Best nursing homes in Louisiana
There are 265 nursing homes in Louisiana certified by Medicare. Of the 264 with a CMS star rating, the average is 2.6 stars. The national average is 3.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare Care Compare. We refresh our information from this source. About our data
How Louisiana nursing homes are rated
| 5 stars | 26 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 53 |
| 3 stars | 51 |
| 2 stars | 45 |
| 1 stars | 89 |
Top-rated nursing homes in Louisiana
Sorted by CMS star rating, then name. Click a facility for inspections, staffing and quality details.
1.Baton Rouge General Medical Center, SNF
3600 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70806
Non-profit · 2 beds
- CMS high performer
★★★★★5Much above average2.Baton Rouge Health Care Center
5550 Thomas Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70811
Non-profit · 145 beds · Part of Commcare Corporation
★★★★★5Much above average3.Camelot Brookside
3330 Frontage Road, Jennings, LA 70546
For-profit · 120 beds · Part of Priority Management
★★★★★5Much above average4.Chateau D'ville Rehab and Retirement
401 Vatican Drive, Donaldsonville, LA 70346
For-profit · 141 beds · Part of Priority Management
★★★★★5Much above average5.Chateau Terrebonne Health Care Center
1386 West Tunnel Blvd., Houma, LA 70360
For-profit · 197 beds · Part of Priority Management
★★★★★5Much above average6.Christwood
100 Christwood Blvd, Covington, LA 70433
Non-profit · 30 beds · Part of Greenbrier Senior Living
- CMS high performer
★★★★★5Much above average7.Cornerstone Post Acute Care of Bossier
4900 Medical Drive, Bossier City, LA 71112
For-profit · 7 beds
- CMS high performer
★★★★★5Much above average8.East Jefferson General Hospital - SNF
4200 Houma Blvd, Metairie, LA 70002
Non-profit · 49 beds
- CMS high performer
★★★★★5Much above average9.Greenbriar Community Care Center
505 Robert Blvd., Slidell, LA 70458
Non-profit · 174 beds · Part of Commcare Corporation
★★★★★5Much above average10.Harmony House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, I
1825 Laurel St., Shreveport, LA 71103
For-profit · 115 beds · Part of Central Management Company
★★★★★5Much above average- ★★★★★5Much above average
12.John J Hainkel Jr Home and Rehabilitation Center
612 Henry Clay Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118
Non-profit · 142 beds
★★★★★5Much above average13.Landmark of Plaquemine
59355 River West Drive, Plaquemine, LA 70764
For-profit · 108 beds · Part of The Beebe Family
★★★★★5Much above average- ★★★★★5Much above average
15.Marrero Healthcare Center
5301 August Avenue, Marrero, LA 70072
For-profit · 105 beds · Part of Nexion Health
★★★★★5Much above average- ★★★★★5Much above average
17.Ochsner Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility
2614 Jefferson Hwy, 3rd Floor, Jefferson, LA 70121
Non-profit · 30 beds
- CMS high performer
★★★★★5Much above average18.Old Brownlee Community Care Center
4680 Old Brownlee Rd, Bossier City, LA 71111
Non-profit · 89 beds · Part of Commcare Corporation
- CMS high performer
★★★★★5Much above average19.Old Jefferson Community Care Center
