Baton Rouge Senior AdvisorThe Guest House Care Center is a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home with 104 certified beds at 10145 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge (East Baton Rouge Parish), licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health as nursing home #2203785758. The Guest House Care Center holds a CMS overall rating of 1 of 5 stars in CMS Care Compare data dated October 1, 2026.
What are The Guest House Care Center's Care Compare star ratings?
The Guest House Care Center holds a CMS overall rating of 1 of 5 stars, with 2 for health inspections, 1 for staffing and 4 for quality measures on CMS's five-star scale.
| CMS / LDH measure | Value |
|---|---|
| CMS overall | 1 of 5 |
| CMS health inspections | 2 of 5 |
| CMS staffing | 1 of 5 |
| CMS quality measures | 4 of 5 |
| Certified beds / residents on an average day | 104 / 93.8 |
| Ownership (CMS) | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Chain (CMS) | Plantation Management Company, 16 facilities |
| Medicare/Medicaid certification since | February 13, 2002 |
| LDH license | #2203785758, Licensed through 05/31/2027 |
| Original Louisiana licensure | June 15, 1976 |
| Administrator of record | Caroline Smith |
About 94 residents live here on a typical day, filling roughly 90% of certified beds, higher than the 81% midpoint for Baton Rouge-area nursing homes.
What do The Guest House Care Center's recent inspections show?
The latest standard health inspection in CMS's file for The Guest House Care Center is dated June 4, 2026; that cycle counts 7 health deficiencies, 6 from the annual survey and 2 from complaint investigations.
Its previous standard survey, on April 30, 2025, produced 17 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 higher than most.
In CMS's three-year penalty window it shows 2 fines totaling $29,273 and 0 payment denials.
How do staffing hours at The Guest House Care Center compare locally?
The Guest House Care Center reports 3.04 total nurse hours per resident day to CMS, lower than the Baton Rouge-area median of 3.64, and 0.22 RN hours, about the same as the Baton Rouge-area median of 0.22.
On weekends the total falls to 2.52 hours per resident per day. Nursing staff turnover is 56.8% (higher than the Baton Rouge-area median of 51.4%). CMS counts 1 administrator departure in its measurement period.
What certified nursing homes are closest to The Guest House Care Center?
At 104 certified beds it is smaller than the East Baton Rouge Parish median of 134. The nearest other certified home is Capitol House Nursing & Rehab Center in Baton Rouge, about 0.9 miles away as the crow flies, which CMS rates 1 of 5.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed capacity | CMS overall rating | Last CMS health inspection | Deficiencies cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capitol House Nursing & Rehab Center 11546 Florida Blvd., 70815 | 0.9 | 132 | 1 of 5 | July 22, 2026 | 7 |
| Flannery Oaks Guest House 1642 North Flannery Road, 70815 | 2.2 | 130 | 3 of 5 | July 29, 2026 | 2 |
| White Oak Post Acute Care 2828 Westfork, 70816 | 2.4 | 176 | Not rated by CMS | June 3, 2026 | 15 |
| St. Clare Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation 7435 Bishop Ott Drive, 70806 | 2.4 | 184 | 2 of 5 | May 6, 2026 | 4 |
| Woodleigh of Baton Rouge, The 14333 Old Hammond Hwy., 70816 | 2.7 | 120 | 2 of 5 | June 5, 2025 | 7 |
What hospitals are close to The Guest House Care Center?
The Guest House Care 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 3.3 miles away by straight line.
Second closest is Baton Rouge General Medical Center, about 4.4 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 should families ask The Guest House Care Center on a visit?
Take the numbers on this page into the tour: ask for the plan of correction covering the 7 deficiencies from June 4, 2026 and what has changed since.
- Turnover of 56.8% runs above the regional median; ask what share of aides on each shift come from agencies.
- Ask what led to $29,273 in CMS fines and how the problem was fixed.
- With occupancy near 90%, 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 The Guest House Care Center keeps Medicaid long-stay beds and how residents receive the $45 monthly Personal Care Needs Allowance.
