Nursing home
St Joseph of Harahan
405 Folse Drive, Harahan, LA 70123 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Plantation Management Company (16 facilities) · 206 certified beds
St Joseph of Harahan is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Harahan, Louisiana. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.40 hours per resident per day, below the Louisiana average of 3.81. Its most recent inspection on Mar 27, 2025 cited 8 deficiencies.
- 2 fines totaling $228,169In 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 St Joseph of Harahan 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) | 3.40 | 3.81 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.10 | 0.32 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.00 | 2.32 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 56.8% | 48.0% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 8.0 | 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.
Penalties in CMS records: 2 fines totaling $228,169, 3 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at St Joseph of Harahan
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
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Environmental Deficiencies · Mar 3, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 3, 2026 · 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 · Mar 3, 2026 · 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 · May 22, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Apr 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 27, 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 · Mar 27, 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 · Mar 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Mar 27, 2025 · 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 · Mar 27, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Environmental Deficiencies · Oct 29, 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
- 405 Folse Drive
Harahan, LA 70123 - CMS certification #
- 195374
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 206
- Avg residents/day
- 170.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1996-07-01
- Chain
- Plantation Management Company (16 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Plantation Management Company
Plantation Management Company operates 16 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Plantation Management Company facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Staff pay 3 federal wage cases with violations found, since 2003
Full public records, with dates and sources
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Oct 8, 2012 to Oct 6, 2014. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $12,554 owed to 2 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: St. Joseph of Harahan, LLC. Case 1743866.
- Findings for Mar 28, 2013 to Jul 22, 2014. Violations found: Family and medical leave. Back wages: $201 owed to 1 employee. Employer as DOL recorded it: St. Joseph of Harahan (Plantation Management Company, L.L.C.). Case 1722196.
- Findings for May 17, 2003 to Jun 11, 2005. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $2,512 owed to 4 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: St. Joseph Nursing & Rehab Center (Harahan Living Center, Inc.). Case 1400257.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Ochsner Medical Center Acute, New Orleans. 4.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- St Anthony Community Care Center, Metairie. 2.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Egan Ochsner Home Health New Orleans, Harahan. 1.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- La Pharmacy. 2.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 70123 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Metairie Dialysis Center, Metairie, 2.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Ochsner Kidney Care - Jefferson Highway, Jefferson, 3.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Fmcna - Ochsner New Orleans, Jefferson, 4.3 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 70123.
Nola Sjh Ii, LLC, office in River Ridge, 0.6 miles away, straight line
Guardian Angel Hospice, office in Metairie, 2.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Anvoi Hospice, office in Metairie, 4.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Administrators Of The Tulane Educational Fund, Metairie. 5.4 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 low. By hazard: hurricane relatively high, inland flooding very low, coastal flooding relatively low, tornado very low, 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.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| 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: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| 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 St Joseph of Harahan a good nursing home?
CMS gives St Joseph of Harahan 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.
How is St Joseph of Harahan staffed?
St Joseph of Harahan reports 3.40 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Louisiana average of 3.81.
Has St Joseph of Harahan had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 8 deficiencies.
How many beds does St Joseph of Harahan have?
St Joseph of Harahan is certified for 206 beds.