Baton Rouge Senior AdvisorHow much licensed senior care is in the City of Baton Rouge?
LDH's November 2026 roster lists 18 adult residential care providers and 21 nursing homes with Baton Rouge addresses, inside a parish of about 79,399 residents 65 and older.
| Part of the city | ZIP codes | ARCPs | Nursing homes | Home health, hospice & adult day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown, Mid City & the Garden District | 70801, 70802, 70806 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| South Baton Rouge, LSU & Perkins Road | 70808, 70810, 70820 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Southeast Baton Rouge, Jefferson Highway & Shenandoah | 70809, 70816, 70817, 70836 | 7 | 10 | 19 |
| North Baton Rouge, Sherwood & Greenwell Springs Road | 70805, 70807, 70811, 70812, 70814, 70815, 70818, 70819 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
How is Baton Rouge's population changing?
The Census Bureau estimates the City of Baton Rouge had 222,795 residents on July 1, 2025, compared with 226,697 in its 2020 base, while the parish as a whole has 17.4% of residents 65 or older.
Growth has moved outward to Central, Zachary, Ascension and Livingston, so many adult children now live 20 or 30 minutes from a parent who stayed in the city. That distance shapes the choice between care at home and a move, and the caregiving-from-a-distance guide covers it.
Which care types can I browse for Baton Rouge?
Each care-type page lists the city's options from the state roster and points to the nearest alternatives in the suburbs.
What sets senior care decisions in Baton Rouge apart?
Three things: most assisted living sits in the southern half of the city near the hospital corridors, flooding and long power outages rather than storm surge drive emergency planning, and PACE Baton Rouge covers the whole parish as an alternative to a nursing home.
The area pages below handle the city one group of ZIP codes at a time. Each lists every licensed provider in those ZIP codes, the nearest alternatives when there are none, the closest acute-care hospitals and how PACE applies.
Side by side
| Baton Rouge has | Baton Rouge does not have | |
|---|---|---|
| Assisted living | 18 licensed ARCPs, concentrated south of Florida Boulevard | An even spread across the city |
| Nursing homes | 21 licensed homes, all in CMS's data | A state star rating of its own |
| Programs | PACE Baton Rouge for the whole parish | A Medicaid benefit for assisted living |
