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Communities are listed from highest-ranked to lowest-ranked based on our methodology.

Care Types in This Table AL (Assisted Living): Housing with help for daily activities like bathing, dressing, and medication, without 24-hour skilled nursing. NH (Nursing Home): 24/7 skilled nursing care for residents with complex, ongoing medical needs. SNF (Skilled Nursing Facility): Round-the-clock nursing care, often for recovery after surgery, injury, or illness. MC (Memory Care): Secured, specialized care for people living with Alzheimer's or dementia. RC (Respite Care): Short-term temporary care that gives family caregivers a break. IL (Independent Living): Community living with dining, activities, and transportation for active seniors who need little personal care. HOS (Hospice Care): Comfort-focused care for those with a terminal illness, prioritizing quality of life over treatment. PC (Palliative Care): Comfort-focused care for serious illness at any stage, including alongside curative treatment. SC (Senior Communities):
City and state of the facility. Used for mapping and state-average comparisons.
Licensed bed capacity (maximum allowed). Not the same as how many beds are currently filled.
Indicates whether residents are allowed to have pets in the facility.
Third-party neighborhood walkability score (0–100). Convenience/context metric, not a healthcare quality measure.
Number of years the company has been in operation.
Better Business Bureau grade for the operating company. Reflects complaint handling and business practices, not clinical care quality.
Colonial Oaks Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation
SC
HOS
MC
NH
PC
RC
SNF
Bossier City
120No 29 --
The Verandah Retirement Community in Lake Charles
SC
AL
IL
MC
Lake Charles
-Yes-16A+
Holly Court Assisted Living and Memory Care
SC
AL
IL
MC
Baton Rouge (South Baton Rouge)
-Yes 7 14A+
Woodbriar Assisted Living & Memory Care
SC
AL
MC
Maurice (Vermilion Parish)
74No 48 --
Princeton Place-Ruston
SC
NH
SNF
Ruston (Lincoln Parish)
123No 28 --
The Encore Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
SC
NH
SNF
Crowley (Acadia Parish)
73No 3 --
Landmark of Baton Rouge
SC
HOS
MC
NH
SNF
Baton Rouge
144No 24 --
Landmark Nursing Center Hammond
SC
HOS
MC
NH
PC
SNF
Hammond (Tangipahoa Parish)
150No 17 --
Valley View Health Care Facility
SC
HOS
MC
NH
PC
SNF
South Marksville (Avoyelles Parish)
100No 13 --
Kaplan Healthcare Center
SC
MC
NH
RC
SNF
Kaplan (Vermilion Parish)
113No 26 --
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Overview of Colonial Oaks Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation

Colonial Oaks Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation is a 120 bed nursing home in Bossier City, Louisiana, offering skilled nursing, memory care, hospice care, palliative care, and respite care. Skilled nursing provides licensed nursing care on site around the clock, while memory care offers a secured setting with supervision for a resident at risk of wandering.

Hospice and palliative care support residents with comfort focused needs. Respite care provides a short stay when a usual caregiver needs to travel or recover. Short term rehabilitation, outpatient therapy, post surgery care, cardiac rehabilitation and recovery, pulmonary rehabilitation, and orthopedic surgery rehabilitation are also available, giving residents access to treatment for recovery needs through the community’s rehabilitation services.

Colonial Oaks Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation may be a good fit for a family seeking short term respite or rehabilitation alongside support for dementia or comfort focused care. Total nurse staffing is 2 hours and 59 minutes per resident per day, representing the daily hands on nursing time allocated to each resident.

Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are accepted, giving families several listed ways to cover care, including Medicaid for a longer stay when personal savings may not cover the full cost. Residents can use the barber and beauty shop, landscaped yard and patio, and on site rehabilitation services, while scheduled activities include movies, musical performances, outings, and birthday celebrations; transportation is available for resident needs.

Daily meals include options such as meatloaf, fried catfish, chicken fried steak, and roast beef with gravy. Cardiac healthy, diabetic friendly, mechanical soft, and pureed diets are available for residents whose dietary needs require those formats. Pmg Opco Colonial operates the community.

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Overview of The Verandah Retirement Community in Lake Charles

Part of the Sunshine Retirement Community group, The Verandah Retirement Community is a senior living community in Lake Charles, Louisiana, offering assisted living, independent living, and memory care on one campus. The community is located at 5851 Gray Market Drive, about 6.5 miles from downtown Lake Charles. It has been serving residents for 19 years. Tammy Friesen serves as the Executive Director.

The single-story community offers one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom residences ranging from about 850 to just over 1,600 square feet. The variety of floor plans gives residents flexibility when choosing a home that fits their lifestyle and space needs.

Personal care includes assistance with bathing, grooming, medication management, housekeeping, and other activities of daily living. The memory care program provides a structured program of activities for residents living with dementia to keep them engaged throughout the day. Residents also have access to transportation services and fitness and recreation programs. The pet-friendly environment allows them to move in with a companion animal.

