Chateau St. James Rehab And Retirement is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1994-12-01. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (225) 869-5725 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Chateau St. James Rehab And Retirement holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (1★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 70.1/100, placing it #8233 of 14703 facilities nationally and #56 of 266 in Louisiana. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Chateau St. James Rehab And Retirement receives a reported average of 3 hours 24 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 16 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 19 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 49 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 46 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $10,517. 44 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $10,517, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 35.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Chateau St. James Rehab And Retirement ranks 8233rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 70.1/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within LA, it ranks 56th out of 266 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #10,042 nationally and RN hours rank #13,176 nationally (#102 in LA). Our composite quality score of 70.1/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Lutcher, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/louisiana/lutcher/