The Claiborne at Shoe Creek

How is The Claiborne at Shoe Creek listed on Louisiana's provider roster?

The state lists The Claiborne at Shoe Creek under license #2203784674 with room for 100 residents, bigger than the 71-resident middle of the larger ARCPs between Zachary, Denham Springs, Gonzales and Port Allen.

Its licensing history starts in 2020. Each renewal is issued to the same licensee at the same address; if the operator changes, LDH must hear about it in writing within five business days.

What kind of help is The Claiborne at Shoe Creek allowed to give?

Not directly. At Level 3, The Claiborne at Shoe Creek supplies personal care, meals, medication assistance and activities in apartment units; skilled nursing such as wound care or injections has to come from a home health agency or hospice the resident's doctor orders.

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 The Claiborne at Shoe Creek have a dementia unit?

Louisiana's public records cannot tell you, because LDH keeps dementia program disclosures to itself; ask The Claiborne at Shoe Creek whether it runs a specialized dementia care program and, if so, for the written inclusion criteria the rule requires.

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 (10.9 mi).

Has LDH cited The Claiborne at Shoe Creek after an inspection?

At the building: Louisiana requires The Claiborne at Shoe Creek to post any statement of deficiencies where residents and visitors can see it, and the statement becomes public 30 days after the provider gets it or after LDH accepts the plan of correction (LAC 48:I.6823).

Because follow-up visits are unscheduled, what inspectors found at The Claiborne at Shoe Creek 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 The Claiborne at Shoe Creek's plan for floods, storms and power outages?

Louisiana makes emergency planning a licensing requirement: The Claiborne at Shoe Creek 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 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.

Which licensed ARCPs should we compare with The Claiborne at Shoe Creek?

Magnolia Care Center Veterans Home in Baton Rouge is the nearest other ARCP licensed for at least nine residents, roughly 5.5 straight-line miles off; LDH lists it as Level 1 (personal care home) for 9 residents.

How close is The Claiborne at Shoe Creek to a hospital?

The Claiborne at Shoe Creek is located in Central, East Baton Rouge Parish, and Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge is the closest acute-care hospital on LDH's roster, about 8.1 miles away by straight line.

Lane Regional Medical Center follows at roughly 9.8 miles. These are ZIP-centroid distances, not drive times.

For a later move to nursing home care, the closest CMS-certified homes are Central Guest House Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center (0.3 mi, CMS 3 of 5) and Flannery Oaks Guest House (5.4 mi, CMS 3 of 5).

For PACE, the all-inclusive program for people 55 and older, East Baton Rouge Parish is part of PACE Baton Rouge's service area.

How should a family prepare for a tour of The Claiborne at Shoe Creek?

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 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 Brandi Hilton, the administrator named on the license, and who runs the building overnight.