Heritage Healthcare

    1300 Derek Dr, Hammond, LA 70403
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Compassionate clean organized COVID-aware care

    I'm pleased with the care my dad receives - compassionate, humble, and knowledgeable staff who keep our family informed with weekly updates and strong COVID-aware safety practices. The facility is spotless, home-like, well-organized, and welcoming; residents are treated with respect. Communication and attention to safety give me confidence in their nurturing care.

    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

    2.89·(27)

    Overall rating

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

      2.7
    • Staff

      4.0
    • Meals

      1.0
    • Amenities

      3.0
    • Value

      2.9

    Pros

    • clean, welcoming environment
    • compassionate and respectful staff
    • well-organized facility operations
    • strong family communication and weekly updates
    • safety-focused practices and infection-control awareness
    • home-like, welcoming atmosphere
    • knowledgeable caregiving team
    • supportive admission and reception experience

    Cons

    • restrictive and inconsistently communicated visitation policies
    • delays in staff responsiveness to resident calls
    • limited family involvement in bedside care and decision-making
    • gaps in rehabilitation and therapy access
    • inconsistent food quality and meal service
    • inconsistent housekeeping, sanitation, and pest-control practices
    • inconsistent infection-control policy enforcement
    • discrepancies between marketing materials and actual room accommodations
    • small shared-room layouts with limited private bathing facilities

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews present a mixed picture of Heritage Healthcare. Many families emphasize a clean, welcoming environment and describe staff as compassionate, respectful, and knowledgeable. Several accounts note that the facility can feel home-like and that the admissions process and initial reception are handled warmly. Management communication is often cited positively by families who receive weekly updates and timely safety-oriented information, which some relatives find reassuring.

    Care quality appears uneven across domains. Positive comments highlight attentive, caring staff and respectful resident interactions; however, other accounts describe delays in staff responsiveness to call bells and concerns about how quickly needs are attended to. There are also expressions of limited opportunities for family members to assist at the bedside or participate in basic care tasks, which some families wanted to remain involved with. Clinical therapy access is another area of concern: reviewers described gaps in physical and occupational therapy availability, limited gym access, and instances where rehabilitation needs were not clearly met, sometimes contributing to transfers to higher-acuity care.

    Dining and programmatic services show variability. Several reviewers felt staff were compassionate but criticized the food quality and meal service reliability. Activity programming is not prominently described in the reviews provided; however, constrained therapy spaces and limited gym access were specifically noted, suggesting restricted rehabilitative programming for some residents.

    Facility upkeep and accommodations draw divergent observations. While some reviewers called the location spotless and well-organized, others reported sanitation concerns, inconsistent housekeeping, and pest-control issues in portions of the facility. There are also recurring comments about a mismatch between promotional materials and actual room size or layout: small shared rooms, shared televisions and bathrooms, and limited private bathing options were highlighted as disappointments compared with expectations from marketing imagery.

    Management and policy consistency are mixed. Families who received regular updates praised the focus on safety and COVID-19 awareness; conversely, others described restrictive or confusing visitation rules (including limits on overnight visits and unclear visiting hours) and inconsistently enforced infection-control measures. These inconsistencies—between strong communication in some cases and confusing or restrictive policies in others—are an important pattern for prospective families to consider.

    Overall, Heritage Healthcare appears to offer many relational strengths: compassionate staff, a welcoming atmosphere, and pockets of strong organizational practice. At the same time, reviewers identify operational weaknesses around responsiveness, rehabilitation access, dining quality, facility-maintenance consistency, and clarity of visitation and infection-control policies. Prospective residents and families should weigh the facility’s interpersonal strengths against these operational concerns, verify current visitation and therapy offerings, tour actual room accommodations, and ask for specifics about housekeeping and pest-control protocols before making placement decisions.

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    Medicare Ratings

    1·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

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    Location

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    Heritage Healthcare is located at 1300 Derek Dr, Hammond, LA, 70403.

    About Heritage Healthcare

    Heritage Healthcare sits at 1300 Derek Drive in Hammond, LA, and sometimes you see these places and expect a lot of flash, but here what you'll get is simple, skilled nursing care for people who need extra support after they've been in the hospital or gone through surgery or illness, or for those who need long-term help, and the nursing staff covers 12 to 16 hour shifts with full supervision all day and night, with a 24-hour call system in case anything happens. The place helps people who can't walk, need help with bathing, dressing, or getting in and out of bed, and it takes care of medication management so no one has to worry about missing their pills, plus they help folks with serious or complicated medical needs and can offer respiratory care and even hospice care for those who need it. Physicians stop by to check on folks, the staff does resident assessments and care plans, and there's specialized Alzheimer's care available, and people who have to stay for rehab get the physical care and activities to help them recover, and there's housekeeping and laundry so you don't have to fuss with your own chores.

    You'll find a mix of rooms, both private or shared, usually furnished and with their own bathrooms, plus things like cable TV, a phone, air conditioning, kitchenettes, and Wi-Fi internet for those who want it. Most meals get served in a dining room, with restaurant-style options and a chef who can make food for special diets or allergies, and the kitchen keeps all-day dining hours, so no one gets stuck hungry between meals. There's a fitness room, outdoor paths, a garden spot for sitting, and a spa or wellness room, and folks who live here can join movie nights, music programs, or pick from activities sponsored by the staff or organized by other residents, since there's an active resident council that discusses what's working and what isn't. For those who like to stay busy, the facility has a library, activity room, and common outdoor spaces, with transportation and parking for those who go out, and family support services so relatives can stay involved in their loved one's care.

    Heritage Healthcare holds a total of 108 certified beds, keeps an average of 81 residents per day, and has been managed by Kimberly Delatte since February 2011, operating under Plantation Management Company as a for-profit limited liability company. The facility accepts both Medicare and Medicaid, so that helps when sorting out costs, and though there are recorded deficiencies-2 related to infection and a total of 17 from inspections-it's worth knowing, since no place is perfect, and nurse turnover sits at 48.2%, just under the state average, with nurse hours per resident at 3.41 a day, which is a bit lower than what's typical statewide at 3.8. The facilities were recently remodeled to try for a warmer, more welcoming feel, and there's an aim to give care that looks after physical, spiritual, and emotional needs, not just the medical side, believing that older folks deserve a setting where the mind, body, and spirit get some attention. Heritage Healthcare supports both short rehabilitative stays and longer-term living, and overall, the place aims to help folks live with as much dignity and comfort as can be managed, while families and residents have a say in what goes on.

    People often ask...

    Heritage Healthcare offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

    There are 23 photos of Heritage Healthcare on Mirador.

    The full address for this community is 1300 Derek Dr, Hammond, LA 70403.

    No, Heritage Healthcare 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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