Baton Rouge Health Care Center

    5550 Thomas Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70811
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

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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

    4.07·(14)

    Overall rating

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

      3.1
    • Staff

      3.4
    • Meals

      3.0
    • Amenities

      3.3
    • Value

      4.1

    Pros

    • Skilled, individualized physical and occupational therapy
    • Meaningful gains in mobility during rehabilitation
    • Kind, patient, respectful, and helpful staff
    • Professional care that supported recovery
    • Well-kept and welcoming facility environment
    • Reasonably good food
    • Pleasant, informative account-management interactions
    • Residents appearing content during a visit

    Cons

    • Inconsistent clinical responsiveness and symptom escalation
    • Inconsistent delivery of rehabilitation services
    • Uneven staff knowledge, courtesy, and responsiveness
    • Cleanliness and odor-control concerns in resident areas
    • Uneven management communication and concern follow-through

    Summary of reviews

    Feedback about Baton Rouge Health Care Center is sharply mixed. Positive accounts describe effective post-acute rehabilitation, including focused physical and occupational therapy and substantial improvement in mobility. Other residents and families raise concerns about the consistency of clinical care. One family described difficulty getting symptoms addressed and uncertainty about whether therapy was being provided; a separate account also cited inadequate responsiveness and difficulty obtaining help. These accounts contrast with residents who described care as knowledgeable, respectful, and supportive.

    Staff experiences also vary. Some reviewers praise caregivers for being kind, patient, professional, and helpful, while others describe lapses in responsiveness, staff knowledge, and courtesy. Management feedback is similarly mixed: one family found the account manager pleasant and informative, while another felt concerns were redirected rather than addressed. Prospective residents and families may wish to ask how care concerns are escalated and how families are kept informed.

    Facility impressions range from a beautiful, well-kept setting to concerns about cleanliness and odors. Dining feedback is limited, with one resident finding the food reasonably good. The reviews provide little information about activities or programming, so no clear assessment of those areas is possible. Overall, the positive rehabilitation and care experiences are encouraging, but the contrasting accounts suggest that service consistency, communication, and the handling of clinical concerns are important areas to evaluate directly.

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    Medicare Ratings

    2·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

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

    Location

    Baton Rouge Health Care Center is located at 5550 Thomas Rd, Baton Rouge, LA, 70811.

    About Baton Rouge Health Care Center

    Baton Rouge Health Care Center, with 145 certified beds and an average of 90 residents each day, offers care for seniors in a spacious building managed by Commcare Corporation, with Mary Hudson, George Gardner, Jon Goux, Dawn Harvey Psarellis, and James Tucker in leadership since 2010 or 2018, depending on their role, and employs a team including an administrator, director of nursing, and marketing director who help make things run smoothly, and while the nurse staffing hours are a bit above the state average at 3.85 hours per resident a day, the nurse turnover rate sits close to what you'll find elsewhere in Louisiana. Folks living here have access to skilled nursing and post-acute rehabilitation services, and there's a focus on helping people return home when possible, so you'll find physical, occupational, and speech therapy available on site in a fully equipped rehabilitation gym, plus tailored therapy programs for different needs. Baton Rouge Health Care Center supports seniors at different levels, including independent living, assisted living, memory care, and also offers hospice support that focuses on person-centered comfort and dignity toward the end of life, with interpreters for ASL and other languages available upon request to help people feel more included. The care team aims to create a sense of community, encouraging both family and volunteers to visit, and offers life enrichment programs, social events for residents and families, and group trips out of the center. Amenities like a beauty salon, fitness center, cafes, libraries, Wi-Fi, refreshment bar with drinks, coffee, soft serve ice cream, and cookies, and outdoor spaces give the place a more comfortable, home-like feel, and meals come with choices so people can pick what suits them. While the building feels well-appointed and spacious with private and common rooms, recent inspection reports have noted about 20 deficiencies, including some around infection control, residents' rights and dignity, accommodation of individual needs, and record privacy, though these issues are around the state average, and the center's made efforts to comply with all laws and guidelines, including the Americans with Disabilities Act. Baton Rouge Health Care Center has received national recognition like the Bronze - Commitment to Quality Award and the 2025 American Healthcare Association Bronze National Quality Award, and since 1994 the non-profit organization's been focused on person-centered care, developing programs that support dignity, choice, and quality of life for seniors in their care.

    People often ask...

    Baton Rouge Health Care Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 5550 Thomas Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70811.

    No, Baton Rouge Health Care Center does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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