River Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, LLC

    3612 Baker Blvd, Baker, LA 70714
    • Assisted Living
    • Skilled Nursing
    2.9ยท25 reviews

    Staff treat residents like family

    I'm very pleased with Northridge - the staff are friendly, professional, and genuinely caring, treating residents like family. Administration is informative and responsive, the atmosphere is clean and welcoming, they go above and beyond (even celebrating birthdays), and we're grateful for the excellent, compassionate care - truly one of the best in the South and clearly moving in the right direction.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    2.88ยท(25)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      2.2
    • Staff

      2.8
    • Meals

      1.0
    • Amenities

      2.9
    • Value

      2.9

    Pros

    • Compassionate and caring direct-care staff
    • Supportive and communicative administrative team
    • Friendly and courteous staff interactions
    • Staff willingness to exceed routine duties
    • Organized resident activities and celebrations
    • Responsive management and timely follow-up in some cases
    • Documented improvements in care quality over time

    Cons

    • Inconsistent medication-administration processes
    • Inconsistent bathing and personal-hygiene scheduling
    • Incontinence-care delays and hygiene-assistance gaps
    • Nutrition and hydration monitoring gaps
    • Sanitation and pest-control concerns in facility areas
    • Unprofessional staff conduct and inattentiveness
    • Staffing inconsistencies and staff off-duty distractions
    • Communication and incident-reporting gaps with families
    • Variable clinical monitoring and escalation practices
    • Restricted room-access practices

    Summary of reviews

    Reviews show a facility with a pronounced split between positive interpersonal experiences and significant operational concerns. Many families and visitors describe direct-care staff who are compassionate, friendly, and willing to go beyond basic duties; administrative staff are also noted by some as communicative and supportive. Several accounts describe organized resident activities and celebrations and indicate that leadership has made visible improvements in care in certain cases.

    At the level of day-to-day clinical care and basic assistance there are repeated concerns about consistency. Reviewers describe missed or delayed medication administration, irregular bathing schedules, and gaps in incontinence care and other hygiene assistance. These issues are best understood as pattern-level operational weaknesses rather than isolated events; they reflect inconsistencies in how personal-care tasks are scheduled and executed across shifts.

    Dining and nutrition present mixed impressions. Some families praise staff attentiveness and celebratory meals, while others cite inconsistent meal quality, insufficient portions, and instances where meal delivery or feeding assistance was inadequate. Together these comments indicate gaps in nutrition and hydration monitoring and in ensuring reliable meal-service continuity for residents who require assistance.

    Facility condition and infection-prevention practices are another recurring theme. Several accounts raise sanitation and pest-control concerns and note odor issues in parts of the building. These remarks suggest the need for stronger environmental services oversight and more consistent housekeeping practices to address facility-wide cleanliness and pest-control protocols.

    Staff conduct and staffing patterns are described as variable. While many staff members are characterized as caring and professional, other accounts describe inattentiveness, unprofessional tone, off-duty distractions such as personal phone use, and uneven responsiveness. These descriptions point to staffing consistency challenges and the potential impact of staff availability and focus on resident care quality.

    Families also report gaps in communication and documentation: incident reports and clinical updates were not consistently provided in several accounts, and some families expressed concern about how acute clinical events were monitored and escalated. There are isolated but serious operational concerns such as restricted room-access practices and reports of delayed escalation after acute symptoms; these warrant careful review by prospective families and by the facility's leadership.

    Overall, the pattern across reviews is one of mixed performance. The facility demonstrates clear strengths in staff compassion, resident engagement, and instances of responsive management, but those positives are counterbalanced by significant and recurring operational shortcomings in medication management, personal-care consistency, nutrition monitoring, environmental services, staff professionalism, and family communication. Prospective residents and their families should evaluate the facility with attention to current staffing levels, policies for medication and hygiene care, environmental services protocols, and the facilityโ€™s process for sharing incident information and addressing clinical escalations.

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    Medicare Ratings

    3ยท/ 5
    Cited by CMS for abuse, or potential for abuse, on its most recent survey cycle.
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    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

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    River Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, LLC is located at 3612 Baker Blvd, Baker, LA, 70714.

    About River Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, LLC

    River Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, LLC has been providing skilled nursing and rehabilitation services under Central Management Company, LLC since January 2022 and serves about 129 residents each day with a total of 132 certified beds. The facility operates as a for-profit corporation, with direct ownership by Kisatchie Health, LLC and Kisatchie Industries LLC, and indirect owners Teddy Price and the Teddy R & Susan R Burnum Price Inv Tr Fbo Jacqueline E Price Et Al. Residents get access to different types of care, including a specific dementia care unit and many therapy programs like physical, speech, and occupational therapy, where speech therapists help with communication and swallowing, occupational therapists help with daily living skills, and physical therapists work to build strength and mobility. The center has an in-house nurse practitioner and tries to focus on compassionate care, privacy, and dignity for every resident, aiming to boost the quality of life through a professional team and tailored support. The building has an outdoor veranda, a large open dining room, multiple day rooms with big screen TVs, an arts & crafts area, and computer systems for both mental engagement and physical activity, plus a state-of-the-art rehabilitation and fitness center for ongoing therapy needs. Residents have access to amenities like outpatient rehab, specialized nursing, and social activities.

    River Oaks has had 25 documented deficiencies in inspection reports, including a privacy issue (F0583) and an issue about freedom from abuse, neglect, and exploitation (F0600), with the last one leading to actual harm but not immediate jeopardy, along with one infection-related deficiency. The center also had complaints reported on January 2, 2025, and March 5, 2025, each with one deficiency noted in the records. The facility is known for using electronic medical records and tries to keep a warm, friendly atmosphere, stating a focus on core values like resident care and comfort.

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