The Neighborhood at Vestavia Hills Specialty Care Assisted Living is a congregate specialty care assisted living facility (SCALF), Alabama's license for memory care at 2435 Columbiana Road in Birmingham, Jefferson County, licensed by the Alabama Department of Public Health under ID P3719 for 24 beds. Its license status on ADPH's directory export of October 30, 2026 is regular.
What does The Neighborhood at Vestavia Hills Specialty Care Assisted Living's Alabama license cover?
The Neighborhood at Vestavia Hills Specialty Care Assisted Living holds Alabama's specialty care license, so with 24 licensed beds its floor under Table A is 3 staff on the day shift, 3 in the evening and 3 overnight when full, plus a registered nurse and a physician medical director.
| License detail | ADPH record |
|---|---|
| ADPH license ID | P3719 |
| License class (ADPH) | Congregate Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility |
| Licensed beds | 24 |
| License status | Regular |
| Licensee type | Corporation |
| Administrator on file | Danielle Conyers |
| Phone on file | (205) 822-4773 |
| Same address | The Neighborhood at Vestavia Hills (Congregate ALF, 77 beds) |
What did Alabama's latest inspection of The Neighborhood at Vestavia Hills Specialty Care Assisted Living find?
ADPH's newest posted statement of deficiencies for The Neighborhood at Vestavia Hills Specialty Care Assisted Living covers a licensure survey completed January 11, 2023 and cites 7 deficiency tags. Surveyors recorded a census of 15 in 24 beds, about 62% full.
| Tag | Rule cited |
|---|---|
| A1101 | 420-5-20-.11 (1) Fire and Safety |
| A1203 | 420-5-20-.12 (5) Physical Environment |
| A402 | 420-5-20-.04 (3) Personnel |
| A501 | 420-5-20-.05 (1) 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 |
Topics cited: care of residents (3), fire and safety (1), physical environment (1), personnel and training (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.
What is The Neighborhood at Vestavia Hills Specialty Care Assisted Living's inspection history?
ADPH lists 5 posted survey reports for The Neighborhood at Vestavia Hills Specialty Care Assisted Living, from 2010 to 2023; the newest is dated January 11, 2023, about 3.8 years ago, against a 2.4-year median for the area's licensed assisted living.
| Survey date | Category | Survey type |
|---|---|---|
| 1/11/2023 | HPS Clinical Deficiencies | Licensure/Complaint |
| 9/26/2019 | HPS Clinical Deficiencies | Not labeled |
| 8/3/2017 | HPS Clinical Deficiencies | Not labeled |
| 7/30/2015 | HPS Clinical Deficiencies | Not labeled |
| 4/8/2010 | HPS Clinical Deficiencies | Not labeled |
Earlier reports we read: September 26, 2019, 0 tags, census 24; August 3, 2017, 2 tags, census 12.
Survey types on file: not labeled (4), licensure/complaint (1).
What are the alternatives to The Neighborhood at Vestavia Hills Specialty Care Assisted Living nearby?
Apart from its own campus, the nearest license on ADPH's roster is Briar Glen Alzheimer's Special Care Center in Hoover, a Congregate SCALF with 90 beds about 3.3 miles away.
| Facility | License class | Miles away | Licensed beds | Newest posted ADPH survey |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briar Glen Alzheimer's Special Care Center | Congregate SCALF | 3.3 | 90 | May 28, 2026 |
| Brookdale University Park ALF (AL) | Congregate ALF | 3.4 | 60 | February 24, 2021 |
| Redmont Ridge | Congregate ALF | 3.4 | 48 | None posted |
| Brookdale University Park SCALF (AL) | Congregate SCALF | 3.4 | 70 | March 8, 2023 |
Where is The Neighborhood at Vestavia Hills Specialty Care Assisted Living and what is nearby?
The Neighborhood at Vestavia Hills Specialty Care Assisted Living is in Birmingham, ZIP 35216, in Jefferson County; the closest general hospital on ADPH's roster is Grandview Medical Center, about 3.1 miles away.
Next is Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital at roughly 3.4 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 should families ask The Neighborhood at Vestavia Hills Specialty Care Assisted Living on a tour?
Start with the record: ask what changed in care of residents after the January 11, 2023 survey, and to see the plan of correction.
- Ask how the RN's monthly assessments are shared with families and what PSMS score would trigger a move.
- Ask how staff respond to exit-seeking in the late afternoon.
- 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.
