St. James Place of Baton Rouge

How is St. James Place of Baton Rouge listed on Louisiana's provider roster?

The state lists St. James Place of Baton Rouge under license #4647 with room for 77 residents, bigger than the 71-resident middle of the larger ARCPs between Zachary, Denham Springs, Gonzales and Port Allen.

Its licensing history starts in 1997. Each renewal is issued to the same licensee at the same address; if the operator changes, LDH must hear about it in writing within five business days.

What kind of help is St. James Place of Baton Rouge allowed to give?

St. James Place of Baton Rouge holds Louisiana's Level 3 license, the assisted living tier for 17 or more residents in apartments with kitchenettes: help with bathing, dressing, meals and medications, but no nursing delivered by the provider, a role reserved for Level 4 (LAC 48:I.6803, 6845).

After a hospital stay at Our Lady of the Lake, Baton Rouge General or Ochsner, a resident here can usually return with home health visits; the 90-day exception covers short-term needs that would otherwise be prohibited.

Can St. James Place of Baton Rouge care for a resident with memory loss?

Louisiana's public records cannot tell you, because LDH keeps dementia program disclosures to itself; ask St. James Place of Baton Rouge whether it runs a specialized dementia care program and, if so, for the written inclusion criteria the rule requires.

Ordinary ARCP staff need two hours of dementia training within 90 days and two hours a year; staff in a specialized program need eight hours each. Nearby ARCPs whose licensed names mention memory care: Holly Court Assisted Living and Memory Care (same ZIP code).

How do I find survey results for St. James Place of Baton Rouge?

Ask the front desk at St. James Place of Baton Rouge for the posted statement of deficiencies and its plan of correction; the state publishes no searchable ARCP inspection database, but the posting rule makes the latest findings available to any visitor.

No posted findings does not mean no findings, so ask directly. If something on a tour concerns you, call LDH's Health Standards Section at 1-888-810-1819; complaint investigations are unannounced.

Does St. James Place of Baton Rouge have an emergency evacuation plan?

It must have one in writing. Every Louisiana ARCP, St. James Place of Baton Rouge included, needs an evacuation and shelter-in-place plan, a generator list, resident identification and a resident copy of the evacuation steps; ask for that copy before signing.

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. Ask whether the generator runs air conditioning as well as lights, how medications and records travel in an evacuation, and what extra charges the disaster-fee formula allows.

What other assisted living is near St. James Place of Baton Rouge?

Holly Court Assisted Living and Memory Care in Baton Rouge is the nearest other ARCP licensed for at least nine residents, sharing the same ZIP code; LDH lists it as Level 3 (assisted living) for 154 residents.

What is near St. James Place of Baton Rouge in Baton Rouge?

St. James Place of Baton Rouge is located in the South Baton Rouge, LSU & Perkins Road part of Baton Rouge, and Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center is the closest acute-care hospital on LDH's roster, in the same ZIP code.

Baton Rouge General Medical Center follows at roughly 4.1 miles. These are ZIP-centroid distances, not drive times.

For a later move to nursing home care, the closest CMS-certified homes are St James Place Nursing Care Center (1.2 mi, CMS 4 of 5) and Ollie Steele Burden Manor (2.2 mi, CMS 3 of 5).

East Baton Rouge Parish is inside the area LDH lists for PACE Baton Rouge, which combines Medicare and Medicaid services for people 55 and older who qualify for nursing home care but live in the community.

Also licensed at this street address: St James Place Nursing Care Center (nursing home, #384).

What should we ask St. James Place of Baton Rouge before signing?

Let the licensing rules drive the conversation: read the posted LDH findings and the provider's plan of correction before anything else.

• Ask which outside home health agencies currently serve residents, since a Level 3 provider cannot supply nursing itself.
• Ask whether staff administer medications or only assist with self-administration, who is certified to do it, and the monthly charge.
• Read the residency agreement's termination section; a resident can appeal an involuntary discharge to the Division of Administrative Law within 30 days.
• Ask for the level-of-care price sheet and the rate history; the agreement must promise 30 days' written notice of changes.
• Ask to meet Mike Champagne, the administrator named on the license, and who runs the building overnight.