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Old Jefferson Community Care Center

8340 Baringer Foreman Road., Baton Rouge, LA 70817 · E. Baton Rouge County · (225) 753-3203

136 certified beds, about 120 residents a day · Non profit - Corporation · Medicare and Medicaid since 2003

CMS high performing icon Certified for Medicaid Certified for Medicare
Overall
5 of 5
Health inspections
5 of 5
Staffing
3 of 5
Quality measures
4 of 5

CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 195571 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes

The record in brief

At its most recent standard inspection, on March 25, 2026, inspectors cited 1 health deficiency (the Louisiana average is 6.4, the national average 9.2).

None of its 12 health citations since March 2024 was rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.

CMS lists no fines against this home in the last three years.

Nurses and nurse aides worked 4.25 hours per resident per day, against 3.76 across Louisiana and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.28 of those hours.

45.7% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Louisiana average 47.6%).

CMS links it to Commcare Corporation, an affiliated group of 19 nursing homes.

Health inspections

Federal rules call for a standard inspection at least every 15 months, plus a visit whenever a complaint is filed. Each mark below is one citation, colored by how serious inspectors rated it. How to read a citation.

Under each citation, the quoted text is the inspector's own summary from the federal statement of deficiencies (CMS form 2567), word for word apart from a privacy scrub; CMS removes residents' and staff names before it publishes the text. The full notes are on Medicare.gov.

Potential for minimal harm Potential for more than minimal harm Actual harm Immediate jeopardy Found on a complaint visit

Where its citations fall on CMS's grid

CMS rates every citation by how much harm it caused (rows) and how many residents it touched (columns). The count in each box is this home's, across all 12 health citations on file.

Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
0J
0K
0L
Actual harm
0G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
7D
4E
0F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
0B
1C
March 25, 2026Standard inspection · 1 citation
  1. D
    Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
    F849 · Administration · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 17, 2026
    Inspectors wroteBased on interviews and record review, the facility failed to meet Hospice requirements by failing to maintain a system to ensure a resident's Hospice Binder contained the most recent Hospice Plan of Care for 1 (#12) of 2 residents reviewed for Hospice care. Review of Resident #12's Clinical Record revealed she was admitted to the facility on [DATE]. Further review revealed Resident #12 was a patient of a local Hospice agency with an admission date of 02/20/2025. Review of Resident #12's Hospice Binder and Electronic Health Record revealed no current Hospice Plan of Care on file for current Certification Period of 03/05/2026 through 05/03/2026. An interview was conducted on 03/25/2026 at 11:55 a.m. with S1DON. S1DON stated she worked in collaboration with hospice representatives to coordinate care to the resident provided by the facility. [...]
February 5, 2025Standard inspection · 6 citations
  1. E
    Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
    F677 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) March 3, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews, and record reviews, the facility failed to ensure each resident who was unable to carry out activities of daily living (ADLs) received the necessary services to maintain good personal hygiene by failing to ensure: 1. Each resident received scheduled baths for 2 (#37 and #75) of 7 (#12, #23, #37, #45, #68, #75, and #92) residents reviewed for ADLs; and 2. Each resident received necessary perineal care after incontinent episodes and prior to application of a clean brief for 3 (#12, #23, and #92) of 7 (#12, #23, #37, #45, #68, #75, and #92) residents reviewed for ADLs.
  2. E
    Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
    F812 · Nutrition and Dietary · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) March 3, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews, and record review, the facility failed to store foods under sanitary conditions. The facility failed to ensure: 1. Food was dated after opening, and 2. Temperatures were documented on temperature logs daily. This deficient practice had the potential to affect 110 residents who were provided meals from the facility's kitchen.
  3. D
    Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
    F641 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) March 3, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on interviews and record reviews, the facility failed to ensure the Minimum Data Set accurately reflected the residents' status for 1 (#49) of 4 (#33, #49, #214, and #414) residents by failing to ensure Resident #49 was coded correctly for infections.
  4. D
    Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.
    F806 · Nutrition and Dietary · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) March 3, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interviews, and record review, the facility failed to ensure each resident received meals which accommodated preferences for 1 (#36) of 2 (#36 and #37) residents reviewed for food.
  5. D
    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
    F880 · Infection Control · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) March 3, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews, and record reviews, the facility failed to implement and maintain an infection prevention and control program designed to provide a safe, sanitary, and comfortable environment and to help prevent the development and transmission of communicable diseases and infections. The facility failed to ensure staff donned proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) during feeding tube care for 1 (#41) of 3 (#15, #41 and #60) residents observed for Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP).
  6. C
    Post nurse staffing information every day.
    F732 · Nursing and Physician Services · No actual harm, potential for minimal harm, widespread · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) March 3, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, interviews, and record review, the facility failed to ensure nurse staffing data was posted daily in a prominent location readily accessible to residents and visitors. This deficient practice had the potential to affect any of the 111 residents residing in the facility.
August 28, 2024Complaint inspection · 1 citation
  1. D
    Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
    F641 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · found on a complaint visit · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) September 24, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on interviews and record review, the facility failed to ensure a resident's assessment accurately reflected the resident's status for 2 (#2 and #3) of 3 (#1, #2, and #3) residents reviewed for MDS.
March 13, 2024Standard inspection · 4 citations
  1. E
    Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
    F791 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 5, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews, and record review, the facility failed to ensure there was a system in place to ensure facility residents received routine dental care and routine dental care was provided for 1 (#73) of 3 (#8, #73, and #82) residents reviewed for dental services. This deficient practice had the potential to affect any of the 107 residents residing in the facility.
  2. E
    Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
    F812 · Nutrition and Dietary · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 5, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on observations, record review, and interview, the facility failed to store, prepare, and distribute foods under sanitary conditions. The facility failed to ensure Dietary staff wore a hair restraint correctly while preparing food. There were a total of 106 out of 107 facility residents who were provided meals and beverages from the facility's kitchen.
  3. D
    Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
    F580 · Resident Rights · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 5, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on interviews, and record review, the facility failed to ensure notifications of change in a residents conditions were made for 1 (#101) of 2 (#68, #101) residents reviewed for hospitalizations. The facility failed to ensure clinical staff reported to the physician when Resident #101 had hallucinations and a change in behavior.
  4. D
    Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
    F677 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 5, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews, and record review, the facility failed to ensure a resident who was unable to carry out ADLs received the necessary services to maintain good grooming and personal hygiene for 1 (#82) of 3 (#8, #73 and #82) residents reviewed for ADL's. The facility failed to trim and file fingernails for Resident #82.

