Baton Rouge Senior AdvisorOld Jefferson Community Care Center is a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home with 136 certified beds at 8340 Baringer Foreman Road, Baton Rouge (East Baton Rouge Parish), licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health as nursing home #970. Old Jefferson Community Care Center holds a CMS overall rating of 5 of 5 stars in CMS Care Compare data dated October 1, 2026.
What are Old Jefferson Community Care Center's Care Compare star ratings?
Old Jefferson Community Care Center holds a CMS overall rating of 5 of 5 stars, with 5 for health inspections, 3 for staffing and 4 for quality measures on CMS's five-star scale.
| CMS / LDH measure | Value |
|---|---|
| CMS overall | 5 of 5 |
| CMS health inspections | 5 of 5 |
| CMS staffing | 3 of 5 |
| CMS quality measures | 4 of 5 |
| Certified beds / residents on an average day | 136 / 121.1 |
| Ownership (CMS) | Non profit - Corporation |
| Chain (CMS) | Commcare Corporation, 19 facilities |
| Medicare/Medicaid certification since | February 1, 2003 |
| LDH license | #970, Licensed through 05/31/2027 |
| Original Louisiana licensure | July 6, 1973 |
| Administrator of record | Jan Wells |
About 121 residents live here on a typical day, filling roughly 89% of certified beds, higher than the 81% midpoint for Baton Rouge-area nursing homes.
What do Old Jefferson Community Care Center's recent inspections show?
CMS records 1 health deficiency for Old Jefferson Community Care Center in the cycle anchored by the March 25, 2026 standard survey, split 1 standard and 0 from complaints.
The cycle before that (survey date February 5, 2025) logged 7 deficiencies, and infection-control inspections added 0 citations. The Baton Rouge-area median for the latest cycle is 4, which puts Old Jefferson Community Care Center at or under the regional middle.
CMS shows no fines and 0 payment denials in its three-year penalty window.
How do staffing hours at Old Jefferson Community Care Center compare locally?
Old Jefferson Community Care Center reports 4.19 total nurse hours per resident day to CMS, higher than the Baton Rouge-area median of 3.64, and 0.23 RN hours, about the same as 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 43.2% (lower than the Baton Rouge-area median of 51.4%), with registered-nurse turnover at 37.5%. CMS counts 0 administrator departures in its measurement period.
Which nursing homes near Old Jefferson Community Care Center should we compare?
At 136 certified beds it is bigger than the East Baton Rouge Parish median of 134. The nearest other certified home is Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Baton Rouge, about 2.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 18180 Jefferson Hwy, 70817 | 2.0 | 144 | 4 of 5 | January 14, 2026 | 1 |
| White Oak Post Acute Care 2828 Westfork, 70816 | 4.5 | 176 | Not rated by CMS | June 3, 2026 | 15 |
| Woodleigh of Baton Rouge, The 14333 Old Hammond Hwy., 70816 | 4.9 | 120 | 2 of 5 | June 5, 2025 | 7 |
| Pines Retirement Center of Baton Rouge 14686 Old Hammond Hwy., 70816 | 4.9 | 85 | 1 of 5 | September 10, 2025 | 10 |
| Jefferson Manor Nursing & Rehab Center 9919 Jefferson Highway, 70809 | 5.0 | 122 | 1 of 5 | February 25, 2026 | 4 |
What else is near Old Jefferson Community Care Center in Baton Rouge?
Old Jefferson Community Care Center is in the Southeast Baton Rouge, Jefferson Highway & Shenandoah part of Baton Rouge, and Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge is the closest acute-care hospital on LDH's roster, about 3.5 miles away by straight line.
Second closest is Baton Rouge General Medical Center, about 4.5 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 Old Jefferson Community Care Center?
Start with what CMS's data suggests: ask for the full statement of deficiencies behind the 1 deficiency recorded on March 25, 2026, even if the count is low.
- With turnover at 43.2%, at or under the regional median, ask which charge nurses have been on the night shift longest.
- With occupancy near 89%, 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 Old Jefferson Community Care Center keeps Medicaid long-stay beds and how residents receive the $45 monthly Personal Care Needs Allowance.
