On March 5, the Homewood City Council passed a resolution supporting the expansion of Brookdale Place at University Park. According to Carey McRae,
a partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, Brookdale currently has three plans available apartments for residents: independent living, no health component; assisted living, some medical care; and special care assisted living, care for people with dementia or cognitive impairment.
The goal for the expansion is to add a fourth plan, skilled nursing.
This would include a nursing home, McRae said, but it would also be for people needing shortterm rehabilitation such as recovery from knee or hip replacement. A
Certificate of Need must be obtained before operations begin.
