The Gardens and Guardian
Nursing home in Lake Charles, LA
Medicare-certified5★ overall (CMS)
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Public-record details
- Address
- 1401 Country Club Road, Lake Charles, LA 70605
- Phone
- (337) 480-1550
- Listed under
- For-profit, 4–5 star overall rating
- Medicare CCN
- 195636
- Overall star rating
- 5 of 5 ★★★★★
- Health inspection rating
- 5 of 5
- Staffing rating
- 2 of 5
- Quality measures rating
- 3 of 5
- Certified beds
- 60
- Average residents per day
- 41
- Ownership
- For-profit, limited Liability company
- Legal business name
- Jkj Opco LLC
- Certified for
- Medicare
- First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
- Mar 21, 2012
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Located inside a hospital
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident council
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes
Inspection record
Most recent standard health inspection: Jul 21, 2026. CMS lists 10 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Jun 21, 2023 to Mar 5, 2025): 6 from complaint inspections, 0 at the “actual harm” level or higher.
| Inspection | Citation | Severity |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2025 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | E |
| Jul 10, 2024 | Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance… | D |
| Jul 10, 2024 | Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment. | D |
| Jan 23, 2024 | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | D |
| Jan 23, 2024 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | D |
| Jan 23, 2024 | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | D |
| Jan 23, 2024 | Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in… | D |
| Jan 23, 2024 | Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. | E |
| Jun 21, 2023 | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | D |
| Jun 21, 2023 | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | D |
Fines and payment denials
CMS records 0 fines totalling $0 and 1 denial of Medicare payment for new admissions in the last three years.
| Mar 5, 2025 | Payment denial for 1 days from Mar 27, 2025 |
Staffing
- Total nurse staffing per resident per day
- 5.60 hours
- Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
- 0.26 hours
- Nurse aide time per resident per day
- 3.26 hours
- Total nurse staffing on weekends
- 4.50 hours
- Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
- 66%
- Administrators who left in the past year
- 2
A citation is what inspectors found on one date; most are corrected within weeks. Look for patterns — the same problem cited in several inspections — and for anything at the G–L level (actual harm or immediate jeopardy). The full inspection narrative (Form CMS-2567) is linked from Medicare Care Compare, and your state long-term care ombudsman can tell you about complaints.
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