Baton Rouge Senior AdvisorWhite Oak Post Acute Care is a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home with 176 certified beds at 2828 Westfork, Baton Rouge (East Baton Rouge Parish), licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health as nursing home #2203784829. White Oak Post Acute Care has no CMS overall star rating in the current release in CMS Care Compare data dated October 1, 2026.
How does CMS rate White Oak Post Acute Care in Baton Rouge, Louisiana?
White Oak Post Acute Care has no CMS overall star rating in the current release, with no for health inspections, no for staffing and no for quality measures on CMS's five-star scale.
| CMS / LDH measure | Value |
|---|---|
| CMS overall | Not rated |
| CMS health inspections | Not rated |
| CMS staffing | Not rated |
| CMS quality measures | Not rated |
| Certified beds / residents on an average day | 176 / 102.2 |
| Ownership (CMS) | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Chain (CMS) | Ark Post Acute Network, 4 facilities |
| Medicare/Medicaid certification since | February 15, 2000 |
| LDH license | #2203784829, Licensed through 02/28/2027 |
| Original Louisiana licensure | December 20, 1963 |
| Administrator of record | Sandra Pennington |
About 102 residents live here on a typical day, filling roughly 58% of certified beds, lower than the 81% midpoint for Baton Rouge-area nursing homes.
How many deficiencies has White Oak Post Acute Care been cited for?
LDH surveyors, working for CMS, last completed White Oak Post Acute Care's standard health survey on June 3, 2026, and the cycle shows 15 health deficiencies: 9 standard and 6 complaint-driven.
Going back one cycle, the December 3, 2025 survey found 49 deficiencies, with 0 infection-control citations on top. Measured against the 4-deficiency regional median, White Oak Post Acute Care's latest count is on the high side.
In CMS's three-year penalty window it shows 5 fines totaling $622,663 and 3 payment denials.
How do staffing hours at White Oak Post Acute Care compare locally?
Residents at White Oak Post Acute Care get roughly 3.65 hours of nursing staff time a day (about the same as the Baton Rouge-area median of 3.64); registered nurses account for 0.29 hours (higher than the Baton Rouge-area median of 0.22).
On weekends the total falls to 3.30 hours per resident per day. Nursing staff turnover is 61.8% (higher than the Baton Rouge-area median of 51.4%), with registered-nurse turnover at 62.5%. CMS counts 4 administrator departures in its measurement period.
Which nursing homes near White Oak Post Acute Care should we compare?
At 176 certified beds it is bigger than the East Baton Rouge Parish median of 134. The nearest other certified home is Landmark of Baton Rouge in Baton Rouge, about 1.6 miles away as the crow flies, which CMS rates 3 of 5.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed capacity | CMS overall rating | Last CMS health inspection | Deficiencies cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landmark of Baton Rouge 9105 Oxford Place Drive, 70809 | 1.6 | 144 | 3 of 5 | February 25, 2026 | 8 |
| Heritage Manor of Baton Rouge II 9301 Oxford Place Ave, 70809 | 1.6 | 144 | 1 of 5 | March 5, 2026 | 5 |
| Jefferson Manor Nursing & Rehab Center 9919 Jefferson Highway, 70809 | 1.6 | 122 | 1 of 5 | February 25, 2026 | 4 |
| Capitol House Nursing & Rehab Center 11546 Florida Blvd., 70815 | 2.3 | 132 | 1 of 5 | July 22, 2026 | 7 |
| The Guest House Care Center 10145 Florida Blvd., 70815 | 2.4 | 104 | 1 of 5 | June 4, 2026 | 7 |
What else is near White Oak Post Acute Care in Baton Rouge?
White Oak Post Acute Care 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 1.6 miles away by straight line.
Second closest is Baton Rouge General Medical Center, about 2.4 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.
What questions does White Oak Post Acute Care's CMS record raise?
Take the numbers on this page into the tour: ask for the plan of correction covering the 15 deficiencies from June 3, 2026 and what has changed since.
- Turnover of 61.8% runs above the regional median; ask what share of aides on each shift come from agencies.
- Ask what led to $622,663 in CMS fines and how the problem was fixed.
- With occupancy near 58%, 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 White Oak Post Acute Care keeps Medicaid long-stay beds and how residents receive the $45 monthly Personal Care Needs Allowance.
