Sunrise Second Baton Rouge Assisted Living, at 8502 Jefferson Highway in Baton Rouge (East Baton Rouge Parish), holds Louisiana Department of Health adult residential care license #13392; LDH records it as Level 3 (assisted living) for up to 71 residents, with the current license running through September 30, 2027.
Is Sunrise Second Baton Rouge Assisted Living licensed in Louisiana, and for how many residents?
Louisiana's November 2026 roster shows Sunrise Second Baton Rouge Assisted Living as an active adult residential care license (#13392) for 71 residents; the typical larger ARCP in the ten-parish Baton Rouge area is licensed for 71.
| State record | Detail |
|---|---|
| LDH license | Adult residential care #13392 |
| State ID | AC0010387 |
| Level | Level 3 (assisted living) |
| Licensed residents (LDH directory) | 71 |
| Original licensure | September 13, 2006, roughly 20 years ago |
| Current license issued | September 29, 2026 |
| Expiration | September 30, 2027 |
| Administrator of record | Michelle Scott |
Licensed since September 13, 2006, 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.
What kind of help is Sunrise Second Baton Rouge Assisted Living allowed to give?
Sunrise Second Baton Rouge Assisted Living holds Louisiana's Level 3 license, the assisted living tier for 17 or more residents in apartments with kitchenettes: help with bathing, dressing, meals and medications, but no nursing delivered by the provider, a role reserved for Level 4 (LAC 48:I.6803, 6845).
After a hospital stay at Our Lady of the Lake, Baton Rouge General or Ochsner, a resident here can usually return with home health visits; the 90-day exception covers short-term needs that would otherwise be prohibited.
Does Sunrise Second Baton Rouge Assisted Living have a dementia unit?
Nothing on the state roster answers that question. If Sunrise Second Baton Rouge Assisted Living advertises dementia care, it must have disclosed the program to LDH and must show families its written policies; if it does not, ask how it handles residents whose memory loss progresses.
Memory loss by itself is not a bar to an ARCP, but the resident must be able to get out of the building with staff help in an emergency, and restraints are never allowed. Nearby ARCPs whose licensed names mention memory care: Holly Court Assisted Living and Memory Care (4.1 mi).
How do I find survey results for Sunrise Second Baton Rouge Assisted Living?
Louisiana does not put ARCP surveys online, so start with the copy Sunrise Second Baton Rouge Assisted Living must keep posted on site, then ask LDH's Health Standards Section for older statements if you want the full history.
Because follow-up visits are unscheduled, what inspectors found at Sunrise Second Baton Rouge Assisted Living reflects a normal day. A citation answered with new training and a policy change reads differently from one answered with a single repair. LDH's complaint line is 1-888-810-1819.
What is Sunrise Second Baton Rouge Assisted Living's plan for floods, storms and power outages?
Louisiana makes emergency planning a licensing requirement: Sunrise Second Baton Rouge Assisted Living 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.
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. Ask whether the generator runs air conditioning as well as lights, how medications and records travel in an evacuation, and what extra charges the disaster-fee formula allows.
What other assisted living is near Sunrise Second Baton Rouge Assisted Living?
The Claiborne at Baton Rouge in Baton Rouge is the nearest other ARCP licensed for at least nine residents, roughly 0.9 straight-line miles off; LDH lists it as Level 3 (assisted living) for 104 residents.
| Facility | Miles away | License type | Licensed capacity | First licensed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Claiborne at Baton Rouge 9511 Creekview Drive, 70836 | 0.9 | Level 3 | 104 | 2017 |
| Garden View of Baton Rouge 3130 Jones Creek Road, 70816 | 3.4 | Level 3 | 78 | 2015 |
| Pines Retirement Center of Baton Rouge 14686 Old Hammond Highway, 70816 | 3.4 | Level 3 | 45 | 2011 |
| Barclay House of Baton Rouge 9394 Siegen Lane, 70810 | 3.6 | Level 3 | 126 | 2019 |
| Glenncrest at Siegen 9351 Siegen Lane, 70810 | 3.6 | Level 2 | 100 | 2009 |
Where is Sunrise Second Baton Rouge Assisted Living, and what medical care is nearby?
Sunrise Second Baton Rouge Assisted Living is located 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, in the same ZIP code.
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge follows at roughly 3.4 miles. These are ZIP-centroid distances, not drive times.
For a later move to nursing home care, the closest CMS-certified homes are Jefferson Manor Nursing & Rehab Center (1.1 mi, CMS 1 of 5) and Heritage Manor of Baton Rouge II (1.8 mi, CMS 1 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.
What should we ask Sunrise Second Baton Rouge Assisted Living before signing?
Let the licensing rules drive the conversation: find out where the newest state findings are posted and read the correction plan alongside them.
- Ask which outside home health agencies currently serve residents, since a Level 3 provider cannot supply nursing itself.
- Ask who sets up and gives medications, how errors are tracked, and whether medication help is priced by the number of drugs.
- Read the residency agreement's termination section; a resident can appeal an involuntary discharge to the Division of Administrative Law within 30 days.
- Ask how often rates rose in the last three years; Louisiana requires 30 days' written notice before any increase.
- Ask to meet Michelle Scott, the administrator named on the license, and who runs the building overnight.
