The Ridge at Meadowbrook is a family assisted living facility (ALF) at 700 Corporate Ridge Road in Birmingham, Shelby County, licensed by the Alabama Department of Public Health under ID D5987 for 50 beds. Its license status on ADPH's directory export of October 30, 2026 is regular.
What does The Ridge at Meadowbrook's Alabama license cover?
With 50 beds on its ADPH license, The Ridge at Meadowbrook is listed in ADPH's export under the family class, which the rules define as 2 or 3 residents, even though the license is for 50 beds (confirm the class with ADPH) and larger than the typical (38-bed) license in the seven-county area. No numeric staffing ratio applies to a regular Alabama ALF; the rule asks for enough staff around the clock.
| License detail | ADPH record |
|---|---|
| ADPH license ID | D5987 |
| License class (ADPH) | Family Assisted Living Facility |
| Licensed beds | 50 |
| License status | Regular |
| Licensee type | Limited Liability Company |
| Administrator on file | Joel A. Burdette |
| Phone on file | (659) 262-2740 |
| Same address | The Ridge at Meadowbrook SCALF (Congregate SCALF, 40 beds) |
What did Alabama's latest inspection of The Ridge at Meadowbrook find?
ADPH's newest posted statement of deficiencies for The Ridge at Meadowbrook covers a licensure survey completed July 31, 2025 and cites 8 deficiency tags. Surveyors recorded a census of 33 in 50 beds, about 66% full.
| Tag | Rule cited |
|---|---|
| A1001 | 420-5-4-.10 (1) Sanitation and Housekeeping |
| A1101 | 420-5-4-.11 (1) Fire and Safety |
| A1201 | 420-5-4-.12 (1) Physical Environment |
| A1205 | 420-5-4-.12 (7) Physical Environment |
| A602 | 420-5-4-.06 (2) (a) (b) (c) Care of Residents |
| A611 | 420-5-4-.06 (4) (a) (b) Care of Residents |
| A617 | 420-5-4-.06 (8) Care of Residents |
| A901 | 420-5-4-.09 (1) (2) Laundry |
Grouped by topic: care of residents (3), physical environment (2), sanitation and housekeeping (1), fire and safety (1). That is more than the 5-tag median for the newest reports in the seven counties. Read the findings and plan of correction in the original ADPH report.
How many ADPH survey reports exist for The Ridge at Meadowbrook?
ADPH lists 2 posted survey reports for The Ridge at Meadowbrook, from 2022 to 2025; the newest is dated July 31, 2025, about 1.3 years ago, against a 2.4-year median for the area's licensed assisted living.
| Survey date | Category | Survey type |
|---|---|---|
| 7/31/2025 | HPS Clinical Deficiencies | Licensure/Complaint |
| 11/29/2022 | HPS Clinical Deficiencies | Initial Licensure |
Earlier reports we read: November 29, 2022, 0 tags.
Survey types on file: licensure/complaint (1), initial licensure (1).
What are the alternatives to The Ridge at Meadowbrook nearby?
Apart from its own campus, the nearest license on ADPH's roster is Danberry at Inverness in Hoover, a Congregate ALF with 56 beds in the same ZIP code.
| Facility | License class | Miles away | Licensed beds | Newest posted ADPH survey |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danberry at Inverness | Congregate ALF | same ZIP | 56 | November 18, 2025 |
| Longleaf at Liberty Park | Congregate ALF | same ZIP | 90 | None posted |
| Monarch Grove Greystone ALF | Congregate ALF | same ZIP | 87 | None posted |
| Somerby at St. Vincent's One Nineteen | Congregate ALF | same ZIP | 56 | March 31, 2022 |
Which hospitals are near The Ridge at Meadowbrook?
The Ridge at Meadowbrook is in Birmingham, ZIP 35242, in Shelby County; the closest general hospital on ADPH's roster is Grandview Medical Center, about 4.2 miles away.
Next is Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital at roughly 8.6 miles. Distances run between ZIP-code centers, so drive times will differ.
Free help for Shelby County families comes from Middle Alabama Area Agency on Aging (M4A) (205-670-5770), which also runs the long-term care ombudsman who can visit residents here.
What questions should we bring to The Ridge at Meadowbrook?
Start with the record: ask what changed in care of residents after the July 31, 2025 survey, and to see the plan of correction.
- Ask where residents usually go when dementia progresses, since this license cannot secure the doors.
- Ask how the facility checks each month that residents can still recognize their own medication packets.
- Ask whether a move to the Congregate SCALF at the same address is handled as an internal transfer.
- Ask for the rate sheet and how care-level charges are assessed.
