serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(6)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Oct 8, 2021.
- Dec 21, 2020: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jun 23, 2021. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Sunbridge Gardendale Health Care Center, LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- St. Vincent'S East, Birmingham. 8.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- North Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation CTR, LLC, Birmingham. 3.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Enhabit Home Health, Gardendale. 1.0 mile away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 35071 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc Gardendale, Gardendale, 1.5 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Center Point Dialysis, Center Point, 6.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita Crown Dialysis, Birmingham, 6.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 17 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 35071.
Acg Hospice-Gardendale, office in Gardendale, 1.0 mile away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Southerncare New Beacon N Birmingham, office in Birmingham, 9.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Oasis Healthcare - Moody, office in Birmingham, 10.0 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- American Family Care, LLC, Birmingham. 9.1 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor 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 risk
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 low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake relatively low. 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.
What we checked
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 |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Magnolia Ridge a good nursing home?
CMS gives Magnolia Ridge an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Magnolia Ridge staffed?
Magnolia Ridge reports 3.80 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Alabama average of 3.91.
Has Magnolia Ridge had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 33 deficiencies. This facility is on CMS's Special Focus list for enhanced oversight.
How many beds does Magnolia Ridge have?
Magnolia Ridge is certified for 148 beds.