Fines and payment denials

CMS lists no fines or payment denials against this home in the last three years. The national average is 0.9 fines per home.

Staffing

Hours of care per resident per day, from the payroll records every home sends CMS. Higher means more staff time with each resident.

MeasureThis homeLouisianaUnited States
All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides)4.253.763.86
Registered nurses0.280.310.69
All nursing staff on weekends3.553.213.42
Nurse aides2.61
Licensed practical nurses1.36
Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year)45.7%47.6%45.8%
Registered nurse turnover42.9%41.6%42.9%
Administrators who left1

CMS expects 3.78 hours a day for residents as sick as this home's (its case-mix figure). The staffing star compares the two.

Staffing by quarter, from daily payroll records

Every nursing home sends CMS its staff hours for each day (the Payroll Based Journal). Here they are added up by quarter. The latest quarter is the one behind the figures above. In January to March 2026, nursing staff hours per resident were 4.54 on weekdays and 3.55 on weekends, 22% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 0.0% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 3.87 in April to June 2025 to 4.25 in January to March 2026.

QuarterAll nursing staffRegistered nursesWeekdaysWeekendsContract staff shareDays with no RN hoursResidents a day
Jan to Mar 20264.250.284.543.55 0.0%0 of 90120
Oct to Dec 20254.090.254.363.43 0.0%0 of 92126
Jul to Sep 20254.010.254.243.42 0.0%0 of 92125
Apr to Jun 20253.870.234.093.32 0.0%0 of 91124
United States, Jan to Mar 20263.750.623.923.335.3%0.5% of days
Louisiana, Jan to Mar 20263.640.263.863.103.6%0.9% of days

Hours per resident per day: staff hours in the quarter divided by resident days (the daily census CMS derives from resident assessments). Registered nurses include the director of nursing and RNs with administrative duties; aides include nurse aides in training and medication aides, as in CMS's own staffing measure. How these are calculated.

Staff pay reports

Staff pay at this home

No staff pay figure for this home has passed review yet. A figure appears only after at least 5 reports from at least 3 different people, sent over at least 60 days, have passed review.

Official wage estimates for Louisiana

JobMedianMiddle halfEmployed
Louisiana, all employers
CNAs (nursing assistants)$14.67$13.97 to $16.8720,690
LPNs and LVNs$27.63$23.87 to $29.4317,600
Registered nurses$38.57$33.19 to $45.0048,970
United States, nursing care facilities
CNAs (nursing assistants)$20.67$17.91 to $22.55534,270
LPNs and LVNs$33.86$30.05 to $37.40188,210
Registered nurses$41.11$37.85 to $47.68142,270

Hourly wages; the middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS has no separate estimate for medication aides. These are survey estimates for whole occupations, not figures for any one home.

How staff pay reports work · CNA pay by state

Quality measures

The measures CMS uses for the quality star. Lower is better for every one of them.

MeasureThis homeLouisianaUS
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
12.517.813.9
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.01.20.8
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.32.11.6
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
3.73.53.2
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.43.11.6
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
13.717.914.1
Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
6.85.64.6
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
13.522.715.4
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
29.428.023.8
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
8.314.812.0
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
2.12.61.9
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
1.12.71.8

Short-term rehab results

For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for Old Jefferson Community Care Center's Medicare short-stay residents. On returning residents home or to the community, CMS rates it no different from the national rate (55.8% of residents, after adjusting for how sick they were). How to read these, and what Medicare pays for.

