Pines Retirement Center of Baton Rouge

How does CMS rate Pines Retirement Center of Baton Rouge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana?

Pines Retirement Center of Baton Rouge holds a CMS overall rating of 1 of 5 stars, with 1 for health inspections, 3 for staffing and 2 for quality measures on CMS's five-star scale.

About 56 residents live here on a typical day, filling roughly 66% of certified beds, lower than the 81% midpoint for Baton Rouge-area nursing homes.

How many deficiencies has Pines Retirement Center of Baton Rouge been cited for?

LDH surveyors, working for CMS, last completed Pines Retirement Center of Baton Rouge's standard health survey on September 10, 2025, and the cycle shows 10 health deficiencies: 10 standard and 0 complaint-driven.

Going back one cycle, the October 10, 2024 survey found 50 deficiencies, with 0 infection-control citations on top. Measured against the 4-deficiency regional median, Pines Retirement Center of Baton Rouge's latest count is on the high side.

In CMS's three-year penalty window it shows 1 fine totaling $174,993 and 0 payment denials.

Does Pines Retirement Center of Baton Rouge have enough nursing staff?

Residents at Pines Retirement Center of Baton Rouge get roughly 4.51 hours of nursing staff time a day (higher than the Baton Rouge-area median of 3.64); registered nurses account for 0.20 hours (lower than the Baton Rouge-area median of 0.22).

On weekends the total falls to 4.04 hours per resident per day. Nursing staff turnover is 65.7% (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.

How does Pines Retirement Center of Baton Rouge stack up against nearby homes?

At 85 certified beds it is smaller than the East Baton Rouge Parish median of 134. The nearest other certified home is Woodleigh of Baton Rouge, The in Baton Rouge, about 0.3 miles away as the crow flies, which CMS rates 2 of 5.

Where is Pines Retirement Center of Baton Rouge located?

Pines Retirement Center of Baton Rouge 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 1.8 miles away by straight line.

Second closest is Baton Rouge General Medical Center, about 4.9 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.

Sharing the address: Pines Retirement Center of Baton Rouge (Level 3 assisted living ARCP).

How should we prepare to tour Pines Retirement Center of Baton Rouge?

Start with what CMS's data suggests: ask for the plan of correction covering the 10 deficiencies from September 10, 2025 and what has changed since.

• Turnover of 65.7% runs above the regional median; ask what share of aides on each shift come from agencies.
• Ask what led to $174,993 in CMS fines and how the problem was fixed.
• With occupancy near 66%, 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 Pines Retirement Center of Baton Rouge keeps Medicaid long-stay beds and how residents receive the $45 monthly Personal Care Needs Allowance.