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Oak Woods Home for the Elderly
⌖ Mer Rouge, LA · Morehouse County
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Medicare overall rating 1 of 5 stars
Certified beds119
Medicare / MedicaidMedicare & Medicaid
OwnershipNon-profit (corporation)
About Oak Woods Home for the Elderly
Oak Woods Home for the Elderly is a 119-bed nonprofit nursing home in Mer Rouge, LA. Medicare rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (much below average); the average in Louisiana is 2.6. At its last full inspection (Mar 2026), inspectors found 8 problems, more than the Louisiana average of 6.4. None of the problems in its recent inspections were found to have harmed residents. Nurses and aides spend about 48 min a day with each resident, less than the Louisiana average of 3 hr 45 min. Medicare fined it $4,587 in the last three years. Its quality ratings are stronger for short-term rehab than for long-term care.
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Key details
Facility nameOak Woods Home For The Elderly
LocationMorehouse County, Louisiana
Phone(318) 647-3691
Address1400 Davenport Avenue, Mer Rouge, LA 71261 · Morehouse County
CMS provider number195598
Ownership typeNon-profit (corporation)
Official inspection reportsRead them on Medicare.gov ↗
Medicare enrolled sinceJune 1, 2004 (22 years)
✓ Medicare✓ Medicaid
Certified for Medicaid; ask whether a Medicaid bed is available.
Quality & inspections
Explore this facility's official CMS inspection history, staffing levels and quality measures below — sourced directly from Medicare's public records.
Ratings and inspection data on this page come directly from CMS's public records and are never altered for any paid listing. Medicare data as of September 2026.
What Medicare found
1 strength and 4 things to ask about in Medicare's inspection, fine and staffing records for this home. 2 care-quality measures are worse than the state average in the rehab and long-term care section below.
Strengths
- Serious health citationsNone on recordNo citations for actual harm or immediate jeopardy since Mar 2026.Strength
Things to ask about
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- Fines and penalties1 fine totaling $4,587; 1 Medicare payment denialFederal penalties from the last three years, most recently in Mar 2026 (within the past year). The national average is $30,972 per home.Ask about this
- Health citations at last inspection8 (Mar 2026)Louisiana average: 6.4. Most citations are minor and corrected within weeks.Worse than state average
- Nurse staffing per resident48 min a dayLouisiana average: 3 hr 45 minWorse than state average
- Registered nurse time per resident2 min a dayLouisiana average: 19 minWorse than state average
Source: Medicare (CMS) inspection, penalty and staffing records, compared with the Louisiana average. Problems may have been corrected since; ask the home about anything listed here. How we choose these
Short-term rehab or long-term care?
Medicare rates these separately, and many homes are better at one than the other.
Short-term rehab
For a stay of a few weeks after a hospital visit, such as after surgery or a stroke.
- Sent back to the hospital32.6%State average: 28.0%About average
- Needed an emergency room visit29.8%State average: 14.8%Worse than average
- Newly given antipsychotic drugs0.0%State average: 3.1%Better than average
Physical therapist time: about 1 minute per resident a day. That is less than the state average of 3 minutes. If rehab is the goal, ask how many therapy sessions a week to expect.
Long-term care
For residents who live at the home for months or years.
- Falls with a major injury2.0%State average: 3.5%Better than average
- Pressure sores (bedsores)7.7%State average: 5.6%Worse than average
- Given antipsychotic drugs24.6%State average: 22.7%About average
- Hospital stays per 1,000 resident days2.6State average: 2.6About average
Source: Medicare (CMS) quality measures, compared with the Louisiana average. Lower is better for every rate shown.
Who pays, and how full it is
Most residents here have their care paid by Medicaid. In Louisiana, Medicaid pays for 73% of resident days at a typical home.
- 72% Medicaid
- 7% Medicare
- 21% Private pay, insurance and other
Beds in use, on average44%Louisiana typical: 75%
Cost of care per resident day$273Louisiana typical: $284
Shares of resident days, from the home’s Medicare cost report for the year ending July 2025. The cost per day is what care costs the home to provide, not the price you would pay; ask the home for its private-pay rate. A busy home may have fewer open beds, so ask about availability.
Ratings over time
Its overall Medicare rating is 1 star now, the same as 1 star in January 2019. It has ranged from 1 to 3 stars and changed 6 times.
Overall rating1★
Health inspections2★
Staffing1★
Quality of care2★
Nurse hours per resident per day0.8
20192020202120222023202420252026
Show the values by year
| Month | Overall | Inspections | Staffing | Quality | Nurse hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2019 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4.9 |
| Jan 2020 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4.9 |
| Jan 2021 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Jan 2022 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Jan 2023 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4.0 |
| Jan 2024 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4.2 |
| Feb 2025 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Feb 2026 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4.4 |
| Sep 2026 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0.8 |
Source: Medicare (CMS) monthly Care Compare releases since 2019. Medicare has changed how some ratings are calculated over the years and paused most inspections in 2020, so some jumps reflect rule changes rather than changes at the home. Our methodology
See the full inspection reportEvery citation, fine, staffing figure and quality measure Medicare publishes for this home
From Medicare’s September 2026 data. Each inspection is dated below; staffing comes from payroll records for a recent quarter, and resident outcomes cover the latest period Medicare reports.
Inspection summary
How this facility compares to state and national averages on CMS-reported problems.
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Three-survey history
Citation counts across this facility's three most recent inspection cycles, so you can see whether problems are trending up, down, or holding steady.
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