Went home or back to the community

55.8% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 51.5% · Louisiana: 16 better, 33 worse

Rate of successful return to home or community from a SNF (risk-standardized discharge to community rate). Higher is better. October 2022 to September 2024. 92 eligible stays.

Potentially preventable readmissions

11.0% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 10.7% · Louisiana: 0 better, 3 worse

Rate of potentially preventable hospital readmissions 30 days after discharge from a SNF (risk-standardized rate). Lower is better. October 2022 to September 2024. 107 eligible stays.

Infections that led to a hospital stay

9.1% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 7.1% · Louisiana: 1 better, 7 worse

Percentage of infections residents got during their SNF stay that resulted in hospitalization (risk-standardized rate). Lower is better. October 2023 to September 2024. 66 eligible stays.

Self-care and mobility at discharge

81.6% this home

Median of homes: Louisiana50.0% · US 56.6%

Percentage of residents who are at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at discharge. Higher is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 38 residents counted.

Falls with major injury

1.5% this home

Median of homes: Louisiana1.0% · US 0.0%

Percentage of SNF residents who experience one or more falls with major injury during their SNF stay. Lower is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 66 residents counted.

New or worsened pressure ulcers

4.4% this home

Median of homes: Louisiana2.8% · US 1.7%

Percentage of residents with pressure ulcers or pressure injuries that are new or worsened (adjusted rate). Lower is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 66 residents counted.

Medication list given at discharge

100.0% this home

Median of homes: Louisiana100.0% · US 98.7%

Percentage of residents where the SNF provided a current medication list to the resident, family, and/or caregiver at final discharge. Higher is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 23 residents counted.

Source: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program - Provider Data, released 2026-09-30. Better, no different and worse are CMS's own comparisons with the national rate, after adjusting for how sick residents were. Medians of homes and the state counts are worked out by us from the same file.

Owners and operators

Legal business name: COMMCARE CORPORATION. CMS links this home to Commcare Corporation, a group of 19 nursing homes averaging 3.1 stars overall.

NameRoleTypeShareSince
Commcare Corporation5% or greater direct ownership interestOrganization100%03/01/1994
Lundberg, AlecContracted managing employeeIndividual06/01/2021
Prechter, PatriciaW-2 managing employeeIndividual07/01/2022
Ford, MichaelCorporate directorIndividual01/01/2021
Mangun, GaroldCorporate directorIndividual06/09/1997
Plaisance, WayneCorporate directorIndividual01/01/2022
Prechter, PatriciaCorporate directorIndividual03/01/2018
Harvey Psarellis, DawnCorporate officerIndividual01/01/2010
Mangun, GaroldCorporate officerIndividual07/01/2022
Prechter, PatriciaCorporate officerIndividual07/01/2023
Commcare Management CorporationOperational/managerial controlOrganization07/01/2018
Gardner, GeorgeOperational/managerial controlIndividual07/01/2018
Harvey Psarellis, DawnOperational/managerial controlIndividual01/01/2010
Hudson, MaryOperational/managerial controlIndividual11/12/2013
Lundberg, AlecOperational/managerial controlIndividual06/01/2021
Tucker, JamesOperational/managerial controlIndividual01/01/2010

As listed in the CMS ownership file, which names owners with a 5% or greater stake and the people and companies with operational or managerial control.

Questions to ask on a visit

Chosen from this home's own inspection record.

  1. How do you prevent falls and pressure injuries, and how are families told when one happens?Inspectors cited 3 problems in this area, most recently on February 5, 2025: "Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable."
  2. Can we see a week of menus and the kitchen, and how are special diets handled?Inspectors cited 3 problems in this area, most recently on February 5, 2025: "Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards."
  3. When is the care plan meeting, and can family attend it?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on February 5, 2025: "Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment."
  4. Who is the administrator and director of nursing, and how long have they been in the job?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on March 25, 2026: "Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services."
  5. How long has the current administrator been here?CMS counts 1 administrator who left in the period it measured.

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Common questions

What is Old Jefferson Community Care Center's Medicare star rating?
CMS rates Old Jefferson Community Care Center 5 out of 5 stars overall, with 5 for health inspections, 3 for staffing and 4 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
How many deficiencies did Old Jefferson Community Care Center get at its last inspection?
1 health deficiency at the standard inspection on March 25, 2026. The Louisiana average is 6.4.
Has Old Jefferson Community Care Center been fined?
CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
Does Old Jefferson Community Care Center accept Medicaid?
It is certified to take Medicaid (CMS lists it as "Medicare and Medicaid"). Certification does not mean a Medicaid bed is open: ask the admissions office.
Who owns Old Jefferson Community Care Center?
CMS lists 16 owners and managers, and links the home to Commcare Corporation. Legal business name: COMMCARE CORPORATION.

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