8340 Baringer Foreman Road., Baton Rouge, LA 70817
Non-profit · 136 beds · Part of Commcare Corporation
- CMS high performer
★★★★★5Much above average- ★★★★★5Much above average
21.Ponchatoula Community Care Center
1560 Highway 51, Ponchatoula, LA 70454
Non-profit · 140 beds · Part of Commcare Corporation
★★★★★5Much above average- ★★★★★5Much above average
23.Southwest Louisiana War Veterans Home
1610 Evangeline Highway, Jennings, LA 70546
Government · 8 beds
★★★★★5Much above average24.Spring Lake Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation
8622 Line Avenue, Shreveport, LA 71106
For-profit · 160 beds · Part of Priority Management
★★★★★5Much above average25.The Gardens and Guardian
1401 Country Club Road, Lake Charles, LA 70605
For-profit · 60 beds
- CMS high performer
★★★★★5Much above average- ★★★★★5Much above average
- ★★★★★4Above average
28.Ascension Oaks Nursing & Rehab Center
711 W. Cornerview Road, Gonzales, LA 70737
For-profit · 102 beds · Part of Central Management Company
★★★★★4Above average29.Audubon Health and Rehab
2110 Audubon Avenue, Thibodaux, LA 70301
For-profit · 172 beds · Part of The Beebe Family
★★★★★4Above average30.Autumn Leaves Nursing & Rehab Center, LLC
342 Country Club Road, Winnfield, LA 71483
For-profit · 124 beds · Part of Central Management Company
★★★★★4Above average
Nursing Homes by city in Louisiana
- Abbeville (2 · 2.5★)
- Alexandria (5 · 1.8★)
- Amite (1 · 3★)
- Arcadia (2 · 3.5★)
- Arnaudville (1 · 4★)
- Baker (1 · 3★)
- Basile (1 · 2★)
- Bastrop (3 · 3.7★)
- Baton Rouge (21 · 2.8★)
- Belle Chasse (1 · 3★)
- Bernice (1 · 1★)
- Bogalusa (1 · 2★)
- Bossier City (9 · 2.6★)
- Breaux Bridge (1 · 3★)
- Broussard (1 · 3★)
- Bunkie (1 · 3★)
- Carencro (1 · 1★)
- Center Point (1 · 2★)
- Church Point (1 · 1★)
- Colfax (1 · 1★)
- Columbia (1 · 2★)
- Coushatta (1 · 2★)
- Covington (3 · 4.3★)
- Crowley (2 · 3.5★)
- Delhi (1 · 1★)
- Denham Springs (2 · 1★)
- Dequincy (1 · 3★)
- Deridder (2 · 2.5★)
- Destrehan (1 · 5★)
- Donaldsonville (1 · 5★)
- Dupont (1 · 4★)
- Eunice (2 · 2.5★)
- Farmerville (2 · 2★)
- Ferriday (1 · 1★)
- Franklin (1 · 1★)
- Franklinton (2 · 1★)
- Gonzales (2 · 2.5★)
- Greensburg (1 · 1★)
- Gretna (1 · 3★)
- Gueydan (1 · 3★)
- Hammond (4 · 2.3★)
- Harahan (1 · 1★)
- Haynesville (1 · 3★)
- Hessmer (1 · 4★)
- Homer (2 · 3★)
- Houma (4 · 4★)
- Jackson (2 · 2.5★)
- Jeanerette (1 · 1★)
- Jefferson (2 · 3★)
- Jena (2 · 3★)
- Jennings (3 · 4.3★)
- Jonesboro (2 · 4★)
- Jonesville (1 · 3★)
- Kaplan (2 · 3★)
- Kenner (2 · 1★)
- Kinder (1 · 1★)
- Lacombe (1 · 2★)
- Lafayette (8 · 2.1★)
- Lake Charles (7 · 2.7★)
- Lake Providence (1 · 1★)
- Laplace (1 · 1★)
- Leesville (1 · 3★)
- Lockport (1 · 2★)
- Luling (1 · 1★)
- Lutcher (1 · 3★)
- Mamou (1 · 2★)
- Mandeville (2 · 1.5★)
- Mansfield (2 · 3.5★)
- Mansura (1 · 3★)
- Many (2 · 3★)
- Marksville (2 · 2★)
- Marrero (2 · 4★)
- Maurice (1 · 4★)
- Mer Rouge (1 · 1★)
- Metairie (4 · 3.3★)
- Minden (2 · 1★)
- Monroe (7 · 2.4★)
- Morgan City (1 · 1★)
- Napoleonville (1 · 1★)
- Natchitoches (3 · 1.3★)
- New Iberia (4 · 1.8★)
- New Orleans (11 · 2.5★)
- New Roads (2 · 2★)
- Oak Grove (2 · 1.5★)
- Oakdale (1 · 1★)
- Oberlin (1 · 2★)
