Nursing home
Center Point Health Care and Rehab
8225 Summa Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70809 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · 172 certified beds
Center Point Health Care and Rehab is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Its most recent inspection on May 7, 2025 cited 24 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Center Point Health Care and Rehab 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) | — | 3.81 | 3.89 | — |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | — | 0.32 | 0.68 | — |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | — | 2.32 | 2.34 | — |
| Nursing staff turnover | 50.4% | 48.0% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 24.0 | 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.
What inspectors found at Center Point Health Care and Rehab
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
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Nov 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Sep 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Sep 11, 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 · May 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · May 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · May 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · May 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · May 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 7, 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
- 8225 Summa Avenue
Baton Rouge, LA 70809 - CMS certification #
- 195483
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 172
- Avg residents/day
- 134.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2000-02-15
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Kitchen 8 inspections by Louisiana Department of Health, Retail Food Program (published by the City of Baton Rouge) since 2024
- Emergency In FEMA's high-risk flood area (Zone AE)
Full public records, with dates and sources
Kitchen inspections
The local health department inspects the kitchen that serves residents. Results are in the agency's own words.
Louisiana Department of Health, Retail Food Program (published by the City of Baton Rouge): CENTER POINT HEALTH CARE AND REHAB-kitchen
- Sep 25, 2025 (routine/renewal): No result published.
5 violations
- Equipment – chemical sanitization-sink set up (Critical). Inspector’s note: 2303 - The 3 compartment sink is not used in proper sequence to wash, rinse and sanitize.
- Personal care items (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3903 - Employees’ personal care items are stored where food equipment, utensils, linens, single service items or single use items may be contaminated.
- Floors (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3701.5 - Floors are not clean.
- Walls and ceilings (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3703.3 - Walls/ceilings or attached equipment are not clean.
- Permits – valid, posted (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 501.3 - A valid permit to operate is not posted in a conspicuous location.
- Jun 24, 2025 (routine/renewal): No result published.
3 violations
- Food safety certification (Critical). Inspector’s note: 305 - A current state food safety certificate is not held by the owner or a designated employee of the establishment.
- Ware washing, air drying (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 2515.2 - Equipment and utensils are not air-dried. Wet nesting
- Walls and ceilings (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3703.4 - Walls/ceilings or attached equipment are not in good repair.
- Apr 23, 2025 (routine/renewal): No result published.
6 violations
- Food storage – 6” off floor, dry, covered (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 1501.4 - Food is not stored six (6) inches off the floor. Milk carton
- Ware washing, air drying (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 2515.2 - Equipment and utensils are not air-dried. Wet nesting
- Personal care items (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3903 - Employees’ personal care items are stored where food equipment, utensils, linens, single service items or single use items may be contaminated.
- Hand wash supplies – clean, accessible (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3109.5 - Soap and/or paper towels are not provided for use at the hand wash lavatory.
- Walls and ceilings (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3703.3 - Walls/ceilings or attached equipment are not clean.
- Walls and ceilings (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3703.4 - Walls/ceilings or attached equipment are not in good repair.
- Feb 14, 2025 (routine/renewal): No result published.
4 violations
- Toxic labeling (Critical). Inspector’s note: 3901 - Working containers of chemicals are not labeled.
- Improper thawing (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 1315 - Potentially hazardous foods are not properly thawed.
- Food storage – 6” off floor, dry, covered (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 1501.4 - Food is not stored six (6) inches off the floor.
- In use utensil storage (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 2519.2 - In use food utensils are not stored on a clean dry surface.
- Nov 27, 2024 (routine/renewal): No result published.
2 violations
- Improper thawing (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 1315 - Potentially hazardous foods are not properly thawed. RAW CHICKEN
- Floors (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3701.5 - Floors are not clean. WALK IN COOLER
- Sep 19, 2024 (routine/renewal): No result published. No violations listed.
- Jun 27, 2024 (follow-up): No result published.
5 violations
- Toxic labeling (Critical). Inspector’s note: 3901 - Working containers of chemicals are not labeled.
- Floors (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3701.5 - Floors are not clean.
- Ware washing, air drying (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 2515.2 - Equipment and utensils are not air-dried. Wet nesting
- Maintenance equipment (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 4119.2 - Mops are not hung and/or stored to facilitate air drying.
- Walls and ceilings (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3703.3 - Walls/ceilings or attached equipment are not clean.
- Apr 5, 2024 (routine/renewal): No result published.
9 violations
- Food safety certification (Critical). Inspector’s note: 305 - A current state food safety certificate is not held by the owner or a designated employee of the establishment.
- Floors (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3701.5 - Floors are not clean.
- Personal care items (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3903 - Employees’ personal care items are stored where food equipment, utensils, linens, single service items or single use items may be contaminated.
- Ware washing, air drying (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 2515.2 - Equipment and utensils are not air-dried. Wet nesting
- Sanitizer test kit (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 2513 - A sanitizer test kit is not provided to accurately measure the concentration in mg/L or parts per million of sanitizing solution provided.
- Hand wash supplies – clean, accessible (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3109.8 - The hand wash lavatory is used for purpose other than hand washing.
- Maintenance equipment (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 4119.2 - Mops are not hung and/or stored to facilitate air drying.
- Non-food contact surfaces clean (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 2501.2 - Non-food contact surfaces of equipment have an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue and other debris. Prep tables
- Hand wash supplies – clean, accessible (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3109.5 - Soap and/or paper towels are not provided for use at the hand wash lavatory.
Source: the agency's records, inspections since Oct 16, 2023, as of Oct 15, 2026. Critical: The state's critical violation flag.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Baton Rouge. 0.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Sage Rehabilitation Hospital SNF, Baton Rouge. 0.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Elara Caring, Baton Rouge. 1.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 70809 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmcna - Greater Baton Rouge Home Program, Baton Rouge, 0.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fkc - J.H. Lee Kidney Center, Baton Rouge, 0.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Essen Lane Dialysis, Baton Rouge, 0.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 20 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 70809.
Hospice In His Care, LLC, office in Baton Rouge, 1.5 miles away, straight line
Audubon Hospice Care, office in Baton Rouge, 2.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Heart Of Hospice, LLC, office in Baton Rouge, 2.1 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- North Oaks Medical Center LLC, Hammond. 37.0 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
- Zone AE: 1% annual chance flood area (high risk); base flood elevation set. This is inside FEMA's Special Flood Hazard Area, where flood insurance is required for federally backed mortgages. (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: hurricane relatively high, inland flooding relatively high, coastal flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado very high, 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Center Point Health Care and Rehab a good nursing home?
CMS gives Center Point Health Care and Rehab an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
Has Center Point Health Care and Rehab had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 24 deficiencies.
How many beds does Center Point Health Care and Rehab have?
Center Point Health Care and Rehab is certified for 172 beds.