Sage Lake Senior Living

Is Sage Lake Senior Living in Covington licensed by the state of Louisiana?

Sage Lake Senior Living is on the state's current roster as license #2203787155, licensed for 120 residents, which makes it larger than the 95-resident middle of the larger ARCPs from Covington to Belle Chasse.

An ARCP license in Louisiana belongs to one licensee at one address and cannot be sold; this one traces back to August 5, 2019. A new owner must file its own paperwork, which is why the issue date can be more recent than the first-licensed date.

What can a Level 3 ARCP like Sage Lake Senior Living do?

As a Level 3 ARCP, Sage Lake Senior Living provides assisted living in apartments, with help with bathing, dressing, medications and meals; nursing itself has to come from an outside home health agency or hospice, because only Level 4 ARCPs may provide it.

Ask which home health agencies and hospices regularly serve residents here; the rule puts the ARCP in charge of coordinating them.

What if a resident of Sage Lake Senior Living develops dementia?

Nothing in LDH's roster shows a dementia program at Sage Lake Senior Living. If it markets one, LAC 48:I.6851 requires written policies and inclusion criteria that the public may see, so ask for them on the tour.

A resident who begins exit-seeking may need a secured program approved by the State Fire Marshal; an open building cannot lock doors on its own say-so. ARCPs nearby whose licensed names reference memory care include Anderson Memory Care LLC (24.9 mi), Laketown Village, Residential Care & Memory Care (30.9 mi).

How can I see Sage Lake Senior Living's inspection results?

Ask Sage Lake Senior Living for its most recent statement of deficiencies: Louisiana requires every ARCP to post it in a readily accessible place on the premises, and LDH releases it to the public 30 days after the provider receives it (LAC 48:I.6823).

A clean wall is not proof of a clean record, and a citation is not proof of a bad building; what matters is what was cited and how Sage Lake Senior Living responded. If you see something on a visit that worries you, LDH's Health Standards Section takes complaints at 1-888-810-1819, and its investigations are unannounced.

What is Sage Lake Senior Living's hurricane plan?

Ask Sage Lake Senior Living for the resident copy of its evacuation procedures: Louisiana requires every ARCP to hand one to each resident, backed by a written plan for both leaving and sheltering in place, with a generator list and resident identification.

St. Tammany Parish is higher ground on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, but areas near the lake, the Tchefuncte and Bogue Falaya rivers and around Slidell have flooded in past storms. Ask where residents went in the last evacuation, how long the trip took, and what the residency agreement charges during a storm: Louisiana requires the disaster-fee formula in writing.

Which assisted living communities are closest to Sage Lake Senior Living?

The closest other ARCP licensed for nine or more residents is Avanti Senior Living at Covington in Covington, in the same ZIP code, listed as Level 3 (assisted living) with 98 licensed residents.

What medical care is close to Sage Lake Senior Living in Covington?

Sage Lake Senior Living is in Covington, St. Tammany Parish; the nearest acute-care hospital on LDH's licensed roster is St. Tammany Parish Hospital, in the same ZIP code.

Next is Slidell Memorial Hospital at about 24.9 miles. Distances use ZIP-code centroids, so treat them as approximate.

If nursing home care is needed later, the nearest CMS-certified nursing homes are Forest Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (0.8 mi, CMS 4 of 5) and Christwood (1.7 mi, CMS 5 of 5).

PACE Greater New Orleans does not list ZIP code 70433, so home-based Medicaid help here would come through LT-PCS or the Community Choices Waiver.

What should we ask on a tour of Sage Lake Senior Living?

Let the state rules set the agenda: ask to read the posted statement of deficiencies and the plan of correction that answered it.

• Ask which home health agencies come in for residents who need skilled nursing, since a Level 3 ARCP cannot provide it.
• Ask who handles medications, a nurse, a certified medication attendant or the resident with reminders, and how it is priced.
• Ask for the residency agreement's termination criteria; Louisiana lets residents appeal an involuntary discharge within 30 days.
• Ask how often rates have risen in the last few years; Louisiana requires 30 days' written notice of any change.
• Ask to meet the administrator on the license, Summer Copeland, and who is in charge overnight.