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Fair Haven

1424 Montclair Road, Birmingham, AL 35210 · 259 beds · Non profit - Corporation

Worth a closer look: weekend nurse coverage drops 68%.

Everything here comes from Medicare's own inspection and payroll records. We don't rank facilities or take payment from them.

Medicare overall rating
★★★
Average · 3 of 5
All nursing staff, hours / resident
5.46
RNs, LPNs and aides · state average 4.44
Weekend RN coverage
−68%
vs weekdays
Staff turnover
state average 47%
Weekend nurse coverage drops 68%
Some weekend drop is normal across the industry; a fall this size is at the steep end. Try to visit on a weekend.
No citations involving resident harm
Findings over the past three years were all at levels where inspectors recorded no actual harm.

These are drawn straight from Medicare's records. We report what the record says — we don't rate facilities or judge the care given in them.

Who's actually on the floor

Staffing is the thing most closely tied to day-to-day quality of care, and it's the number families most often never see. This is registered nurses only — a smaller figure than the all-staff total above, because it counts the most highly qualified staff on their own — per resident, per day, comparing an average weekday against an average weekend.

Weekdays
0.30 hrs
Weekends
0.10 hrs
AL average
0.74 hrs

Registered nurses only — hours per resident per day. Longer is better.

Registered nurse coverage drops about 68% at weekends.

Staff turnover: not reported

High turnover matters because continuity does — a nurse who knows your mother notices when something is different about her. Someone on their second shift doesn't have that baseline.

What inspectors found

State inspectors visit at least once a year and after complaints. Over the last three years this facility received 11 citations. Raw counts mislead, though — a paperwork slip and a resident being harmed both count as one. Here they are by how serious inspectors judged them.

SeverityCitations
Potential for harm
No one harmed yet, but conditions could allow it
11
No harm
Rule and paperwork findings
0

0 of these came from someone filing a complaint rather than a routine visit — worth weighing differently, because it means a person picked up the phone. All findings are recorded as corrected.

Medicare has issued $31,615 in fines here over the past three years.

Disclosed affiliations

Medicare requires every facility to disclose the people and companies connected to it. Most names below are not owners — they are officers, directors, managers, trustees, and what Medicare calls “additional disclosable parties.” The role beside each name is the one Medicare recorded. This is worth reading because operators tend to run their facilities alike: where the same group stands behind a dozen homes, the record across all twelve tells you more than any single inspection does.

NameRole recorded by MedicareSince
Methodist Home for the Aging Direct owner, Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 03/07/1967
Allison, William Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/2021
Baxter, John Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/2008
Carden, Nathan Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/2019
Chapman, Lynn Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/2013
Clark, Marsha Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/2009
Davies, Patrick Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 03/23/2020
Faulkner, Michael Corporate officer, Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 01/09/2023
Floore, Malcolm Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/2023
Giles, Michael Corporate officer, Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 08/01/2007
Holloway, Maudine Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/1975
Huber, Elizabeth Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/2022
Jackson, Vicki Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 04/26/2010
Lyles, Steven Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/2021
Mathison, John Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/1992
Mckee, Robert Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/2002
Mount, John Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/2003
Peacock, Tommy Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/2012
Piver, Jennifer Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/2022
Pridgeon, Jeremy Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/2023
Prosch, Elizabeth Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 05/15/2017
Roberts, Henry Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/2002
Sanders, James Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/2007
Sanderson, Stephanie Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 05/20/2019
Scales, Robert Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/1998
Steele, James Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/2016
Sumner, Samuel Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/2012
Takacs, Terrye Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/2009
Tomlin, Christopher Corporate officer, Operational or managerial control, Additional disclosable party 07/01/2009
Waters, Thomas Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/2010
Williamson, Samual Governing body, Corporate director 01/01/1996
Lula, Erald Additional disclosable party 03/30/2023
Nichols, Lisa Additional disclosable party 07/25/2006

Of the 33 parties disclosed here, 1 holds an ownership interest; the rest are recorded in a management, officer, financial, or other disclosable capacity. A percentage is shown only where Medicare published one — for most disclosed parties it publishes none.

Other options nearby

Most families are choosing between whatever is close enough to visit often — and visiting often is itself one of the better protections a resident has. These are the closest 8 facilities.

FacilityMilesRating Nurse hrsWeekend
St Martin'S in the Pines
Irondale
0.6 1 0.74 −19%
The Healthcare Center of Eastview
Birmingham
2.5 2 0.66 −34%
Greenbriar at the Altamont Skilled Nursing Facilit
Birmingham
3.4 3 0.65 −60%
South Health and Rehabilitation, LLC
Birmingham
4.6 2 0.68 −56%
Elite Nursing and Rehabilitation Care Center
Birmingham
4.7 1 0.63 −35%
Northway Health and Rehabilitation, LLC
Birmingham
4.8 3 0.47 −72%
Civic Center Health and Rehabilitation, LLC
Birmingham
4.8 2 0.83 −63%
Kirkwood By the River
Birmingham
5.2 4 0.58 −14%

Weekend column shows the change in registered-nurse coverage at weekends compared with weekdays.

Worth asking on a visit

Records only tell you so much. These are the questions this facility's particular numbers suggest you ask — go on a weekend if you possibly can.

  1. Can I visit on a Sunday rather than a weekday? How many registered nurses are on duty then, and for how many residents?
  2. Who will actually be caring for my relative at 3am on a Saturday — an agency nurse or someone on staff?

Where these numbers come from

All figures are published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Different measures cover different periods — some are considerably older than others, so each is dated separately below rather than under one "last updated" stamp.

Staffing hours
Jan–Mar 2026
Staff turnover
calendar year 2025
Inspections & citations
Jul 2023 – Jun 2026
Fines & penalties
last 3 years
Ownership
as reported to Medicare
Star rating & file release
CMS file dated 1 July 2026

We report what the records say and don't draw conclusions about care quality. If you believe something on this page is wrong — email a correction. It reaches a person, not a form. We check every report, fix what is wrong, and say so on the page; see how we handle corrections. If you work at this facility and our figures disagree with your own records, we want to hear that too.