The 10 Worst Nursing Homes in Alabama

Finding the Right Nursing Home in Alabama: Why It Matters

When it comes to choosing a nursing home for your loved ones in Alabama, it's crucial to have access to accurate and comprehensive information. Our "Worst Nursing Homes in Alabama" page aims to provide you with insights into the facilities that have fallen short in various aspects of care. Understanding these ratings can help you make more informed decisions and ensure the well-being of those who matter most.

Top Worst Nursing Homes in Alabama

Our state rankings highlight the nursing homes in Alabama that have received the lowest quality scores based on a variety of factors, including health inspections, staffing levels, and resident care. These scores are designed to give you a clear picture of which facilities may require closer scrutiny.

Factors Considered:

• Health and safety inspections
• Staffing ratios
• Resident care and outcomes
• Compliance with federal and state regulations

Our scoring methodology is transparent and designed to provide an unbiased look at each facility's performance. Nursing Homes with the warning icon () have been flagged by CMS for abuse.

Disclaimer: Our rankings are based on data collected from reputable sources, including government reports and independent evaluations. While we strive for accuracy, we encourage you to visit facilities and conduct your own research before making any decisions.

Worst Nursing Homes in Alabama By City

Every city in Alabama has its own set of challenges and standards when it comes to nursing home care. To help you find the information most relevant to your location, we've compiled city-specific rankings of the worst-rated nursing homes. Click on the links below to explore the detailed lists for each city.

Worst Nursing Homes in Birmingham

• Birmingham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center East (288.25)
  • Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (2024-08-05)
  • Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money. (2024-08-05)
• Birmingham Nursing and Rehabilitation Ctr LLC (211.5)
  • Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. (2025-12-22)
  • Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2025-12-22)
• Elite Nursing and Rehabilitation Care Center (82)
  • Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. (2024-10-23)
  • Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (2024-09-03)
• Brookdale University Park Snf (al) (52)
  • Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements. (2024-07-26)
  • Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems. (2024-07-26)
• Galleria Woods Skilled Nursing Facility (36)
  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (2022-01-12)
  • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (2022-01-12)
• Cherry Hill Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center (35)
  • Create arrangements with other facilities to receive patients. (2023-01-25)
  • Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements. (2023-01-25)
• South Health and Rehabilitation, LLC (34)
  • Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing. (2023-10-01)
  • Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds. (2023-10-01)
• Pine Hill Rehabilitation and Wellness Center (33)
  • Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems. (2024-04-11)
  • Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds. (2024-04-11)
• Oak Knoll Health and Rehabilitation, LLC (33)
  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2024-05-23)
  • Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2024-05-23)
• Civic Center Health and Rehabilitation, LLC (31)
  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (2024-04-22)
  • Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. (2024-04-22)

Worst Nursing Homes in Huntsville

• Meadowview Healthcare and Rehab (931.25)
  • Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (2025-08-11)
  • Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system. (2024-11-15)
• Rocket City Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center (399.25)
  • PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities (2023-03-23)
  • Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2023-03-23)
• The Health Center at Research Park (186.25)
  • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (2024-07-23)
  • Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted (2024-07-23)
• Regency Health Care and Rehabilitation Center (144.75)
  • Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (2024-09-24)
  • Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (2024-09-24)
• Windsor House (115.5)
  • Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2023-10-19)
  • Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (2023-10-19)
• Huntsville Post-Acute and Rehabilitation Center (65.75)
  • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (2025-12-09)
  • Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (2025-12-09)
• Huntsville Health Care Center (52)
  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2025-12-30)
  • Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (2025-11-20)
• Focused Care at Huntsville (41)
  • Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public. (2025-11-20)
  • Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2025-08-25)
• Mrc Creekside (29)
  • Ensure each resident?s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. (2025-03-06)
  • Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (2025-03-06)
• Willowbrooke Ct Skilled Care Ctr at Magnolia Trace (20)
  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (2022-06-20)
  • Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (2022-06-20)

