Baton Rouge Senior AdvisorThe Lodge at Lane, at 6170 Carpenter Road in Zachary (East Baton Rouge Parish), holds Louisiana Department of Health adult residential care license #2203785247; LDH records it as Level 3 (assisted living) for up to 51 residents, with the current license running through February 28, 2027.
Is The Lodge at Lane licensed in Louisiana, and for how many residents?
The state lists The Lodge at Lane under license #2203785247 with room for 51 residents, smaller than the 71-resident middle of the larger ARCPs between Zachary, Denham Springs, Gonzales and Port Allen.
| State record | Detail |
|---|---|
| LDH license | Adult residential care #2203785247 |
| State ID | AC0012843 |
| Level | Level 3 (assisted living) |
| Licensed residents (LDH directory) | 51 |
| Original licensure | March 11, 2022, roughly 4 years ago |
| Current license issued | February 12, 2026 |
| Expiration | February 28, 2027 |
| Administrator of record | Tamara Dayton |
Louisiana does not let an operator sell or hand over an ARCP license, so the 2022 start date belongs to this licensee's history at this address. When the current issue date is much newer than the original one, ask whether the building changed hands.
What kind of help is The Lodge at Lane allowed to give?
Not directly. At Level 3, The Lodge at Lane 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.
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.
What happens at The Lodge at Lane if a resident's memory declines?
Louisiana's public records cannot tell you, because LDH keeps dementia program disclosures to itself; ask The Lodge at Lane whether it runs a specialized dementia care program and, if so, for the written inclusion criteria the rule requires.
Wandering is the usual turning point: an open building may not lock exits on its own authority, so a resident who tries to leave often needs a secured program approved by the State Fire Marshal. Nearby ARCPs whose licensed names mention memory care: Holly Court Assisted Living and Memory Care (17.0 mi).
Where can I read The Lodge at Lane's state inspection findings?
Ask the front desk at The Lodge at Lane for the posted statement of deficiencies and its plan of correction; the state publishes no searchable ARCP inspection database, but the posting rule makes the latest findings available to any visitor.
LDH's renewal surveys and complaint visits are unannounced. Read the plan of correction next to each citation; it shows whether the fix changed training, staffing or policy. Concerns go to the Health Standards Section at 1-888-810-1819.
Does The Lodge at Lane have an emergency evacuation plan?
Request the resident copy of The Lodge at Lane's evacuation procedures. The state requires a full written plan covering both leaving and staying put, what backup power covers, and how residents are identified if they are moved.
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.
Which licensed ARCPs should we compare with The Lodge at Lane?
The Claiborne at Shoe Creek in Central is the nearest other ARCP licensed for at least nine residents, roughly 9.8 straight-line miles off; LDH lists it as Level 3 (assisted living) for 100 residents.
| Facility | Miles away | License type | Licensed capacity | First licensed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Claiborne at Shoe Creek 11 Parkway Blvd, 70818 | 9.8 | Level 3 | 100 | 2020 |
| Shekinah Glory 3613 Government Street, 70806 | 14.0 | Level 2 | 20 | 2009 |
| Williamsburg Senior Living Community 5445 Government Street, 70806 | 14.0 | Level 3 | 163 | 2001 |
| Fidelis King Richard 11710 King Richard Drive, 70815 | 14.5 | Level 2 | 12 | 2019 |
| Magnolia Care Center Veterans Home 16950 Florida Blvd., 70819 | 15.2 | Level 1 | 9 | 2009 |
What is near The Lodge at Lane in Zachary?
The Lodge at Lane is located in Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish, and Lane Regional Medical Center is the closest acute-care hospital on LDH's roster, in the same ZIP code.
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center follows at roughly 17.0 miles. These are ZIP-centroid distances, not drive times.
For a later move to nursing home care, the closest CMS-certified homes are Lodge at Lane (The) (1.1 mi, CMS 5 of 5) and Zachary Manor Nursing & Rehab. Center (1.2 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.
Also licensed at this street address: Lodge at Lane (The) (nursing home, #2203785244).
How should a family prepare for a tour of The Lodge at Lane?
Begin with the paperwork Louisiana requires: 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 how medication help works here, whether through a nurse, a certified medication attendant or reminders only, and how it is billed.
- Read the residency agreement's termination section; a resident can appeal an involuntary discharge to the Division of Administrative Law within 30 days.
- Ask what triggers a move to a higher care fee, and confirm the 30-day written notice for rate changes.
- Ask to meet Tamara Dayton, the administrator named on the license, and who runs the building overnight.
