St James Place Nursing Care Center is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1997-04-28. 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) 490-3252 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

St James Place Nursing Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 65.6/100, placing it #10104 of 14703 facilities nationally and #88 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 St James Place Nursing Care Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 34 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 17 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 48 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 29 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 2 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 31.7%. 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 $72,485. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $72,485, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 100.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, St James Place Nursing Care Center ranks 10104th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 65.6/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within LA, it ranks 88th out of 266 nursing homes. In Baton Rouge, it ranks 7th out of 22 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,179 nationally and RN hours rank #13,065 nationally (#93 in LA). Our composite quality score of 65.6/100 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 Baton Rouge, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/louisiana/baton-rouge/