Worst Nursing Homes in Mobile

• Knollwood Healthcare (399)
  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (2026-04-16)
  • Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (2026-04-16)
• Mobile Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (43)
  • Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function. (2025-08-18)
  • Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility. (2025-08-18)
• Gulf Coast Health and Rehabilitation, LLC (34)
  • Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords. (2020-02-19)
  • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (2020-02-13)
• Lynwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center (33)
  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (2024-11-08)
  • Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (2024-11-07)
• Ashland Place Health and Rehabilitation, LLC (19)
  • Have corridors or aisles that are unobstructed and are at least 8 feet in width. (2020-03-04)
  • Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. (2020-03-04)
• Camellia Health and Rehabilitation Center (17)
  • Use approved construction type or materials. (2023-09-01)
  • Have an enclosure around a vertical opening shaft. (2022-02-15)
• Crowne Health Care of Mobile (15)
  • Have corridors or aisles that are unobstructed and are at least 8 feet in width. (2019-10-30)
  • Install an approved automatic sprinkler system. (2019-10-30)
• Allen Health and Rehabilitation (13)
  • Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. (2020-03-31)
  • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (2020-03-20)
• Twin Oaks Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center (10)
  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2023-11-30)
  • Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. (2023-11-30)
• Springhill Senior Residence (7)
  • Meet other general requirements. (2020-02-28)
  • Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems. (2020-02-28)

Worst Nursing Homes in Montgomery

• Montgomery General Hospital (89)
  • Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. (2025-07-15)
  • Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2025-07-15)
• Montgomery General Elderly Care (74)
  • Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (2026-01-02)
  • Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (2026-01-02)
• Rivertown Health and Rehabilitation Center (72)
  • Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. (2025-09-05)
  • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. (2025-09-05)
• Montgomery Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (58)
  • Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. (2025-03-13)
  • Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed. (2025-03-13)
• Father Purcell Memorial Exceptional Children's Ctr (46.25)
  • Provide a written emergency evacuation plan. (2023-01-24)
  • Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. (2023-01-20)
• Diversicare of Montgomery (32)
  • Address subsistence needs for staff and patients. (2023-05-18)
  • Create arrangements with other facilities to receive patients. (2023-05-18)
• Montgomery Children's Specialty Center (29)
  • Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident. (2023-06-29)
  • Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (2023-06-29)
• Hillview Terrace (24)
  • Install a two-hour-resistant firewall separation. (2020-04-13)
  • Install an approved automatic sprinkler system. (2020-04-13)
• John Knox Manor Inc I I (18)
  • Properly install and monitor supervisory attachments on automatic sprinkler systems. (2024-02-15)
  • Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds. (2024-02-15)
• Crowne Health Care of Montgomery (11)
  • Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP). (2023-05-24)
  • Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency. (2023-05-24)

Worst Nursing Homes in Tuscaloosa

• Heritage Health Care and Rehab Inc (13)
  • Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke. (2022-03-10)
  • Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating. (2022-03-10)

Related Lists and Resources

While it's important to be aware of the lowest-rated facilities, we also provide resources to help you find the best care available. Check out our other lists to find top-rated nursing homes and facilities that excel in specific areas.

• Best Nursing Homes in Alabama
• Analysis of Nursing Homes in Alabama

Making Informed Decisions

Understanding our rankings and how they are derived can empower you to make better choices for your loved ones. Remember, a low rating in one area doesn't necessarily mean a facility is entirely unsuitable; it's a starting point for further investigation.

Tips for Evaluating Nursing Homes in Alabama:

• Schedule visits to potential facilities
• Speak with staff and residents
• Review recent inspection reports
• Consider the specific needs of your loved one

Disclaimer: NursingHomeDatabase.com does not have a relationship, either commercial or otherwise, with any of the skilled nursing facilities referred to on this site. This is an independent resource that tries to make more and better information available to the public.

More Resources for Families

Navigating the world of nursing home care can be overwhelming. Here are some resources to help you make the best decisions for your family:

• The Role of Family in Nursing Home Care
• Navigating Medicaid for Nursing Home Care
• How to Handle a Nursing Home Discharge
• Understanding Nursing Home Ratings and What They Mean
• Questions to Ask During a Nursing Home Visit