New Orleans Senior AdvisorSt. Jude is a 116-bed Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home at 450A S Claiborne Ave, FL 6 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, holding Louisiana Department of Health nursing home license #2203785199. CMS gives St. Jude an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, based on CMS Care Compare data as of October 1, 2026.
How does CMS rate St. Jude in New Orleans, LA?
CMS gives St. Jude an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars; its health inspection rating is 1, staffing 3 and quality measures 2, each out of 5.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Overall rating (CMS) | 1 of 5 |
| Health inspection rating (CMS) | 1 of 5 |
| Staffing rating (CMS) | 3 of 5 |
| Quality measures rating (CMS) | 2 of 5 |
| Certified beds / average residents per day | 116 / 79.9 |
| Ownership type (CMS) | Non profit - Other |
| Operator chain (CMS) | Not part of a listed chain |
| First certified for Medicare/Medicaid | November 20, 2000 |
| Louisiana license (LDH) | #2203785199, Licensed through 01/31/2027 |
| First licensed by Louisiana | July 27, 1988 |
| Administrator on the license | Fallon Deffes |
On an average day it cares for about 80 residents, roughly 69% of its certified beds (below the 78% median across New Orleans-area nursing homes).
What did recent health inspections find at St. Jude?
January 23, 2026 is the date of St. Jude's latest standard health inspection in CMS's data, and that cycle produced 16 cited deficiencies: 7 standard-survey and 14 complaint-related.
One cycle earlier (standard survey January 30, 2025), CMS logged 29 deficiencies; 0 citations came from infection-control inspections. With a local median of 5 deficiencies per latest cycle, this result is higher than most nearby homes.
CMS reports 6 fines totaling $389,089 and 0 payment denials in its three-year penalty window.
CMS also flags this home with its abuse icon, meaning it was cited for abuse in the last year or for potential abuse in each of the last two years.
What do staffing and turnover look like at St. Jude?
St. Jude reports 4.16 total nurse staffing hours per resident per day, higher than the New Orleans-area median of 3.83, including 0.24 registered-nurse hours (about the same as the New Orleans-area median of 0.24).
Weekend total nurse staffing runs 3.74 hours per resident per day. Total nursing-staff turnover is 65.8% (higher than the New Orleans-area median of 46.4%), and registered-nurse turnover is 50.0%. 1 administrator has left in the CMS measurement period.
What are the alternatives to St. Jude nearby?
With 116 certified beds it is smaller than the Orleans Parish median of 138 certified beds; the closest other certified nursing home is St Margaret's Daughters Home in New Orleans, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line, rated 1 of 5 by CMS.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed capacity | CMS overall rating | Last CMS health inspection | Deficiencies cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Margaret's Daughters Home 3525 Bienville St, 70119 | 1.5 | 112 | 1 of 5 | August 20, 2025 | 16 |
| Chateau De Notre Dame Community Care Center 2832 Burdette Street, 70125 | 2.2 | 171 | 3 of 5 | June 3, 2026 | 0 |
| Covenant Home 5919 Magazine Street, 70115 | 3.4 | 96 | 4 of 5 | May 20, 2026 | 1 |
| St. Bernard Nursing & Rehab 4021 Roneagle Way, 70122 | 3.6 | 127 | 1 of 5 | June 9, 2026 | 20 |
| John J. Hainkel, Jr. Home & Rehabilitation Center 612 Henry Clay Avenue, 70118 | 3.6 | 142 | 5 of 5 | April 16, 2026 | 0 |
What is around St. Jude in New Orleans?
St. Jude sits in the Mid-City, Downtown, Lakeview & Gentilly part of New Orleans; the nearest acute-care hospital on LDH's licensed roster is University Medical Center New Orleans, in the same ZIP code.
The next closest is Touro Infirmary at about 2.6 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 should we ask on a tour of St. Jude?
Start with the questions its own CMS record raises: ask to see the plan of correction for the 16 deficiencies cited on January 23, 2026, and what changed afterward.
- Nursing turnover of 65.8% is above the local median; ask how many aides on each shift are agency staff.
- Ask what the $389,089 in CMS fines were for and whether the issue has been resolved.
- At about 69% occupancy, ask which units have openings and why.
- CMS records a resident council here; ask when it meets and whether families can attend.
- If Louisiana Medicaid will pay eventually, confirm St. Jude accepts Medicaid for long-term stays, and how the $45 monthly Personal Care Needs Allowance is handled.
