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West Carroll Care Center, Inc

706 Ross Street, Oak Grove, LA 712633184289612Ownership: For profit - CorporationCertified beds: 80Avg. daily residents: 74County: West Carroll

The complete public record on West Carroll Care Center, Inc, a Medicare & Medicaid–certified nursing home in Oak Grove, Louisiana, from the CMS Care Compare database (August 2026 release). Every figure below is published by federal regulators; ClearPath adds the state comparisons and the plain-English reading.

CMS Star Ratings

Overall rating
★★☆☆☆
CMS’s composite of the three ratings below. Louisiana average: 2.5 stars.
Health inspection
★★☆☆☆
Based on the last three years of on-site inspections and complaint investigations — the rating CMS weights most heavily.
Staffing
★★★☆☆
Nurse and aide hours per resident per day, adjusted for how much care residents need, plus staff turnover.
Quality measures
★★☆☆☆
Clinical outcomes CMS tracks, such as falls with injury, pressure ulcers and hospital readmissions.
West Carroll Care Center, Inc holds a 2-star overall rating, in the bottom two tiers CMS assigns. Federal regulators have fined this facility $54,806 in the last three years. None of this tells you whether a bed is open, whether your insurance is in network, or whether the facility will accept a given level of care — confirm those three directly with the facility before you commit.

Staffing

3.51 total nurse staff hours per resident per day
below the state average (3.73)
0.19 RN hours per resident per day
below the state average (0.30)
3.02 weekend nurse staff hours per resident per day
28.1% total nursing staff turnover
below the state average (47.6)
Not reported RN turnover
0 administrators left in the reporting period

Hours are per resident per day, from payroll-based journal data facilities submit to CMS. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over the past year.

Inspections & Penalties

August 13, 2025 most recent standard health inspection
9 health deficiencies cited in the most recent inspection cycle
above the state average (6.7)
8 health deficiencies in the two prior cycles combined
$54,806 in federal fines across 4 penalties (last 3 years)
above the state average ($46,931)
0 payment denials
CMS withholding Medicare/Medicaid payment for new admissions until problems were fixed

Recent Inspection Citations

21 citations on record across recent inspections, 4 at the actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy level. Showing the most recent inspection. Severity uses CMS’s A–L scope-and-severity scale; G and above means residents were actually harmed.

InspectionTagWhat was citedSeverity
August 13, 20250690Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate…E · Potential for more than minimal harm
August 13, 20250692Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.E · Potential for more than minimal harm
August 13, 20250698Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.E · Potential for more than minimal harm
August 13, 20250725Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.E · Potential for more than minimal harm
August 13, 20250756Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting…E · Potential for more than minimal harm
August 13, 20250757Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.E · Potential for more than minimal harm
August 13, 20250584Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and…D · Potential for more than minimal harm
August 13, 20250640Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.D · Potential for more than minimal harm
August 13, 20250695Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.D · Potential for more than minimal harm

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Source: CMS Care Compare (data.cms.gov), August 2026 monthly release. Figures are as published by CMS and change monthly; ClearPath refreshes automatically. ClearPath Senior Guide is an independent information service, accepts no referral fees or placement incentives from any facility, and does not recommend facilities. Verify current details with the facility.