Baton Rouge Senior AdvisorLegacy Nursing and Rehabilitation of Port Allen is a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home with 125 certified beds at 403 15th Street, Port Allen (West Baton Rouge Parish), licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health as nursing home #385. Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation of Port Allen holds a CMS overall rating of 1 of 5 stars in CMS Care Compare data dated October 1, 2026.
How many stars does Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation of Port Allen have from CMS?
Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation of Port Allen holds a CMS overall rating of 1 of 5 stars, with 1 for health inspections, 1 for staffing and 3 for quality measures on CMS's five-star scale.
| CMS / LDH measure | Value |
|---|---|
| CMS overall | 1 of 5 |
| CMS health inspections | 1 of 5 |
| CMS staffing | 1 of 5 |
| CMS quality measures | 3 of 5 |
| Certified beds / residents on an average day | 125 / 117.5 |
| Ownership (CMS) | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Chain (CMS) | Legacy Nursing & Rehabilitation, 11 facilities |
| Medicare/Medicaid certification since | June 17, 2004 |
| LDH license | #385, Licensed through 05/31/2027 |
| Original Louisiana licensure | May 11, 1983 |
| Administrator of record | Meagan H Landry |
About 118 residents live here on a typical day, filling roughly 94% of certified beds, higher than the 81% midpoint for Baton Rouge-area nursing homes.
What have state inspectors found at Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation of Port Allen?
LDH surveyors, working for CMS, last completed Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation of Port Allen's standard health survey on August 27, 2025, and the cycle shows 16 health deficiencies: 11 standard and 5 complaint-driven.
Its previous standard survey, on August 14, 2024, produced 22 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 higher than most.
In CMS's three-year penalty window it shows 2 fines totaling $140,868 and 0 payment denials.
CMS also shows its abuse icon for this home, which means an abuse citation in the past year or potential-abuse citations in each of the two years before.
How stable is the nursing staff at Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation of Port Allen?
Residents at Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation of Port Allen get roughly 3.06 hours of nursing staff time a day (lower than the Baton Rouge-area median of 3.64); registered nurses account for 0.10 hours (lower than the Baton Rouge-area median of 0.22).
On weekends the total falls to 2.64 hours per resident per day. Nursing staff turnover is 50.0% (lower than the Baton Rouge-area median of 51.4%). CMS counts 1 administrator departure in its measurement period.
Which nursing homes near Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation of Port Allen should we compare?
At 125 certified beds it is equal to the West Baton Rouge Parish median of 125. The nearest other certified home is Sterling Place Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center in Baton Rouge, about 4.1 miles away as the crow flies, which CMS rates 4 of 5.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed capacity | CMS overall rating | Last CMS health inspection | Deficiencies cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling Place Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center 3888 North Blvd, 70806 | 4.1 | 144 | 4 of 5 | June 11, 2026 | 2 |
| Mid City Community Nursing and Rehab 4005 North Blvd., 70806 | 4.2 | 184 | 4 of 5 | April 8, 2026 | 3 |
| Capital Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 4100 North Blvd., 70806 | 4.2 | 123 | 2 of 5 | April 1, 2026 | 1 |
| Baton Rouge General Medical Center, SNF 3600 Florida Blvd., 70806 | 4.5 | 2 | 5 of 5 | April 23, 2026 | 1 |
| St James Place Nursing Care Center 333 Lee Drive, 70808 | 5.4 | 90 | 4 of 5 | June 17, 2026 | 5 |
What else is near Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation of Port Allen in Port Allen?
Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation of Port Allen is in Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, and Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center is the closest acute-care hospital on LDH's roster, about 5.8 miles away by straight line.
Second closest is Baton Rouge General Medical Center, about 9.7 miles off; distances come from ZIP or CMS coordinates rather than road routes.
West Baton Rouge Parish lies across the Mississippi from the capital behind the river levees, where wind and power loss are the usual storm problems. 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 Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation of Port Allen?
Start with what CMS's data suggests: ask for the plan of correction covering the 16 deficiencies from August 27, 2025 and what has changed since.
- With turnover at 50.0%, at or under the regional median, ask which charge nurses have been on the night shift longest.
- Ask what led to $140,868 in CMS fines and how the problem was fixed.
- With occupancy near 94%, 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 Legacy Nursing and Rehabilitation of Port Allen keeps Medicaid long-stay beds and how residents receive the $45 monthly Personal Care Needs Allowance.
