Baton Rouge Senior AdvisorSouthside Gardens Assisted Living Center, at 4536 Perkins Road in Baton Rouge (East Baton Rouge Parish), holds Louisiana Department of Health adult residential care license #5683; LDH records it as Level 3 (assisted living) for up to 48 residents, with the current license running through November 30, 2027.
How is Southside Gardens Assisted Living Center listed on Louisiana's provider roster?
Southside Gardens Assisted Living Center appears on LDH's November 2026 Licensed Providers Report as license #5683, and LDH's location directory sets its capacity at 48, smaller than the 71-resident midpoint of the 21 Capital Region ARCPs licensed for 17 or more.
| State record | Detail |
|---|---|
| LDH license | Adult residential care #5683 |
| State ID | AC0010318 |
| Level | Level 3 (assisted living) |
| Licensed residents (LDH directory) | 48 |
| Original licensure | November 9, 1998, roughly 28 years ago |
| Current license issued | November 4, 2026 |
| Expiration | November 30, 2027 |
| Administrator of record | Tara Lee |
Licensed since November 9, 1998, the provider renews with LDH on a set schedule; a sale, a lease of the business or a new management company is a change of ownership the state has to approve on paper.
Can Southside Gardens Assisted Living Center provide skilled nursing?
Louisiana classifies Southside Gardens Assisted Living Center as Level 3 assisted living, which covers daily-living help and medication support for 17 or more residents but stops short of nursing; outside agencies bring that in under a physician's orders.
Ask which home health agencies and hospices already visit residents, because the ARCP is responsible for coordinating them even though it does not employ the nurses.
Can Southside Gardens Assisted Living Center care for a resident with memory loss?
The roster is silent on it. Any ARCP that markets dementia care must keep written policies and criteria available to the public, so ask Southside Gardens Assisted Living Center to hand them over during the visit.
Ordinary ARCP staff need two hours of dementia training within 90 days and two hours a year; staff in a specialized program need eight hours each. Nearby ARCPs whose licensed names mention memory care: Holly Court Assisted Living and Memory Care (same ZIP code).
Where can I read Southside Gardens Assisted Living Center's state inspection findings?
Louisiana does not put ARCP surveys online, so start with the copy Southside Gardens Assisted Living Center must keep posted on site, then ask LDH's Health Standards Section for older statements if you want the full history.
No posted findings does not mean no findings, so ask directly. If something on a tour concerns you, call LDH's Health Standards Section at 1-888-810-1819; complaint investigations are unannounced.
Does Southside Gardens Assisted Living Center have an emergency evacuation plan?
Louisiana makes emergency planning a licensing requirement: Southside Gardens Assisted Living Center must keep a written plan for evacuating and sheltering in place, identify each resident, list what its generator runs, and give every resident a written copy of the evacuation procedures.
Ask for the host site's name, the last time the plan was used, and the disaster-fee formula Louisiana requires in the pre-residency paperwork.
What other assisted living is near Southside Gardens Assisted Living Center?
Holly Court Assisted Living and Memory Care in Baton Rouge is the nearest other ARCP licensed for at least nine residents, sharing the same ZIP code; LDH lists it as Level 3 (assisted living) for 154 residents.
| Facility | Miles away | License type | Licensed capacity | First licensed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Court Assisted Living and Memory Care 8585 Summa Avenue, 70808 | 0.0 | Level 3 | 154 | 2011 |
| St. James Place of Baton Rouge 333 Lee Drive, 70808 | 0.0 | Level 3 | 77 | 1997 |
| Shekinah Glory 3613 Government Street, 70806 | 3.2 | Level 2 | 20 | 2009 |
| Williamsburg Senior Living Community 5445 Government Street, 70806 | 3.2 | Level 3 | 163 | 2001 |
| The Claiborne at Baton Rouge 9511 Creekview Drive, 70836 | 3.5 | Level 3 | 104 | 2017 |
Where is Southside Gardens Assisted Living Center, and what medical care is nearby?
Southside Gardens Assisted Living Center is located in the South Baton Rouge, LSU & Perkins Road part of Baton Rouge, and Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center is the closest acute-care hospital on LDH's roster, in the same ZIP code.
Baton Rouge General Medical Center follows at roughly 4.1 miles. These are ZIP-centroid distances, not drive times.
For a later move to nursing home care, the closest CMS-certified homes are St James Place Nursing Care Center (1.2 mi, CMS 4 of 5) and Ollie Steele Burden Manor (2.2 mi, CMS 3 of 5).
PACE Baton Rouge serves this parish, so a parent who later moves in with family nearby could enroll in it instead of entering a nursing home.
How should a family prepare for a tour of Southside Gardens Assisted Living Center?
Begin with the paperwork Louisiana requires: read the posted LDH findings and the provider's plan of correction before anything else.
- Ask which outside home health agencies currently serve residents, since a Level 3 provider cannot supply nursing itself.
- Ask whether staff administer medications or only assist with self-administration, who is certified to do it, and the monthly charge.
- Ask which changes in condition would end a residency, and keep in mind the 30-day appeal right Louisiana gives residents.
- Ask what triggers a move to a higher care fee, and confirm the 30-day written notice for rate changes.
- Ask to meet Tara Lee, the administrator named on the license, and who runs the building overnight.
