Nursing home
Ollie Steele Burden Manor
4250 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809 · Map
Non profit - Church related · 174 certified beds
Ollie Steele Burden Manor is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Its most recent inspection on Sep 17, 2025 cited 10 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Ollie Steele Burden Manor 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 | —% | 48.0% | 46.4% | — |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 10.0 | 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.
- Every deficiency from the September 17, 2025 inspection was corrected by October 24, 2025
What inspectors found at Ollie Steele Burden Manor
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
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Sep 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Sep 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
Administration Deficiencies · Sep 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Sep 17, 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 · Sep 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Sep 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Sep 17, 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 · Sep 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Sep 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Oct 30, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Oct 30, 2024 · 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
- 4250 Essen Lane
Baton Rouge, LA 70809 - CMS certification #
- 195566
- Ownership
- Non profit - Church related
- Certified beds
- 174
- Avg residents/day
- 55.1
- Provider type
- Medicare
- First certified
- 2003-05-16
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Ollie Steele Burden Manor using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, transportation
- 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): Ollie Steele Burden Nursing Home Kitchen
- Aug 14, 2025 (routine/renewal): No result published.
1 violation
- Equipment construction, good repair (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 2101.1 - Non-food contact equipment is not maintained in good repair. Rear hand sinm
- May 28, 2025 (routine/renewal): No result published.
1 violation
- 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.
- Mar 14, 2025 (routine/renewal): No result published. No violations listed.
- Dec 19, 2024 (routine/renewal): No result published. No violations listed.
- Oct 17, 2024 (routine/renewal): No result published.
1 violation
- Walls and ceilings (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3703.3 - Walls/ceilings or attached equipment are not clean.
- Aug 12, 2024 (routine/renewal): No result published. No violations listed.
- May 20, 2024 (routine/renewal): No result published. No violations listed.
- Feb 28, 2024 (routine/renewal): No result published.
4 violations
- Food – properly packaged/labeled (Critical). Inspector’s note: 1107 - Imported crawfish and shrimp are not identified as specified by law. Dietian made corrections to menu on site
- Floors (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3701.5 - Floors are not clean. In mop sink room
- Walls and ceilings (Non-critical). Inspector’s note: 3703.3 - Walls/ceilings or attached equipment 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.
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 Ollie Steele Burden Manor 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 respite or short-term stays.
Respite Care (short-term stay not skilled)
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Transportation to and from scheduled appointments during a skilled stay
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room.
Private rooms are available
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge. 0.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Sage Rehabilitation Hospital SNF, Baton Rouge. 0.4 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. 0.4 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
- Fkc - J.H. Lee Kidney Center, Baton Rouge, 0.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Essen Lane Dialysis, Baton Rouge, 0.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fmcna - Picardy Kidney Ctr, Baton Rouge, 0.7 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 20 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 70809.
Hospice In His Care, LLC, office in Baton Rouge, 1.4 miles away, straight line
Audubon Hospice Care, office in Baton Rouge, 1.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
St. Joseph Hospice Of Acadiana, LLC, office in Baton Rouge, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - 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 |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ollie Steele Burden Manor a good nursing home?
CMS gives Ollie Steele Burden Manor an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
Has Ollie Steele Burden Manor had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 10 deficiencies.
How many beds does Ollie Steele Burden Manor have?
Ollie Steele Burden Manor is certified for 174 beds.