New Orleans Senior AdvisorOur Lady of Wisdom Community Care Center is a 138-bed Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home at 5600 General De Gaulle Drive in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, holding Louisiana Department of Health nursing home license #2203785773. CMS gives Our Lady of Wisdom Community Care Center an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, based on CMS Care Compare data as of October 1, 2026.
What star ratings does CMS give Our Lady of Wisdom Community Care Center in New Orleans?
CMS gives Our Lady of Wisdom Community Care Center an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars; its health inspection rating is 4, staffing 3 and quality measures 4, each out of 5.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Overall rating (CMS) | 4 of 5 |
| Health inspection rating (CMS) | 4 of 5 |
| Staffing rating (CMS) | 3 of 5 |
| Quality measures rating (CMS) | 4 of 5 |
| Certified beds / average residents per day | 138 / 128.9 |
| Ownership type (CMS) | Non profit - Corporation |
| Operator chain (CMS) | Commcare Corporation (19 facilities nationally) |
| First certified for Medicare/Medicaid | November 17, 2000 |
| Louisiana license (LDH) | #2203785773, Licensed through 05/31/2027 |
| First licensed by Louisiana | December 29, 1999 |
| Administrator on the license | Andrew Lessig |
On an average day it cares for about 129 residents, roughly 93% of its certified beds (above the 78% median across New Orleans-area nursing homes).
What did recent health inspections find at Our Lady of Wisdom Community Care Center?
June 17, 2026 is the date of Our Lady of Wisdom Community Care Center's latest standard health inspection in CMS's data, and that cycle produced 3 cited deficiencies: 2 standard-survey and 1 complaint-related.
One cycle earlier (standard survey June 25, 2025), CMS logged 9 deficiencies; 0 citations came from infection-control inspections. With a local median of 5 deficiencies per latest cycle, this result is no worse than the typical local home.
CMS reports no fines and 0 payment denials in its three-year penalty window.
How well staffed is Our Lady of Wisdom Community Care Center?
CMS's staffing data credits Our Lady of Wisdom Community Care Center with 4.35 nurse hours per resident day, higher than the New Orleans-area median of 3.83; RN time is 0.25 hours per resident day, about the same as the New Orleans-area median of 0.24.
Weekend total nurse staffing runs 3.68 hours per resident per day. Total nursing-staff turnover is 46.6% (about the same as the New Orleans-area median of 46.4%), and registered-nurse turnover is 44.4%. 0 administrators have left in the CMS measurement period.
How does Our Lady of Wisdom Community Care Center compare with nearby nursing homes?
With 138 certified beds it is the same size as the Orleans Parish median of 138 certified beds; the closest other certified nursing home is Willow Wood at Woldenberg Village in New Orleans, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line, rated 4 of 5 by CMS.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed capacity | CMS overall rating | Last CMS health inspection | Deficiencies cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Wood at Woldenberg Village 3701 Behrman Place, 70114 | 1.4 | 120 | 4 of 5 | July 1, 2026 | 5 |
| Jo Ellen Smith Convalescent Ctr. 4502 General Meyer Avenue, 70131 | 1.9 | 180 | 4 of 5 | March 12, 2026 | 5 |
| Bayside Healthcare Center 3201 Wall Blvd., 70056 | 3.7 | 151 | 3 of 5 | September 17, 2025 | 4 |
| St. Jude 450A S Claiborne Ave, FL 6, 70112 | 5.9 | 116 | 1 of 5 | January 23, 2026 | 16 |
| Wynhoven Community Care Center 1050 Medical Center, 70072 | 6.1 | 188 | 4 of 5 | April 22, 2026 | 2 |
Which hospitals are near Our Lady of Wisdom Community Care Center?
Our Lady of Wisdom Community Care Center sits in the Algiers & the West Bank of Orleans part of New Orleans; the nearest acute-care hospital on LDH's licensed roster is St. Bernard Parish Hospital, about 3.8 miles away by straight line.
The next closest is University Medical Center New Orleans at about 5.8 miles; distances use ZIP or CMS coordinates, not drive times.
Orleans Parish sits largely below sea level inside the federal hurricane levee system, so a storm plan here is as much about pumps, power and street flooding as about wind; federal rules require every certified nursing home to keep an emergency plan with evacuation and shelter-in-place procedures and an emergency power plan, so ask where residents went during the last evacuation.
What questions does Our Lady of Wisdom Community Care Center's record raise?
Its public data points to specific questions: ask how Our Lady of Wisdom Community Care Center kept its latest inspection at 3 deficiencies, and request the full statement of deficiencies anyway.
- Nursing turnover of 46.6% is above the local median; ask how many aides on each shift are agency staff.
- At about 93% occupancy, ask about waiting lists and whether short-stay rehab beds are separate.
- CMS records a resident council here; ask when it meets and whether families can attend.
- If Louisiana Medicaid will pay eventually, confirm Our Lady of Wisdom Community Care Center accepts Medicaid for long-term stays, and how the $45 monthly Personal Care Needs Allowance is handled.
