Baton Rouge Senior AdvisorCapitol House Nursing & Rehab Center is a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home with 132 certified beds at 11546 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge (East Baton Rouge Parish), licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health as nursing home #894. Capitol House Nursing & Rehab Center holds a CMS overall rating of 1 of 5 stars in CMS Care Compare data dated October 1, 2026.
What are Capitol House Nursing & Rehab Center's Care Compare star ratings?
Capitol House Nursing & Rehab Center holds a CMS overall rating of 1 of 5 stars, with 3 for health inspections, 1 for staffing and 1 for quality measures on CMS's five-star scale.
| CMS / LDH measure | Value |
|---|---|
| CMS overall | 1 of 5 |
| CMS health inspections | 3 of 5 |
| CMS staffing | 1 of 5 |
| CMS quality measures | 1 of 5 |
| Certified beds / residents on an average day | 132 / 100.4 |
| Ownership (CMS) | For profit - Corporation |
| Chain (CMS) | The Carpenter Health Network, 4 facilities |
| Medicare/Medicaid certification since | May 1, 1999 |
| LDH license | #894, Licensed through 08/31/2027 |
| Original Louisiana licensure | January 12, 1960 |
| Administrator of record | Latereca Montgomery |
About 100 residents live here on a typical day, filling roughly 76% of certified beds, lower than the 81% midpoint for Baton Rouge-area nursing homes.
What have state inspectors found at Capitol House Nursing & Rehab Center?
LDH surveyors, working for CMS, last completed Capitol House Nursing & Rehab Center's standard health survey on July 22, 2026, and the cycle shows 7 health deficiencies: 7 standard and 4 complaint-driven.
Going back one cycle, the June 11, 2025 survey found 13 deficiencies, with 0 infection-control citations on top. Measured against the 4-deficiency regional median, Capitol House Nursing & Rehab Center's latest count is on the high side.
CMS shows no fines and 0 payment denials in its three-year penalty window.
Does Capitol House Nursing & Rehab Center have enough nursing staff?
Payroll data puts Capitol House Nursing & Rehab Center at 3.92 nursing hours per resident per day, higher than the Baton Rouge-area median of 3.64, with 0.14 of those hours from registered nurses (lower than the Baton Rouge-area median of 0.22).
On weekends the total falls to 3.53 hours per resident per day. Nursing staff turnover is 69.9% (higher than the Baton Rouge-area median of 51.4%). CMS counts 0 administrator departures in its measurement period.
How does Capitol House Nursing & Rehab Center stack up against nearby homes?
At 132 certified beds it is smaller than the East Baton Rouge Parish median of 134. The nearest other certified home is The Guest House Care Center in Baton Rouge, about 0.9 miles away as the crow flies, which CMS rates 1 of 5.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed capacity | CMS overall rating | Last CMS health inspection | Deficiencies cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Guest House Care Center 10145 Florida Blvd., 70815 | 0.9 | 104 | 1 of 5 | June 4, 2026 | 7 |
| Flannery Oaks Guest House 1642 North Flannery Road, 70815 | 1.3 | 130 | 3 of 5 | July 29, 2026 | 2 |
| Woodleigh of Baton Rouge, The 14333 Old Hammond Hwy., 70816 | 1.8 | 120 | 2 of 5 | June 5, 2025 | 7 |
| Pines Retirement Center of Baton Rouge 14686 Old Hammond Hwy., 70816 | 2.0 | 85 | 1 of 5 | September 10, 2025 | 10 |
| White Oak Post Acute Care 2828 Westfork, 70816 | 2.3 | 176 | Not rated by CMS | June 3, 2026 | 15 |
Where is Capitol House Nursing & Rehab Center located?
Capitol House Nursing & Rehab Center is in the North Baton Rouge, Sherwood & Greenwell Springs Road part of Baton Rouge, and Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge is the closest acute-care hospital on LDH's roster, about 2.8 miles away by straight line.
Second closest is Baton Rouge General Medical Center, about 4.6 miles off; distances come from ZIP or CMS coordinates rather than road routes.
East Baton Rouge Parish is inland, so its storm risk is rain flooding along the Amite and Comite rivers and long power outages rather than surge; the August 2016 flood reached neighborhoods from Central to Southeast Baton Rouge. Federal certification rules require an emergency plan with evacuation and shelter-in-place procedures and backup power arrangements, so ask where residents would go and what the generator keeps running.
How should we prepare to tour Capitol House Nursing & Rehab Center?
Start with what CMS's data suggests: ask for the plan of correction covering the 7 deficiencies from July 22, 2026 and what has changed since.
- Turnover of 69.9% runs above the regional median; ask what share of aides on each shift come from agencies.
- With occupancy near 76%, ask which halls have open beds and why.
- CMS lists a resident council; ask when it meets and how families take part.
- If Louisiana Medicaid will pay later, confirm Capitol House Nursing & Rehab Center keeps Medicaid long-stay beds and how residents receive the $45 monthly Personal Care Needs Allowance.
