Covenant Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Covenant Home is a 96-bed nonprofit nursing home in New Orleans, Louisiana. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.04 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 10% below the Louisiana average of 2.27, and 30.2% nursing staff turnover (Louisiana average 47.6%).
Covenant Home
5919 Magazine StreetNew Orleans, LA 70115
Orleans 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 Covenant Home, nurse aides logged 2.04 hours per resident per day, 10% below the Louisiana average. With about 57 residents a day, that works out to roughly 116 aide hours a day, or about 14 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 8% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Louisiana avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.04 | 2.27 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.67 | 1.15 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.49 | 0.30 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.20 | 3.73 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.94 | 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
30.2% of nursing staff at Covenant Home left over the year CMS measured, against a Louisiana average of 47.6% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 20.0%.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 20, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 1 health deficiency (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. Covenant Home holds 4 of 5 overall; the Louisiana average is 2.5.
About Covenant Home
- Ownership: Non profit - Church related
- Legal name: Protestant Home for the Aged
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Nov 20, 2004
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Covenant Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| John J Hainkel Jr Home and Rehabilitation Center New Orleans | 0.3 | 142 | 2.75 | 4.40 | 37.6% | 5 | None |
| Chateau De Notre Dame Community Care Center New Orleans | 2.5 | 171 | 2.34 | 4.12 | 45.5% | 2 | $36,265 |
| Wynhoven Community Care Center Marrero | 2.5 | 188 | 2.55 | 4.27 | 53.8% | 3 | $48,420 |
| Marrero Healthcare Center Marrero | 2.8 | 105 | 1.80 | 3.23 | 31.8% | 5 | $46,261 |
| Jefferson Healthcare Center Jefferson | 3.4 | 222 | 1.80 | 3.13 | 62.4% | 1 | None |
| St Jude's Health & Wellness Center New Orleans · abuse citation | 3.4 | 116 | 2.46 | 4.14 | 72.1% | 1 | $389,089 |
| Ochsner Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility Jefferson | 3.7 | 30 | 2.37 | 6.83 | 25.6% | 5 | $8,186 |
| St. Margaret's Daughters Home New Orleans | 3.8 | 112 | 2.40 | 4.08 | 57.4% | 2 | 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.