Nursing home
Camelot Leisure Living
6818 Highway 84 West, Ferriday, LA 71334 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Paramount Healthcare Consultants (14 facilities) · 91 certified beds
Camelot Leisure Living is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Ferriday, Louisiana. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.52 hours per resident per day, below the Louisiana average of 3.81. Its most recent inspection on Feb 20, 2025 cited 19 deficiencies.
- 2 fines totaling $54,763In CMS records: 3 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Camelot Leisure Living compares
This facility vs. the Louisiana and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Louisiana avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.52 | 3.81 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.30 | 0.32 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.34 | 2.32 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 46.6% | 48.0% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 19.0 | 8.3 | 9.5 | above avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
Penalties in CMS records: 2 fines totaling $54,763, 3 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Camelot Leisure Living
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Provide appropriate colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jul 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jul 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
Administration Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 6818 Highway 84 West
Ferriday, LA 71334 - CMS certification #
- 195516
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 91
- Avg residents/day
- 69.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2001-03-15
- Chain
- Paramount Healthcare Consultants (14 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Paramount Healthcare Consultants
Paramount Healthcare Consultants operates 14 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Paramount Healthcare Consultants facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Camelot Leisure Living using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Transportation
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Camelot Leisure Living says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Provides transportation.
While working daily with our full-time therapy staff, our residents enjoy beautifully appointed living spaces, delicious meals, engaging social activities, transportation, and personalized assistance with care.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room.
Today’s skilled nursing residences offer restaurant-style dining, a full calendar of social activities, a large, pleasant environment, private rooms – and the peace of mind that comes with knowing medical health is just a call-button away.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Riverland Medical Center, Ferriday. 2.9 miles away, straight line. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Natchez Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Natchez. 11.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Intensive Home Health Care, Inc, Ferriday. 1.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 12.9 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 71334 as small town (small town core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmcna - Ferriday, Vidalia, 8.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Rcg Natchez, Natchez, 12.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 6 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 71334.
Enhabit Hospice Of Vidalia, office in Vidalia, 8.7 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Lallie Kemp Medical Ctr, Independence. 94.3 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- FEMA has a flood map for this community (effective June 2, 1994), but it is not in FEMA's digital flood map data, so the zone at this address could not be read. FEMA's Map Service Center has the map. (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively moderate, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively high, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Camelot Leisure Living a good nursing home?
CMS gives Camelot Leisure Living an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Camelot Leisure Living staffed?
Camelot Leisure Living reports 3.52 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Louisiana average of 3.81.
Has Camelot Leisure Living had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 19 deficiencies.
How many beds does Camelot Leisure Living have?
Camelot Leisure Living is certified for 91 beds.