Nursing Homes in New Orleans, LA: Staffing and Turnover Compared
New Orleans has 11 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes with 1,557 beds. The median home logs 2.37 nurse aide hours per resident per day (Louisiana average 2.27). 5 of 11 have at least one CMS fine in the last three years.
Every nursing home in New Orleans
Aide hours per resident per day is the nurse aide time a home logged for each resident across a whole day, from the payroll records every home submits to CMS. More hours per resident means more hands on the floor for the same number of residents. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. Fines and payment denials are CMS penalties from the last three years.
| Chateau De Notre Dame Community Care Center | 171 | 2.34 | 4.12 | 45.5% | 2 | $36,265 |
| Covenant Home | 96 | 2.04 | 3.20 | 30.2% | 4 | None |
| Ferncrest Manor Living Center no staffing data submitted | 200 | — | — | — | 1 | $282,413 |
| Jo Ellen Smith Convalescent Center | 180 | 2.11 | 3.67 | 35.6% | 4 | None |
| John J Hainkel Jr Home and Rehabilitation Center | 142 | 2.75 | 4.40 | 37.6% | 5 | None |
| Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family | 155 | 2.14 | 3.80 | 65.9% | 1 | $156,653 |
| Our Lady of Wisdom Community Care Center | 138 | 2.52 | 4.24 | 51.8% | 4 | None |
| St Bernard Nursing & Rehab | 127 | 2.06 | 3.11 | 58.8% | 1 | None |
| St Jude's Health & Wellness Center abuse citation | 116 | 2.46 | 4.14 | 72.1% | 1 | $389,089 |
| St. Margaret's Daughters Home | 112 | 2.40 | 4.08 | 57.4% | 2 | None |
| Willow Wood at Woldenberg Village | 120 | 2.60 | 4.37 | 50.4% | 3 | $40,248 |
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.
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release · Louisiana averages: aide hrs 2.27, turnover 47.6%
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