Assisted Living in Baton Rouge, LA
Baton Rouge has 17 state-licensed assisted living communities. The median cost of assisted living in Louisiana is $5,163 a month (CareScout 2025), against $6,200 nationally.
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Choosing Assisted Living
A practical guide for families, with checklists to take on your tours.
- What assisted living costs and the ways to pay
- Signs it may be time
- Tour checklists to print and take with you
- What residents and families told us matters most
All 17 licensed assisted living communities in Baton Rouge
Every assisted living community Louisiana licenses in Baton Rouge, from state records. Being listed is not a rating: Lilisity scores only communities with verified interviews (the Top Communities). Communities with verified testimonials are listed first, then by size.
17 shown
| Community | Size | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Barclay House of Baton Rouge9394 Siegen Lane | Size not listed— residents | $3,200 to $5,200/moLilisity estimate |
| Fidelis Care V6543 E. Achord Road | Size not listed— residents | $3,200 to $5,200/moLilisity estimate |
| Fidelis King Richard11710 King Richard Drive | Size not listed— residents | $3,200 to $5,200/moLilisity estimate |
| Garden View of Baton Rouge3130 Jones Creek Road | Size not listed— residents | $3,200 to $5,200/moLilisity estimate |
| Glenncrest at Siegen9351 Siegen Lane | Size not listed— residents | $3,200 to $5,200/moLilisity estimate |
| Holly Court Assisted Living and Memory Care8585 Summa Avenue | Size not listed— residents | $3,200 to $5,200/moLilisity estimate |
| Magnolia Care Center Veterans Home16950 Florida Blvd. | Size not listed— residents | $3,200 to $5,200/moLilisity estimate |
| Our House for Respite2967 Carmen Drive | Size not listed— residents | $3,200 to $5,200/moLilisity estimate |
| Pines Retirement Center of Baton Rouge (Assisted Living)14686 Old Hammond Highway | Size not listed— residents | $3,200 to $5,200/moLilisity estimate |
| Shekinah Glory3613 Government Street | Size not listed— residents | $3,200 to $5,200/moLilisity estimate |
| Southside Gardens Assisted Living Center4536 Perkins Road | Size not listed— residents | from $3,600/mo |
| St. James Place of Baton Rouge333 Lee Drive | Size not listed— residents | $3,200 to $5,200/moLilisity estimate |
| Sunrise Second Baton Rouge Assisted Living8502 Jefferson Highway | Size not listed— residents | from $3,800/mo |
| The Claiborne at Baton Rouge9511 Creekview Drive | Size not listed— residents | $3,200 to $5,200/moLilisity estimate |
| The Pearl at Jamestown14443 Perkins Rd. | Size not listed— residents | $3,200 to $5,200/moLilisity estimate |
| Williamsburg Senior Living Community5445 Government Street | Size not listed— residents | $3,200 to $5,200/moLilisity estimate |
| Women's Community Rehabilitation Center(WCRC)1979 Beaumont Dr. | Size not listed— residents | $3,200 to $5,200/moLilisity estimate |
How much does assisted living cost in Baton Rouge?
The median cost of assisted living in Louisiana is $5,163 a month ($61,956 a year), below the national median of $6,200. That’s CareScout’s 2025 survey, collected July to November 2025. 2 Baton Rouge communities publish a starting price on Lilisity, from $3,600 to $3,800 a month. If more care is needed: nursing home costs in Louisiana, with CareScout medians and the private-pay rates nursing homes publish.
Medicare does not pay for assisted living. People pay from savings and income, long-term care insurance, or VA Aid and Attendance (up to $29,093 a year for a veteran in 2026), and some qualify for Medicaid help with care costs at communities that accept it. Who actually pays for long-term care.
Free tools: how long will the money last? · home care or assisted living? · VA Aid and Attendance estimator
Three questions to ask on every Baton Rouge tour
From about 23,000 concerns residents and families raised in Senior Living Alliance phone interviews, the most common are about dining, housekeeping and hearing back from management.
- Can I come back and eat a meal here, unannounced?Dining was 23% of all concerns: quality that changes day to day.
- How is laundry labeled and tracked, and what happens when something goes missing?Housekeeping was 17%.
- Who is my main contact, and how often will I hear from them?Communication with management was 15%.
All 8 tour questions, with a free printable tour card (PDF).
Check a Baton Rouge community’s license
Louisiana publishes licensing records, and in most cases inspection or complaint reports, for every community on this page. Look up any community on the state’s site: ldh.la.gov. Ask the community for its most recent inspection report too; they have to keep it.
Baton Rouge assisted living questions
Louisiana licenses 17 assisted living communities in Baton Rouge as of November 2026.
The median cost of assisted living in Louisiana is $5,163 a month (CareScout 2025), compared with $6,200 nationally. Prices vary with the room, the level of care and the community, so ask each one for its current rate sheet. The table on this page shows each community's published price or a Lilisity estimate where we have one, and our free guide lists the questions to ask about cost.
Medicaid doesn't pay rent or meals in assisted living. Most states offer a Medicaid waiver or program that can pay for care services at participating communities for people who qualify; not every community takes it, so ask each one. Louisiana's Medicaid agency or your local Area Agency on Aging can tell you what's available.
Louisiana publishes its licensing records at ldh.la.gov. You can also ask any community for its most recent state inspection report.