Inspection Reports for Brookdale Allenmore

The Department of Social and Health Services completed a Full Inspection and Complaint Investigation at the assisted living facility Brookdale Allenmore AL (WA) on October 13, 2025, resulting in a civil fine due to medication service violations.

The licensee failed to implement safe medication services for three residents, resulting in two residents receiving medications against physicians’ orders and one resident receiving medications without any physician's orders, placing residents at risk for illness and health decline.

The visit was complaint-related and included a full inspection and complaint investigation. The deficiency was substantiated, resulting in a civil fine.

The inspection was conducted as an unannounced on-site complaint investigation triggered by allegations related to medication administration and reporting errors at the Assisted Living Facility.

The Assisted Living Facility failed to ensure that one resident received their medication as ordered and failed to report a medication error to the department’s Complaint Resolution Unit. This failure placed residents at risk for poor health outcomes. Staff involved were written up and re-trained, and the facility committed to corrective actions.

The complaint involved a resident (AV) who was sent to the hospital and later diagnosed with a condition (redacted). The investigation confirmed medication administration failures and failure to report the medication error, substantiating the complaint.

The Department completed a follow-up inspection of the Assisted Living Facility on 06/12/2024 to verify correction of previously cited deficiencies.

The follow-up inspection found no deficiencies and confirmed that the facility meets the Assisted Living Facility licensing requirements.

The Department completed a follow-up inspection of the Assisted Living Facility to verify correction of previously cited deficiencies.

The follow-up inspection on 05/01/2024 found no deficiencies, indicating the facility meets the Assisted Living Facility licensing requirements and corrected prior deficiencies.

The visit was a follow-up inspection of the Assisted Living Facility to verify correction of previously cited deficiencies related to failure to report suspected resident abuse.

The follow-up inspection on 04/25/2024 found no deficiencies, confirming that the facility meets Assisted Living Facility licensing requirements after correcting prior issues related to failure to report suspected sexual abuse.

The complaint investigation was triggered by an allegation that resident AV was being abused by staff member AP. The investigation found the facility failed to report the incident as required, constituting a failed provider practice with citations written.

The Department of Social and Health Services conducted a follow-up visit to Brookdale Allenmore AL (WA) to assess compliance and impose a civil fine based on uncorrected deficiencies.

The licensee failed to implement their own policy on call system alerts for two residents, placing all 60 residents at risk for serious negative health outcomes and poor quality of care. This deficiency was previously cited and remains uncorrected.

The Department of Social and Health Services conducted a complaint investigation at the assisted living facility following allegations related to failure to respond to residents' calls for help.

The licensee failed to implement policies and procedures to respond timely to residents' calls for assistance for two residents, placing all 56 residents at risk for serious negative outcomes and poor quality of life. This was a recurring deficiency previously cited on October 22, 2022.

Complaint investigation completed on August 17, 2023. The deficiency was substantiated and resulted in a civil fine.

The Department completed a follow-up inspection and complaint investigation of the assisted living facility on June 2, 2023, to verify correction of deficiencies cited in the report dated July 20, 2021.

The follow-up inspection found no deficiencies. The prior complaint investigation identified a failure to notify a resident's representative of significant weight loss and failure to ensure a resident received all meals at regular intervals, resulting in citations.

Complaint investigation included allegations that a named resident waited over 45 minutes for call light to be answered, residents not receiving meals, failure to inform resident representative of significant weight loss, and residents testing positive for COVID. The investigation substantiated failure to notify representative of significant weight loss and failure to ensure meal delivery; other allegations were unsubstantiated.

The Office of the State Fire Marshal conducted an inspection of the Brookdale Allenmore AL facility on 05/16/2023 to assess compliance with fire safety codes and regulations.

The inspection identified multiple violations including failure to provide an inventory of fire-resistance-rated construction, fire doors failing to self-close and latch, inaccessible or improperly installed fire/smoke dampers, lack of documentation for sprinkler system inspections, carbon monoxide alarm inspections, emergency generator servicing, and fire extinguisher inspections. Additionally, a door to the RC Coordinator office had a penetration near the handle.

The Department completed a follow-up inspection of the Assisted Living Facility to verify correction of previously cited deficiencies.

The follow-up inspection found no deficiencies, and the facility met the Assisted Living Facility licensing requirements. Previous deficiencies related to food labeling and medication services were corrected.