At The Cottage, you’ll find a cozy, Southern community that offers both physical support and a welcoming and active environment for your loved one. With regular opportunities to challenge the mind and nurture the heart, our mission is to offer our residents the ability to achieve their desired quality of life.
At The Cottage, you’ll find a cozy, Southern community that offers both physical support and a welcoming and active environment for your loved one. With regular opportunities to challenge the mind and nurture the heart, our mission is to offer our residents the ability to achieve their desired quality of life.
At Columbia Cottage in Mountain Brook, the cost of care starts at $3,760. This rate is paired with a customized personal care plan called CareSteps. After an assessment by our Cottage staff, your loved one will receive a care plan that is specific to his or her individual needs. This plan is revisited every three months or with any significant change, so if your loved one moves in and becomes more independent, his or her cost for care would decrease. If he or she has a decline, the cost of care would increase with the additional staff attention your loved one would require.
The Cottage also offers these additional monthly services:
- Second Occupant: $1,185
- Cable Television: Included
- Phone starting at $22
- Internet: Included
Ask about our service inclusive pricing!
For more detailed information on the cost of care at the Cottage and advice on the transition to assisted living, please contact us with any questions, (205) 968-0000.
Photos and Floor Plans
The Cottage is a unique assisted living community that offers the attention, care, and home-like environment your loved one deserves. It is designed around the premise of cozy common areas for friends to gather and a family-style dining room to enjoy during meal times. Our private apartments come equipped with a private bathroom, emergency alert system, and spacious closet. Each apartment is also cable TV and telephone ready.
Private Rooms
With different sizes and styles of apartments, the Cottage is a unique assisted living community that offers the attention, care, and home-like environment your loved one deserves. Our private apartments come equipped with a private bathroom, emergency alert system, and spacious closet. Each apartment is also cable TV and telephone ready.
CareSteps
Central to The Cottages’ mission is CareSteps, the customized personal care program that provides just the right kind of help at the right time. Along with this individualized care program, Cottage services include:
- 24-hour staff attention
- Three home-style meals daily (and snacks!)
- Weekly thorough housekeeping and daily tidy up
- Scheduled transportation
- Planned off and on-site recreation
- Weekly personal laundry
Cozy Community Areas
The Cottages designed its community around the premise of cozy common areas for friends to gather and a family-style dining room to enjoy during meal times. With a spacious living room, quiet library, sunny porch, and a warm Country Kitchen, our residents always have a place to read, meet with friends, and enjoy a cup of coffee.
Activities
Unique activities are available in each Cottage community and are scheduled by our staff based on the interests of our residents. Our calendar is carefully planned to ensure that residents and their families have an opportunity to participate in a variety of activities that support their mind, body, and spirit. Whether attending a Cottage activity, or an outing to an event, our residents have numerous opportunities that support an active and healthy lifestyle.
Available for your convenience are our monthly activity calendars. From holiday parties to bingo and chair exercises, there’s always something happening at the Columbia Cottage in Mountain Brook. Check out the daily activities and special events on this month’s calendar!
Christina Tatum
Executive Director
Christina lives on a 10-acre farm in Alabaster and loves taking care of her animals, gardening, and working on her property.
Ashley Hardwick
Resident Services Director
Ashley Hardwick, born and raised in Birmingham, attended Lawson State Community College where she earned an Associate’s degree in Pre-nursing while working as a pharmaceutical technician. Ashley then went on to work at UAB Hospital as a patient care technician where she found a love for seniors in the Acute Care for the Elderly unit.
From there she was inspired to continue her education and earned her Bachelor’s in Healthcare Management from UAB. As the Resident Services Director, what Ashley enjoys most is spending time with the residents and learning from their life experiences. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, watching football, and spending time with family and friends.
Selena Jackson
Regional Managing Director
“The reason I love caring for the elderly is because of my many wonderful grandparents who played such an important role in my life,” says Selena.
Find the perfect Cottage for your loved one.
At the Cottage, we know that home is more than just a place to live – it’s a feeling of warmth and comfort.
With different sizes and styles of apartments and the customized CareSteps service program that’s tailored
to suit the needs of each resident, the Cottage is a unique assisted living community that offers
the attention, care, and home-like environment your loved one deserves.
