Nursing home
The Oaks Care Center
50 Pinecrest Drive, Pineville, LA 71360 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Plantation Management Company (16 facilities) · 136 certified beds
The Oaks Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Pineville, Louisiana. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.16 hours per resident per day, below the Louisiana average of 3.81. Its most recent inspection on Sep 18, 2024 cited 3 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How The Oaks Care 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) | 3.16 | 3.81 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.12 | 0.32 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.84 | 2.32 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 53.9% | 48.0% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 3.0 | 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 7, 2026 inspection was corrected by February 13, 2026
What inspectors found at The Oaks Care 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
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jan 7, 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 · Jan 7, 2026 · 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 · Jan 7, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Sep 18, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Sep 18, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Sep 18, 2024 · 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 · Aug 24, 2023 - 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 · Aug 24, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Aug 24, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 24, 2023 - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Aug 24, 2023 - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Aug 24, 2023
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
- 50 Pinecrest Drive
Pineville, LA 71360 - CMS certification #
- 195529
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 136
- Avg residents/day
- 105.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2001-08-30
- 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 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2012
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: $208 owed to 1 employee. Employer as DOL recorded it: The Oaks Care Center (Plantation Management Company, LLC). Case 1742428.
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
- Rapides Regional Medical Center, Alexandria. 4.1 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Hilltop Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Pineville. 1.8 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Lagniappe Homecare Alexandria, Alexandria. 6.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 71360 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmcna - Pineville, Pineville, 2.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Fmcna - Alexandria, Alexandria, 4.8 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fmcna - South Alexandria, Alexandria, 5.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 11 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 71360.
Faith Foundation Hospice, Inc, office in Alexandria, 6.6 miles away, straight line
Still Waters Hospice, LLC, office in Alexandria, 7.2 miles away, straight line
Harbor Hospice Of Alexandria, Lp, office in Alexandria, 7.3 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Lsuhn Billing LLC, Lafayette. 82.0 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
- FEMA has a flood map for this community (effective September 5, 1984), but it is not in FEMA's digital flood map data, so the zone at this address could not be read. FEMA's Map Service Center has the map. (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively moderate, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively 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: 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 The Oaks Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives The Oaks Care Center an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is The Oaks Care Center staffed?
The Oaks Care Center reports 3.16 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Louisiana average of 3.81.
Has The Oaks Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does The Oaks Care Center have?
The Oaks Care Center is certified for 136 beds.