Oak Knoll Health and Rehabilitation, LLC

    824 6th Ave W, Birmingham, AL 35204
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    3.27·(26)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      2.6
    • Staff

      2.1
    • Meals

      1.0
    • Amenities

      1.0
    • Value

      3.3

    Pros

    • Supportive rehabilitation therapy
    • Friendly and helpful staff interactions
    • Visible mobility progress among residents
    • Assistance with placement and transitions
    • Reassuring clinician communication
    • New leadership focused on operational improvements

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing and delayed response to resident requests
    • Incontinence-care delays
    • Cleanliness issues and odor concerns in resident areas
    • Pest-control concerns
    • Unprofessional or disrespectful staff conduct
    • Poor front-desk communication and reception professionalism
    • Medication-management and supply-chain gaps
    • Unreliable meal service and inconsistent food quality
    • Limited and repetitive activity programming
    • Inconsistent or insufficient rehabilitation scheduling and intensity
    • Gaps in incident response and resident safety oversight
    • Restricted visitor access and limited visitor accommodations
    • Outdated equipment and facility maintenance gaps

    Summary of reviews

    The body of reviews conveys a mixture of clinical and operational concerns alongside several positive observations. Strengths most frequently mentioned are the facility’s rehabilitation services and individual clinician interactions: reviewers described meaningful mobility gains for some residents, supportive therapy teams, and staff who assisted with placement and transitions. Multiple comments also reference a recent change in leadership and newer staff members, and a subset of families found communication from clinicians reassuring and optimistic.

    Care quality presents mixed signals. Several reviewers raised concerns about delays in care responses (including postponed assistance after calls and delayed attention to incontinence needs), inconsistent medication availability, and what they perceived as gaps in clinical incident response and resident safety oversight. At the same time, some families reported clear functional improvements for their loved ones under therapy staff. Overall, the pattern suggests variability in direct-care responsiveness and clinical continuity across shifts or units.

    Staffing and interpersonal conduct were recurring themes. Many reviewers described inconsistent staffing levels, slow response times, and instances of unprofessional or disrespectful conduct from front-line personnel, including reception staff. Communication and onboarding processes were also criticized for being unresponsive or unclear, and several reviewers noted prolonged operational problems dating back to August 2024. There are also accounts that raised concerns following a resident’s death; these appear to have contributed to family distrust and calls for more transparent incident communication.

    Dining, activities, and the physical environment were additional areas of concern. Comments pointed to inconsistent meal service, occasional poor food quality, and limited visitor accommodations (restricted visiting hours and sparse seating). Activity programming was characterized as repetitive and lacking community outings or engaging displays. Facility-level maintenance issues were noted as well: outdated equipment, cleanliness and odor concerns in resident areas, and specific pest-control concerns.

    Management and responsiveness appear to be in transition. Several reviewers acknowledged new administration and staff efforts to address problems, describing optimistic and reassuring interactions with newer leaders. However, other reviewers found management responses insufficient or ineffective in resolving longstanding issues. Taken together, the reviews suggest a facility experiencing operational instability with pockets of competent clinical care and leadership change that may be improving conditions for some residents.

    For prospective residents and families: consider visiting in person to observe current staffing patterns, cleanliness, meal service, activity offerings, and therapy schedules; ask management about recent quality-improvement measures, staffing ratios by shift, medication procurement procedures, incident-response protocols, and pest-control efforts. Asking for references from recent families and checking the most current inspection or regulatory records may also help assess whether the facility’s newer leadership has translated into sustained operational improvements.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

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    Location

    Oak Knoll Health and Rehabilitation, LLC is located at 824 6th Ave W, Birmingham, AL, 35204.

    About Oak Knoll Health and Rehabilitation, LLC

    Oak Knoll Health and Rehabilitation, LLC sits at 824 6th Avenue West in Birmingham, Alabama, as a healthcare facility with 100 certified beds and about 96 residents daily, serving people who need skilled nursing and rehabilitation, sometimes for shorter stays between hospital and home, or as a place for longer-term care when folks can't live on their own anymore or need extra support. NHS Management, LLC operates this place, and with NHS Operations LLC as the direct owner and several indirect owners named Estes, you see it's tied to bigger organizations from Illinois, with several locations around Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, and Missouri.

    The facility has general inquiry and employment options, and an admissions counselor, so families can ask questions and arrange tours, even seeing photos and peeking at the inside. In terms of what's there, residents find private rooms with cable TV and free Wi-Fi, comfortable dining with a weekly menu, beautician and laundry services, and outdoor courtyards with sitting areas where daily activities take place, all put together by a friendly, professional staff, including trained nurses, certified nurses' aides, and therapists. The care covers the basics like skilled nursing, rapid recovery, long-term and intermediate care, and specialty support for things like pain management, stroke recovery, cardiac care, IV therapy, palliative care, plus COVID-19 testing as needed, all wrapped up in an environment that tries to feel comfortable and home-like.

    There are warm decorated common areas, a restaurant-style dining room, and lots of ways for residents to stay involved, whether it's scheduled group activities or just relaxing and enjoying the grounds. They keep a focus on privacy following the rules laid out in the HIPAA privacy policy, and don't allow discrimination among residents. The facility has managerial oversight by Latoya Bester and Leigh Cobb since July 2023 and Hilary Morris since September 2023.

    Now, when it comes to inspections, Oak Knoll has faced some problems, and the records show fourteen total deficiencies, with issues found for not keeping care areas free from accidents and failing to fully protect residents from abuse, though reports say there was no actual harm but the potential for more than minor harm was present. There were two deficiencies found in both a May 2023 complaint (where the facility was fined $22,340) and a May 2024 complaint, and two deficiencies relating to infection control, which means they didn't meet some federal standards for preventing infections. The last standard inspection by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services happened over two years ago, so it's been longer than the usual timeframe. Oak Knoll has an average nurse staffing rate of 3.95 hours per resident per day, but the nurse turnover rate has been high at 51.6%. For many families, the place is a choice for people who want a welcoming community and dedicated staff, but it's important they know the inspection and staffing history along with the features and services offered.

    People often ask...

    Oak Knoll Health and Rehabilitation, LLC offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    No, Oak Knoll Health and Rehabilitation, LLC does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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