Louisiana Nursing Homes: Violations, Fines and Worst Records

Counting 265 facilities, Louisiana nursing homes hold a 2.6 overall star average. They stand 49th out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, below the national average figure of 3.0. The federal source is CMS, which posts these Louisiana figures in Medicare agency data files. On average, registered nurses in the state give each resident 0.31 hours of care per day, under half the 0.69-hour national average. In Louisiana, 47.6% of nursing staff left within a year; the nationwide figure was 45.8%.

Louisiana inspections resulted in 316 citations involving resident harm or immediate danger. At that harm level, the most frequently cited rule covers supervision and accident hazards, cited 84 times by state inspectors across three inspection cycles. Since September 2023, federal regulators have imposed $12,400,596 in fines on 129 Louisiana homes (the ninth-highest amount per home nationally). Louisiana's biggest single penalty reached $322,647, imposed in May 2025 on Minden's Town & Country Health & Rehab.

The state nursing facility page, run by the LDH Health Standards Section, offers no lookup of its own for inspection reports. To read what inspectors found in Louisiana, use the federal records. The federal tool once named Nursing Home Compare is now Medicare Care Compare. Each of the state's facilities has a page there leading to the inspection reports for that facility. The exact violations cited by Louisiana inspectors appear in each report, issued as a Form CMS-2567 statement of deficiencies.

Families may contact the Louisiana Department of Health, Health Standards Section about unsafe care by calling 1-888-810-1819; another route is the state complaint page. Of all Louisiana nursing home citations, 33.5% were triggered by complaints. Another option for residents and families facing care disputes is (866) 632-0922, the Louisiana Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program at the Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs. Report suspected elder abuse in Louisiana to Elderly Protective Services at 1-844-94LAEPS (1-844-945-2377).