Bayou Chateau Nursing Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Bayou Chateau Nursing Center is a 104-bed for-profit nursing home in Simmesport, Louisiana. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.83 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 25% above the Louisiana average of 2.27, and 43.4% nursing staff turnover (Louisiana average 47.6%).
Bayou Chateau Nursing Center
16232 Hwy. 1Simmesport, LA 71369
Avoyelles County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Bayou Chateau Nursing Center, nurse aides logged 2.83 hours per resident per day, 25% above the Louisiana average. With about 53 residents a day, that works out to roughly 150 aide hours a day, or about 19 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 18% below the all-days figure.
CMS note: The facility reported a high number of days without a registered nurse on site.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Louisiana avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.83 | 2.27 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.20 | 1.15 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.16 | 0.30 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.19 | 3.73 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.43 | 3.18 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
43.4% of nursing staff at Bayou Chateau Nursing Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Louisiana average of 47.6% and a US average of 45.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Sep 17, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 7 health deficiencies (Louisiana average 6.7). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Bayou Chateau Nursing Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the Louisiana average is 2.5.
About Bayou Chateau Nursing Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Bayou Chateau Nursing Center, Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 5, 2002
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
Nursing homes near Bayou Chateau Nursing Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Avoyelles Manor Nursing Home Dupont · many days without an RN | 8.7 | 104 | 0.00 | 0.14 | — | 4 | None |
| Riviere de Soleil Community Care Center Mansura | 16.5 | 130 | 2.86 | 4.54 | 44.3% | 3 | None |
| Colonial Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Marksville · abuse citation | 18.0 | 64 | 2.31 | 3.50 | 51.7% | 2 | $21,752 |
| Valley View Health Care Facility Marksville | 19.2 | 100 | 2.19 | 3.45 | 34.8% | 2 | $37,310 |
| Hessmer Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Hessmer | 19.6 | 92 | 2.38 | 3.60 | 19.4% | 4 | None |
| Tri-Community Nursing Center Palmetto | 21.3 | 108 | 2.10 | 3.57 | 38.5% | 3 | None |
| Bayou Vista Nursing and Rehab Center Bunkie · many days without an RN | 21.7 | 92 | — | — | — | 3 | $8,824 |
| Lakeview Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center New Roads | 29.1 | 122 | 2.51 | 3.62 | 40.9% | 3 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.