Old Jefferson Community Care Center

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): Old Jefferson Community Care Center-kitchen

• Jul 16, 2025 (routine/renewal): No result published.
  3 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.
  • 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
  • Floors (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3701.5 - Floors are not clean.
• Apr 16, 2025 (routine/renewal): No result published.
  5 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 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.
  • Openings (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3505.1 - Openings are not protected against the entry of rodents or insects.
  • Lighting/light shields (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3707.1 - Light bulbs are not shielded or coated in areas where there is exposed food, clean equipment, utensils, or unwrapped single service or single use articles.
  • 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.
• Jan 6, 2025 (routine/renewal): No result published.
  3 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.
  • Non-food contact frequency of cleaning (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 2503.1 - Non-food contact surfaces are not cleaned at a frequency necessary to preclude accumulation of soil residues.
  • Floors (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3701.5 - Floors are not clean.
• Oct 24, 2024 (follow-up): No result published.
  1 violation

  • Non-food contact frequency of cleaning (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 2503.1 - Non-food contact surfaces are not cleaned at a frequency necessary to preclude accumulation of soil residues.
• Oct 21, 2024 (routine/renewal): No result published.
  7 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.
  • Non-food contact frequency of cleaning (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 2503.1 - Non-food contact surfaces are not cleaned at a frequency necessary to preclude accumulation of soil residues.
  • Clean equipment/single service storage (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 2517.9 - Single use/single service articles are not stored at least six (6) inches off the floor
  • 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.
  • Openings (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3505.1 - Openings are not protected against the entry of rodents or insects.
  • Floors (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3701.5 - Floors are not clean.
  • 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.
• Jul 31, 2024 (routine/renewal): No result published.
  5 violations

  • Equipment – chemical sanitization-sink set up (Critical). Inspector’s note: 2513 - Quaternary ammonium solution concentration for warewashing is not 200 p.p.m. at 75ºF.
  • 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.
  • Openings (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3505.1 - Openings are not protected against the entry of rodents or insects.
  • Floors (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3701.5 - Floors are not clean.
  • 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 15, 2024 (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.
  • 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.
  • Openings (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3505.1 - Openings are not protected against the entry of rodents or insects.
  • 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.
• Mar 6, 2024 (routine/renewal): No result published.
  4 violations

  • 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.
  • Floors (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3701.5 - Floors are not clean.
  • Equipment construction, good repair (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 2101.1 - Non-food contact equipment is not maintained in good repair.
  • 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.
• Dec 5, 2023 (routine/renewal): No result published.
  3 violations

  • Equipment construction, good repair (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 2101.1 - Non-food contact equipment is not maintained in good repair.
  • 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.

Source: the agency's records, inspections since Oct 16, 2023, as of Oct 15, 2026. Critical: The state's critical violation flag.

Care and services

From the community’s website

What Old Jefferson Community Care Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.

• Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers. Volunteers are integral to the CommCare experience, and volunteering at a CommCare community or hospice can be a rewarding experience! (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)

Staff pay and workplace safety

Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.

OSHA workplace safety inspections

OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.

• Mar 23, 2022: follow-up inspection, partial (health). Case closed Aug 1, 2022. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Commcare Corporation. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.

Location and nearby care

Nearest hospital with an emergency room

Womans Hospital, Baton Rouge. 2.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.

Nearest Medicare nursing home

Landmark South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Baton Rouge. 2.0 miles away, straight line.

Nearest home health agency office

Healing Hands Home Health Inc, Baton Rouge. 2.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.

Nearest pharmacy

Albertsons Pharmacy. 1.8 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

Fkc - O'Neal Lane, Baton Rouge, 3.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Fmcna - Mancuso, Baton Rouge, 4.5 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita East Baton Rouge Dialysis, Baton Rouge, 4.5 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)

Hospice

22 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 70817.
Hospice Specialists Of Louisiana, office in Baton Rouge, 3.5 miles away, straight line
Pinnacle Hospice, office in Baton Rouge, 3.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Bridgeway Healthcare & Hospice, office in Baton Rouge, 4.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)

Nearest geriatric medicine practice

North Oaks Medical Center LLC, Hammond. 31.1 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 moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively moderate, inland flooding relatively low, coastal flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake very 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.