The neighborhood has a Walk Score of 1, which is car-dependent. Nearly all errands and outings require a vehicle. Families and visitors should plan on driving when visiting The Verandah Retirement Community.

Contact The Verandah Retirement Community in Lake Charles

Overview of Holly Court Assisted Living and Memory Care

Holly Court Assisted Living and Memory Care’s convenient location near Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center and other healthcare facilities in Baton Rouge ensures that residents have access to the care they need. The home’s compassionate caregivers provide 24/7 personal assistance, and a regular physician is on-site to ensure residents receive the best possible care.

The community also offers bathing and grooming assistance, as well as a library and on-site dentist among other amenities. They even have a bistro dining that is sure to delight the residents’ taste buds and a beauty salon to relax and unwind. The community is also proud to be pet-friendly and offers religious services and laundry concierge services to make life easier. Residents can see firsthand the warmth and care that Holly Court exudes, and understand why it’s much more than just a place to live.

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Overview of Woodbriar Assisted Living & Memory Care

Woodbriar Assisted Living & Memory Care provides assisted living and memory care in Maurice, LA. Assisted living helps with daily tasks such as dressing, bathing, and medication while residents maintain their own living space. Memory care offers a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering. Having both care levels in one community can suit a resident whose needs grow over time, allowing a move from assisted living to memory care without changing communities.

Woodbriar has 74 beds. Respite care provides a short stay when a family’s usual caregiver needs to travel or recover. Transportation services offer rides, while on-site activities and social events give residents ways to participate without leaving the community. A Walk Score of 48 places the area in a car-dependent band, so most errands require a car or a ride, including for residents who no longer drive.

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Overview of Princeton Place-Ruston

Princeton Place-Ruston is licensed to run two care types in Ruston, LA. Those are nursing home care and skilled nursing. 24/7 Skilled Nursing Services is listed as a program, which states the licensed coverage as a service.

Rehabilitation services back residents doing recovery work. Short-term rehabilitation is the version of that with an end in sight. Respite care covers a short stay, and the household it belongs to survives it unchanged.

The building is licensed for 123 beds. Daily nursing per resident is counted at 3 hours and 53 minutes. Personalized Dietary Services is named too, meal planning built around a resident’s health.

Medicare, private pay, and Medicaid are all open routes. The fit is a person needing skilled nursing, short-term rehabilitation, or a temporary respite stay.

Contact Princeton Place-Ruston

Overview of The Encore Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center

The Encore Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Crowley, Louisiana, provides skilled nursing, long-term care, and short-term rehabilitation. Clinical care caters to residents who require ongoing medical attention, while short-term stays focus on physical recovery and therapy after a health event. Rehabilitation services take place in a dedicated 1,800-square-foot therapy gym.

This 73-bed facility is operated by Arkansas Elder Outreach of Little Rock. Registered nurse staffing averages 4 hours and 11 minutes per resident daily. Life features include restaurant-style dining, a beauty salon, facility-sponsored transportation, and specialized programs such as The Encore Life, Music & Memory, and It’s Never 2 Late. Financial options encompass Medicare for qualifying rehabilitation, Medicaid, and private payment.

Prospective representatives exploring options for rehabilitation or ongoing nursing care can connect with The Encore Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center to ask about admission details or schedule a visit.

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Overview of Landmark of Baton Rouge

Landmark of Baton Rouge provides nursing home, skilled nursing, hospice care, and memory care in Baton Rouge, LA. Skilled nursing gives residents access to licensed nursing care on site around the clock, while memory care provides a secured setting with supervision for someone at risk of wandering.

Hospice care supports residents receiving end of life care. The community has 144 beds, with rehabilitation services and short term rehab for people who need temporary care during recovery.

Nursing home care serves people who require ongoing residential nursing support. The range of care types may suit a resident whose needs grow over time, since care can continue within the same community rather than requiring a move elsewhere.

Total nurse staffing is 4h 26m per resident/day, representing the daily hands on nursing time assigned to each resident. Landmark of Baton Rouge accepts Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay, and Landmark Heritage operates the community.

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Overview of Landmark Nursing Center Hammond

With a 150-bed capacity, Landmark Nursing Center Hammond is a nursing home in Hammond, LA, offering hospice care, memory care, palliative care, and skilled nursing. Residents have access to multiple levels of care, supported by 24-hour staffing. The community also accommodates those with serious illnesses and life-limiting conditions, as well as, Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, providing specialized care.

The community has 150 beds, with both private and semi private rooms. Residents also receive a total of 4 hours and 31 minutes of nursing care daily. Moreover, an on-site rehabilitation gym and hydrotherapy spa rooms give residents places to receive therapy at the community, while transportation to medical appointments provides an arranged way to attend those visits

Landscaped gardens offer outdoor space, and the salon or spa provides a setting for personal grooming services on-site. Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are also accepted, allowing multiple way for families to cover costs. Housekeeping and laundry are also available to help with household tasks, while activities and outings provide entertainment options.