- Opelousas (3 · 2.3★)
- Palmetto (1 · 3★)
- Patterson (1 · 1★)
- Pine Prairie (1 · 4★)
- Pineville (4 · 2.3★)
- Plaquemine (2 · 3★)
- Pollock (1 · 2★)
- Ponchatoula (1 · 5★)
- Port Allen (1 · 1★)
- Rayne (2 · 2.5★)
- Rayville (2 · 2.5★)
- Reserve (1 · 5★)
- Ringgold (1 · 4★)
- Rosepine (1 · 4★)
- Ruston (3 · 2★)
- Saint Francisville (1 · 1★)
- Saint Martinville (1 · 4★)
- Shreveport (21 · 2.4★)
- Simmesport (1 · 1★)
- Slaughter (1 · 3★)
- Slidell (3 · 3.3★)
- Springhill (1 · 3★)
- Sulphur (2 · 2.5★)
- Tallulah (1 · 3★)
- Thibodaux (3 · 3.3★)
- Ville Platte (1 · 3★)
- Vivian (1 · 4★)
- Welsh (1 · 4★)
- West Monroe (3 · 2.3★)
- Winnfield (2 · 2.5★)
- Winnsboro (2 · 2.5★)
- Wisner (2 · 2★)
- Zachary (2 · 4★)
Nursing Homes by county in Louisiana
- Acadia County (5)
- Allen County (3)
- Ascension County (3)
- Assumption County (1)
- Avoyelles County (8)
- Beauregard County (2)
- Bienville County (3)
- Bossier County (9)
- Caddo County (22)
- Calcasieu County (10)
- Caldwell County (1)
- Catahoula County (1)
- Claiborne County (3)
- Concordia County (1)
- De Soto County (2)
- E. Baton Rouge County (24)
- East Carroll County (1)
- East Feliciana County (3)
- Evangeline County (4)
- Franklin County (4)
- Grant County (2)
- Iberia County (5)
- Iberville County (2)
- Jackson County (2)
- Jefferson County (12)
- Jeffrson Davis County (4)
- Lafayette County (10)
- Lafourche County (4)
- Lasalle County (2)
- Lincoln County (3)
- Livingston County (2)
- Madison County (1)
- Morehouse County (4)
- Natchitoches County (3)
- Orleans County (11)
- Ouachita County (10)
- Plaquemines County (1)
- Pointe Coupee County (2)
- Rapides County (9)
- Red River County (1)
- Richland County (3)
- Sabine County (2)
- St. Charles County (2)
- St. Helena County (1)
- St. James County (1)
- St. John Baptist County (2)
- St. Landry County (7)
- St. Martin County (2)
- St. Mary County (3)
- St. Tammany County (9)
- Tangipahoa County (6)
- Terrebonne County (4)
- Union County (3)
- Vermilion County (6)
- Vernon County (2)
- W. Baton Rouge County (1)
- Washington County (3)
- Webster County (3)
- West Carroll County (2)
- West Feliciana County (1)
- Winn County (2)
Frequently asked questions
How many nursing homes are in Louisiana?
There are 265 Medicare-certified nursing homes in Louisiana, across 119 cities and towns.
What is the average rating of nursing homes in Louisiana?
The average CMS overall star rating for Louisiana is 2.6 stars, compared with 3 nationally. 26 nursing homes in Louisiana have 5 stars and 89 have 1 star.
What is the highest-rated nursing home in Louisiana?
26 nursing homes share the top rating of 5 stars, including Baton Rouge General Medical Center, SNF in Baton Rouge. Ratings change as new inspection and quality data arrive.
Helpful resources
- How to choose a nursing home: a practical checklist
- Nursing home star ratings explained
- How to read nursing home inspection citations
- Does Medicare pay for a nursing home?
- Nursing homes with the most federal fines
- Best-staffed nursing homes in the U.S.
- Nursing homes with the lowest staff turnover
- Special Focus Facility nursing homes (list)