The Health Care Center At St James Place

Specialties

St. James Place offers the highest quality nursing care in a safe and caring environment. Located in the beautiful John B. Noland Health and Wellness building our nursing care center provides 24-​hour nursing care with personalized attention from a compassionate, trained staff of physicians, nurses, rehabilitation specialists, dietitians, and other professionals specially trained in geriatric care.

St. James Place is a Medicare Certified Skilled Care provider for those in need of rehabilitation after a hospital stay. Direct admission is possible for skilled nursing stays.

Our Nursing Care Center is proud to offer: Campus-​wide backup generator power; delicious meals prepared daily; physicians’ clinic on site weekdays; freedom to rise and retire at times of resident’s choosing; no overhead paging system; beautifully designed neighborhoods with mostly private rooms; personal individual laundry done by caregivers; physical, occupational, and speech therapy; exciting daily activities.

History

Established in 1983.

In the late 1970’s, a group of forward-​thinking parishioners of St. James Episcopal Church in downtown Baton Rouge envisioned a full-​service retirement community that would be seen as the first choice for active, successful aging. This community would offer a high quality lifestyle and a lifetime of enrichment satisfying the widest possible range of needs.

St. James Place opened in 1983, fulfilling that vision, and became the first retirement community in the state of Louisiana. Its 52 lush, rolling acres provide the perfect setting for Living Life Well on property that was once the Duplantier Plantation. The majestic Duplantier Oak, over 220 years old, is the symbolic centerpiece of the community, an example of strength, beauty, and character.

A multi-​million dollar expansion and renovation in 2001 positioned St. James Place as a leader in senior living in the Gulf South region with standards prized by seniors of today.