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Overview of Valley View Health Care Facility

In Marksville, Louisiana, Valley View Health Care Facility runs 100 beds across five care types. Nursing home care and skilled nursing anchor it, with hospice, palliative care, and memory care attached.

Alzheimer’s Care is a named program here. A resident can have dementia and a heart condition at the same time. A family looking for both in one building is the reason a nursing home carries a dementia program.

Supervision is what memory care actually supplies. Somebody watches the exits and the hours a household cannot.

Comfort-focused care involves deciding what to stop. Palliative care makes those decisions while treatment continues; hospice makes them once it does not.

Licensed nurses are in the building at the hours a family cannot be. Nursing time totals 3 hours and 12 minutes per resident each day.

Rehabilitation services deliver therapy without a drive. Chaplain visits are available, and courtyards give residents somewhere outdoors to go. Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay are accepted, and Plantation Management Company operates the facility.

Contact Valley View Health Care Facility

Overview of Kaplan Healthcare Center

In Kaplan, LA, Kaplan Healthcare Center names four care types. They are memory care, respite care, skilled nursing, and nursing home care.

“Ongoing” is the word doing the work in nursing home and skilled nursing care, meaning support with no set end. Secure and supervised are the two halves of memory care, and supervision is the costly half. Respite is the temporary support for the caregiver, and the resident is the one who checks in.

Capacity here is 113 beds, and nursing time for one resident extends to 3 hours and 41 minutes a day. Medicaid, Medicare, and private pay are accepted. Eligibility attaches to the service and the stay, rather than to the person alone.

Rehabilitation services take in a resident needing therapy as part of care. A salon and transportation services both appear among the amenities, and the second means an outing is not left to the family. Nexion Health at Kaplan operates the center.

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Weighting overview

  • 35%
    Resident Experience
  • 25%
    Regulatory
  • 15%
    Visual Media
  • 10%
    Website
  • 10%
    Stability
  • 5%
    Environment
01

Resident & Family Experience 35%

The single largest share of every ranking. Aggregated review sentiment and volume from major platforms — the closest signal to real resident experience.

  • Includes
  • Review Sentiment
  • Review Volume
02

Regulatory & Safety Record 25%

State inspection records, citations, and complaint visits. We weight per-inspection rates more heavily than raw counts.

  • Includes
  • State Inspections
  • Citations/Inspection
  • % Inspections w/ Citations
  • Complaint Visits
  • Accreditations
  • BBB Rating
03

Visual Media & Transparency 15%

Communities that publish high-quality visuals give families a real preview. No photos or tours = a negative transparency signal.

  • Includes
  • Video Tours
  • Virtual Walkthroughs
  • Photo Quantity
  • Photo Quality
04

Website & Operator Transparency 10%

Site quality and whether the operator publishes basic accountability information — staff names, contact details, ownership.

  • Includes
  • Website Content
  • Mobile Usability
  • Staff Info Available
  • Owner Info Available
05

Community Stability 10%

Operational signals indicating whether a community is well-run and meeting demand.

  • Includes
  • Occupancy Rate
  • Bed Options
06

Environment & Pricing 5%

Walkability and pricing transparency. Walk Score is weighted higher for Independent Living than for Memory Care, where most residents do not leave unaccompanied.

  • Includes
  • Walk Score
  • Pricing Transparency
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Senior Communities in Louisiana at a glance

Avg Walk Score: 42/ 100The average Walk Score across facilities in Louisiana. A third-party neighborhood walkability score (0–100) measuring convenience and context, not healthcare quality. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: 50/ 100
Avg No. of Beds: 79The average licensed bed capacity across facilities in Louisiana. Individual facilities can vary widely from this average.
National Average: 90

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Frequently Asked Questions about Senior Communities in Louisiana

What is senior living?

Senior communities are residential settings designed for adults aged 55 or older, with options ranging from active independent living to assisted living and memory care.

How many senior communities are listed on this page?

This page features 355 senior communities in Louisiana. Use the filters and comparison tools above to compare ratings, amenities, and pricing.

How do I choose the right senior community in Louisiana?

Start by matching the level of care offered to the resident's current and anticipated needs, then compare licensing status, staff-to-resident ratios, recent inspection results, and pricing. Tour at least two or three communities in Louisiana, talk to current residents and families, and confirm what is included in the base rate versus billed as add-on services.

What should I look for when visiting senior communities in Louisiana?

Pay attention to staff interactions with residents, cleanliness and odor, food quality at meal times, the activity calendar, and how questions about pricing and care plans are answered. Ask to see the most recent state inspection report, the move-out / level-of-care-change policy, and a sample monthly bill that lists every fee.