Nursing home
Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
18180 Jefferson Hwy, Baton Rouge, LA 70817 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of The Beebe Family (48 facilities) · 144 certified beds
Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.66 hours per resident per day, below the Louisiana average of 3.81. Its most recent inspection on Jan 14, 2026 cited 1 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $10,036In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 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) | 3.66 | 3.81 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.27 | 0.32 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.26 | 2.32 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 53.9% | 48.0% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 1.0 | 8.3 | 9.5 | below 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.
- Every deficiency from the January 14, 2026 inspection was corrected by January 26, 2026
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $10,036, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
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 each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jan 14, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Nov 14, 2024 · 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 · Nov 14, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Nov 14, 2024 · 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 · Nov 14, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 11 deficiencies
- 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 · Jul 18, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jul 18, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Minimal
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Jul 18, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · May 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · May 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Dec 13, 2023 · 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
- 18180 Jefferson Hwy
Baton Rouge, LA 70817 - CMS certification #
- 195480
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 144
- Avg residents/day
- 137.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2000-02-01
- Chain
- The Beebe Family (48 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of The Beebe Family
The Beebe Family operates 48 nursing facilities across the United States. View all The Beebe Family facilities →
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Kitchen 9 inspections by Louisiana Department of Health, Retail Food Program (published by the City of Baton Rouge) since 2023
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): Landmark South-kitchen
- Aug 15, 2025 (routine/renewal): No result published.
3 violations
- Food storage – 6” off floor, dry, covered (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 1501.3 - Food is stored where it is exposed to splash, dust, or other contamination
- Non-food contact construction (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 2113 - Non-food contact surfaces are not constructed of a corrosion-resistant, non -absorbent, smooth material
- Walls and ceilings (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3703.4 - Walls/ceilings or attached equipment are not in good repair.
- May 9, 2025 (routine/renewal): No result published.
4 violations
- Food contact equipment and utensils cleaned (Critical). Inspector’s note: 2501 - Food contact surfaces and utensils are not clean to sight and touch.
- Food storage – 6” off floor, dry, covered (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 1501.3 - Food is stored where it is exposed to splash, dust, or other contamination
- 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.
- Floors (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3701.5 - Floors are not clean.
- Feb 13, 2025 (follow-up): No result published. No violations listed.
- Feb 10, 2025 (routine/renewal): No result published.
1 violation
- Equipment – chemical sanitization-sink set up (Critical). Inspector’s note: 2513 - Chlorine sanitizer concentration for warewashing is not between 50-100 p.p.m. at 75ºF.
- Nov 12, 2024 (routine/renewal): No result published. No violations listed.
- Aug 8, 2024 (routine/renewal): No result published.
2 violations
- 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.
- Mechanical/hood ventilation/heat and a/c (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3713 - Air intake/exhaust vents are causing contamination of food, food preparation surfaces, equipment, or utensils.
- May 6, 2024 (routine/renewal): No result published.
4 violations
- Equipment construction, good repair (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 2101.1 - Non-food contact equipment is not maintained in good repair.
- Mechanical/hood ventilation/heat and a/c (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3713 - Air intake/exhaust vents are causing contamination of food, food preparation surfaces, equipment, or utensils.
- 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.
- Cleaning and storage of garbage areas (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3307.9 - Outdoor premises used for garbage storage is not maintained clean and free of litter.
- Feb 29, 2024 (routine/renewal): No result published.
3 violations
- Equipment – chemical sanitization-sink set up (Critical). Inspector’s note: 2513 - Chlorine sanitizer concentration for warewashing is not between 50-100 p.p.m. at 75ºF.
- Cross contamination – equipment to food (Critical). Inspector’s note: 1705 - Equipment/utensil with which food is prepared, held or served, was not cleaned, rinsed and sanitized prior to use.
- 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.
- Dec 7, 2023 (routine/renewal): No result published. No violations listed.
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
- Womans Hospital, Baton Rouge. 3.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Old Jefferson Community Care Center, Baton Rouge. 2.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Healing Hands Home Health Inc, Baton Rouge. 4.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.9 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 70817 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmcna - Ascension, Prairieville, 4.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fmcna - Mancuso, Baton Rouge, 5.3 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Fkc - O'Neal Lane, Baton Rouge, 5.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 22 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 70817.
Gentiva, office in Prairieville, 4.6 miles away, straight line
Pinnacle Hospice, office in Baton Rouge, 4.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Cardinal Hospice, office in Baton Rouge, 5.2 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- North Oaks Medical Center LLC, Hammond. 31.4 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 X: Area protected by a levee from the 1% annual chance flood (moderate risk). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively high, inland flooding relatively moderate, coastal flooding relatively moderate, 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 |
| The community’s own website | No plain statements of services found |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center staffed?
Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center reports 3.66 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Louisiana average of 3.81.
Has Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 1 deficiencies.
How many beds does Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center have?
Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is certified for 144 beds.