Baton Rouge Senior AdvisorLandmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home with 144 certified beds at 18180 Jefferson Hwy, Baton Rouge (East Baton Rouge Parish), licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health as nursing home #2203784285. Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center holds a CMS overall rating of 4 of 5 stars in CMS Care Compare data dated October 1, 2026.
How does CMS rate Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana?
Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center holds a CMS overall rating of 4 of 5 stars, with 4 for health inspections, 2 for staffing and 4 for quality measures on CMS's five-star scale.
| CMS / LDH measure | Value |
|---|---|
| CMS overall | 4 of 5 |
| CMS health inspections | 4 of 5 |
| CMS staffing | 2 of 5 |
| CMS quality measures | 4 of 5 |
| Certified beds / residents on an average day | 144 / 141.0 |
| Ownership (CMS) | For profit - Corporation |
| Chain (CMS) | The Beebe Family, 48 facilities |
| Medicare/Medicaid certification since | February 1, 2000 |
| LDH license | #2203784285, Licensed through 04/30/2027 |
| Original Louisiana licensure | April 1, 1985 |
| Administrator of record | James Smith |
About 141 residents live here on a typical day, filling roughly 98% of certified beds, higher than the 81% midpoint for Baton Rouge-area nursing homes.
What do Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center's recent inspections show?
LDH surveyors, working for CMS, last completed Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center's standard health survey on January 14, 2026, and the cycle shows 1 health deficiency: 1 standard and 0 complaint-driven.
Its previous standard survey, on November 14, 2024, produced 9 deficiencies; 0 more citations came from infection-control reviews. Nursing homes across the ten parishes have a median of 4 deficiencies in the latest cycle, so this count is typical or better.
In CMS's three-year penalty window it shows 1 fine totaling $10,036 and 0 payment denials.
How do staffing hours at Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center compare locally?
Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center reports 3.71 total nurse hours per resident day to CMS, about the same as the Baton Rouge-area median of 3.64, and 0.24 RN hours, higher than the Baton Rouge-area median of 0.22.
On weekends the total falls to 3.02 hours per resident per day. Nursing staff turnover is 56.6% (higher than the Baton Rouge-area median of 51.4%), with registered-nurse turnover at 40.0%. CMS counts 0 administrator departures in its measurement period.
Which nursing homes near Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center should we compare?
At 144 certified beds it is bigger than the East Baton Rouge Parish median of 134. The nearest other certified home is Old Jefferson Community Care Center in Baton Rouge, about 2.0 miles away as the crow flies, which CMS rates 5 of 5.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed capacity | CMS overall rating | Last CMS health inspection | Deficiencies cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Jefferson Community Care Center 8340 Baringer Foreman Road, 70817 | 2.0 | 136 | 5 of 5 | March 25, 2026 | 1 |
| White Oak Post Acute Care 2828 Westfork, 70816 | 6.1 | 176 | Not rated by CMS | June 3, 2026 | 15 |
| Jefferson Manor Nursing & Rehab Center 9919 Jefferson Highway, 70809 | 6.1 | 122 | 1 of 5 | February 25, 2026 | 4 |
| Heritage Manor of Baton Rouge II 9301 Oxford Place Ave, 70809 | 6.8 | 144 | 1 of 5 | March 5, 2026 | 5 |
| Landmark of Baton Rouge 9105 Oxford Place Drive, 70809 | 6.8 | 144 | 3 of 5 | February 25, 2026 | 8 |
Where is Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center located?
Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is in the Southeast Baton Rouge, Jefferson Highway & Shenandoah part of Baton Rouge, and Baton Rouge General Medical Center is the closest acute-care hospital on LDH's roster, about 5.3 miles away by straight line.
Second closest is Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge, about 5.4 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 Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center?
Start with what CMS's data suggests: ask for the full statement of deficiencies behind the 1 deficiency recorded on January 14, 2026, even if the count is low.
- Turnover of 56.6% runs above the regional median; ask what share of aides on each shift come from agencies.
- Ask what led to $10,036 in CMS fines and how the problem was fixed.
- With occupancy near 98%, ask about the waiting list and whether rehab beds are kept separate.
- CMS lists a resident council; ask when it meets and how families take part.
- If Louisiana Medicaid will pay later, confirm Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center keeps Medicaid long-stay beds and how residents receive the $45 monthly Personal Care Needs Allowance.
