Baton Rouge Senior AdvisorCentral Guest House Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home with 170 certified beds at 10748 Joor Road, Baton Rouge (East Baton Rouge Parish), licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health as nursing home #2203785757. Central Guest House Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center holds a CMS overall rating of 3 of 5 stars in CMS Care Compare data dated October 1, 2026.
How does CMS rate Central Guest House Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana?
Central Guest House Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center holds a CMS overall rating of 3 of 5 stars, with 3 for health inspections, 2 for staffing and 3 for quality measures on CMS's five-star scale.
| CMS / LDH measure | Value |
|---|---|
| CMS overall | 3 of 5 |
| CMS health inspections | 3 of 5 |
| CMS staffing | 2 of 5 |
| CMS quality measures | 3 of 5 |
| Certified beds / residents on an average day | 170 / 163.9 |
| Ownership (CMS) | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Chain (CMS) | Plantation Management Company, 16 facilities |
| Medicare/Medicaid certification since | October 1, 1996 |
| LDH license | #2203785757, Licensed through 05/31/2027 |
| Original Louisiana licensure | March 3, 1986 |
| Administrator of record | R. Alvin Burton |
About 164 residents live here on a typical day, filling roughly 96% of certified beds, higher than the 81% midpoint for Baton Rouge-area nursing homes.
How many deficiencies has Central Guest House Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center been cited for?
LDH surveyors, working for CMS, last completed Central Guest House Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center's standard health survey on March 25, 2026, and the cycle shows 6 health deficiencies: 5 standard and 1 complaint-driven.
The cycle before that (survey date February 12, 2025) logged 16 deficiencies, and infection-control inspections added 0 citations. The Baton Rouge-area median for the latest cycle is 4, which puts Central Guest House Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center above the regional middle.
In CMS's three-year penalty window it shows 1 fine totaling $26,790 and 0 payment denials.
Does Central Guest House Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center have enough nursing staff?
Payroll data puts Central Guest House Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center at 3.28 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 2.75 hours per resident per day. Nursing staff turnover is 51.6% (about the same as the Baton Rouge-area median of 51.4%), with registered-nurse turnover at 16.7%. CMS counts 0 administrator departures in its measurement period.
How does Central Guest House Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center stack up against nearby homes?
At 170 certified beds it is bigger than the East Baton Rouge Parish median of 134. The nearest other certified home is Flannery Oaks Guest House in Baton Rouge, about 5.6 miles away as the crow flies, which CMS rates 3 of 5.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed capacity | CMS overall rating | Last CMS health inspection | Deficiencies cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flannery Oaks Guest House 1642 North Flannery Road, 70815 | 5.6 | 130 | 3 of 5 | July 29, 2026 | 2 |
| Baton Rouge Health Care Center 5550 Thomas Road, 70811 | 5.7 | 145 | 5 of 5 | October 1, 2025 | 3 |
| Capitol House Nursing & Rehab Center 11546 Florida Blvd., 70815 | 5.9 | 132 | 1 of 5 | July 22, 2026 | 7 |
| The Guest House Care Center 10145 Florida Blvd., 70815 | 6.1 | 104 | 1 of 5 | June 4, 2026 | 7 |
| Pines Retirement Center of Baton Rouge 14686 Old Hammond Hwy., 70816 | 6.6 | 85 | 1 of 5 | September 10, 2025 | 10 |
Where is Central Guest House Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center located?
Central Guest House Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is in the North Baton Rouge, Sherwood & Greenwell Springs Road part of Baton Rouge, and Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge is the closest acute-care hospital on LDH's roster, about 8.3 miles away by straight line.
Second closest is Lane Regional Medical Center, about 9.5 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 Central Guest House Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center's CMS record raise?
Start with what CMS's data suggests: ask for the plan of correction covering the 6 deficiencies from March 25, 2026 and what has changed since.
- Turnover of 51.6% runs above the regional median; ask what share of aides on each shift come from agencies.
- Ask what led to $26,790 in CMS fines and how the problem was fixed.
- With occupancy near 96%, 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 Central Guest House Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center keeps Medicaid long-stay beds and how residents receive the $45 monthly Personal Care Needs Allowance.
