Baton Rouge Senior AdvisorCapital Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home with 123 certified beds at 4100 North Blvd., Baton Rouge (East Baton Rouge Parish), licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health as nursing home #2203783947. Capital Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center holds a CMS overall rating of 2 of 5 stars in CMS Care Compare data dated October 1, 2026.
What are Capital Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center's Care Compare star ratings?
Capital Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center holds a CMS overall rating of 2 of 5 stars, with 2 for health inspections, 3 for staffing and 2 for quality measures on CMS's five-star scale.
| CMS / LDH measure | Value |
|---|---|
| CMS overall | 2 of 5 |
| CMS health inspections | 2 of 5 |
| CMS staffing | 3 of 5 |
| CMS quality measures | 2 of 5 |
| Certified beds / residents on an average day | 123 / 113.9 |
| Ownership (CMS) | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Chain (CMS) | Central Management Company, 21 facilities |
| Medicare/Medicaid certification since | November 1, 2011 |
| LDH license | #2203783947, Licensed through 02/28/2027 |
| Original Louisiana licensure | May 1, 1968 |
| Administrator of record | Matthew Karam |
About 114 residents live here on a typical day, filling roughly 93% of certified beds, higher than the 81% midpoint for Baton Rouge-area nursing homes.
How many deficiencies has Capital Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center been cited for?
CMS records 1 health deficiency for Capital Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in the cycle anchored by the April 1, 2026 standard survey, split 1 standard and 1 from complaints.
Its previous standard survey, on March 26, 2025, produced 10 deficiencies; 0 more citations came from infection-control reviews. Nursing homes across the ten parishes have a median of 4 deficiencies in the latest cycle, so this count is typical or better.
In CMS's three-year penalty window it shows 2 fines totaling $158,019 and 0 payment denials.
How stable is the nursing staff at Capital Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center?
Payroll data puts Capital Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center at 3.49 nursing hours per resident per day, lower than the Baton Rouge-area median of 3.64, with 0.22 of those hours from registered nurses (about the same as the Baton Rouge-area median of 0.22).
On weekends the total falls to 3.03 hours per resident per day. Nursing staff turnover is 35.3% (lower than the Baton Rouge-area median of 51.4%), with registered-nurse turnover at 0.0%. CMS counts 0 administrator departures in its measurement period.
Which nursing homes near Capital Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center should we compare?
At 123 certified beds it is smaller than the East Baton Rouge Parish median of 134. The nearest other certified home is Mid City Community Nursing and Rehab in Baton Rouge, in the same ZIP code, which CMS rates 4 of 5.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed capacity | CMS overall rating | Last CMS health inspection | Deficiencies cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid City Community Nursing and Rehab 4005 North Blvd., 70806 | 0.1 | 184 | 4 of 5 | April 8, 2026 | 3 |
| Sterling Place Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center 3888 North Blvd, 70806 | 0.2 | 144 | 4 of 5 | June 11, 2026 | 2 |
| Baton Rouge General Medical Center, SNF 3600 Florida Blvd., 70806 | 0.3 | 2 | 5 of 5 | April 23, 2026 | 1 |
| St. Clare Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation 7435 Bishop Ott Drive, 70806 | 2.2 | 184 | 2 of 5 | May 6, 2026 | 4 |
| St James Place Nursing Care Center 333 Lee Drive, 70808 | 3.6 | 90 | 4 of 5 | June 17, 2026 | 5 |
What else is near Capital Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Baton Rouge?
Capital Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is in the Downtown, Mid City & the Garden District part of Baton Rouge, and Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center is the closest acute-care hospital on LDH's roster, about 3.1 miles away by straight line.
Second closest is Baton Rouge General Medical Center, about 5.9 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 Capital Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center's CMS record raise?
Let the public record set the agenda: ask for the full statement of deficiencies behind the 1 deficiency recorded on April 1, 2026, even if the count is low.
- With turnover at 35.3%, at or under the regional median, ask which charge nurses have been on the night shift longest.
- Ask what led to $158,019 in CMS fines and how the problem was fixed.
- With occupancy near 93%, ask about the waiting list and whether rehab beds are kept separate.
- CMS lists a resident council; ask when it meets and how families take part.
- If Louisiana Medicaid will pay later, confirm Capital Oaks Nursing & Rehabilitation Center keeps Medicaid long-stay beds and how residents receive the $45 monthly Personal Care Needs Allowance.
