St. Martin's-In-The-Pines Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility is a congregate specialty care assisted living facility (SCALF), Alabama's license for memory care at 4941 Montevallo Road in Irondale, Jefferson County, licensed by the Alabama Department of Public Health under ID P3706 for 51 beds. Its license status on ADPH's directory export of October 30, 2026 is regular.
What kind of license does St. Martin's-In-The-Pines Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility hold?
St. Martin's-In-The-Pines Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility holds Alabama's specialty care license, so with 51 licensed beds its floor under Table A is 7 staff on the day shift, 5 in the evening and 4 overnight when full, plus a registered nurse and a physician medical director.
| License detail | ADPH record |
|---|---|
| ADPH license ID | P3706 |
| License class (ADPH) | Congregate Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility |
| Licensed beds | 51 |
| License status | Regular |
| Licensee type | Limited Liability Company |
| Administrator on file | Noah Sargent |
| Phone on file | (205) 956-1831 |
| Same address | St. Martins in the Pines Assisted Living Facility (Congregate ALF, 71 beds); St. Martins in the Pines (Skilled nursing facility, 128 beds) |
How did St. Martin's-In-The-Pines Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility do on its newest ADPH survey?
ADPH's newest posted statement of deficiencies for St. Martin's-In-The-Pines Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility covers a licensure survey completed January 31, 2025 and cites 14 deficiency tags.
| Tag | Rule cited |
|---|---|
| A1002 | 420-5-20-.10 (2) Sanitation and Housekeeping |
| A1101 | 420-5-20-.11 (1) Fire and Safety |
| A1203 | 420-5-20-.12 (5) Physical Environment |
| A401 | 420-5-20-.04 (1) (2) Personnel |
| A403 | 420-5-20-.04 (4) Personnel |
| A406 | 420-5-20-.04 (9) Personnel |
| A504 | 420-5-20-.05 (3) (d) Records and Reports |
| A506 | 420-5-20-.05 (3) (f) Records and Reports |
| A602 | 420-5-20-.06 (2) (a) (b) (c) Care of Residents |
| A604 | 420-5-20-.06 (3) (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) Care of |
| A611 | 420-5-20-.06 (4) (a) (b) Care of Residents |
| A618 | 420-5-20-.06 (7) Care of Residents |
| A804 | 420-5-20-.08 (4) Physical Facilities |
| A901 | 420-5-20-.09 (1) (2) Laundry |
Grouped by topic: care of residents (4), personnel and training (3), records and reports (2), sanitation and housekeeping (1). Locally, newest reports cite a median of 5 tags; this one is above it. Read the findings and plan of correction in the original ADPH report.
How often has ADPH posted inspection reports for St. Martin's-In-The-Pines Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility?
ADPH lists 6 posted survey reports for St. Martin's-In-The-Pines Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility, from 2008 to 2025; the newest is dated January 31, 2025, about 1.7 years ago, against a 2.4-year median for the area's licensed assisted living.
| Survey date | Category | Survey type |
|---|---|---|
| 1/31/2025 | HPS Clinical Deficiencies | Licensure/Complaint |
| 1/14/2025 | HPS Clinical Deficiencies | Licensure/Complaint |
| 4/10/2019 | HPS Clinical Deficiencies | Not labeled |
| 3/31/2016 | HPS Clinical Deficiencies | Not labeled |
| 6/8/2012 | HPS Clinical Deficiencies | Not labeled |
| 5/15/2008 | HPS Clinical Deficiencies | Not labeled |
Earlier reports we read: January 14, 2025, 3 tags, census 27; April 10, 2019, 8 tags, census 45.
Survey types on file: not labeled (4), licensure/complaint (2).
How does St. Martin's-In-The-Pines Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility compare with places nearby?
Apart from its own campus, the nearest license on ADPH's roster is Fair Haven - Assisted Living in Birmingham, a Congregate ALF with 76 beds in the same ZIP code.
| Facility | License class | Miles away | Licensed beds | Newest posted ADPH survey |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Haven - Assisted Living | Congregate ALF | same ZIP | 76 | March 5, 2025 |
| Kirkwood by the River | Congregate ALF | same ZIP | 46 | October 7, 2021 |
| Fair Haven - Specialty Care | Congregate SCALF | same ZIP | 64 | March 5, 2025 |
| Kirkwood by the River Specialty Care | Congregate SCALF | same ZIP | 34 | April 8, 2026 |
What local help is there near St. Martin's-In-The-Pines Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility in Irondale?
St. Martin's-In-The-Pines Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility is in Irondale, ZIP 35210, in Jefferson County; the closest general hospital on ADPH's roster is UAB St. Vincent's East, about 5.3 miles away.
Next is Birmingham VA Medical Center at roughly 8.0 miles. Distances run between ZIP-code centers, so drive times will differ.
Free help for Jefferson County families comes from United Way Area Agency on Aging of Jefferson County (UWAAA) ((205) 458-3330), which also runs the long-term care ombudsman who can visit residents here.
What questions should we bring to St. Martin's-In-The-Pines Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility?
Start with the record: ask what changed in care of residents after the January 31, 2025 survey, and to see the plan of correction.
- Ask to meet the registered nurse and how often the medical director sees residents.
- Ask to see the DETA training log for staff hired this year.
- Ask whether a move to the Congregate ALF at the same address is handled as an internal transfer.
- Ask what the last two annual rate increases were.
