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The Ellington

308 Amelia Street, Rayne, LA 705783373345111120 certified beds · 109 residentsFor profit - CorporationMedicare and Medicaid
Surveys on file
9
since 2023
Deficiencies
23
0212
Penalties · 3 yrs
$29,007
2 fines
Last survey
2025-08-06
Standard
CMS overall
2 / 5
stars as published by CMS
CMS overall 2/5
Health 3
Staffing 3
Quality 1
Star ratings as published by CMS · CMS’s caveats

Survey history

Source: CMS · Louisiana Department of Health · data as of 2026-08-01
DateKindDeficienciesOfficial recordArchived PDF
2025-08-06Standard040CMS-2567 (Care Compare)
2024-11-06Complaint020CMS-2567 (Care Compare)
2024-09-04Complaint001CMS-2567 (Care Compare)
2024-07-10Complaint010CMS-2567 (Care Compare)
2024-06-26Standard060CMS-2567 (Care Compare)
2024-05-28Complaint010CMS-2567 (Care Compare)
2024-04-16Complaint001CMS-2567 (Care Compare)
2023-12-19Complaint020CMS-2567 (Care Compare)
2023-07-12Standard050CMS-2567 (Care Compare)

Counts by class: paperwork · standard · harm.

Deficiencies

CMS · Louisiana Department of Health publishes each citation’s tag, official description and scope/severity letter. The surveyor’s written findings are in the Statement of Deficiencies (CMS-2567) for each survey, linked above.

2025-08-06Standard survey · 4 deficienciesOfficial report
F628Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.Scope/severity DStandard
Dignity & rights
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2025-09-18Record 195464-20250806-F628
F641Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.Scope/severity DStandard
Care planningRecords
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2025-09-18Record 195464-20250806-F641
F656Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.Scope/severity DStandard
Care planningRecords
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2025-09-18Record 195464-20250806-F656
F657Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.Scope/severity DStandard
Care planningRecords
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2025-09-18Record 195464-20250806-F657
2024-11-06Complaint survey · 2 deficienciesOfficial report
F658Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.Scope/severity DStandard
Care planningRecords
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-12-04Record 195464-20241106-F658
F684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.Scope/severity DStandard
Care planning
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-12-04Record 195464-20241106-F684
2024-09-04Complaint survey · 1 deficiencyOfficial report
F689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.Scope/severity JHarm
Care planningFalls
Isolated; immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety.Corrected 2024-09-25Record 195464-20240904-F689
2024-07-10Complaint survey · 1 deficiencyOfficial report
F689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.Scope/severity EStandard
Care planningFalls
Pattern; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-08-01Record 195464-20240710-F689
2024-06-26Standard survey · 6 deficienciesOfficial report
F584Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.Scope/severity DStandard
Dignity & rights
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-07-22Record 195464-20240626-F584
F656Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.Scope/severity DStandard
Care planningRecords
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-07-22Record 195464-20240626-F656
F695Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.Scope/severity DStandard
Care planning
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-07-22Record 195464-20240626-F695
F726Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.Scope/severity DStandard
Staffing
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-07-22Record 195464-20240626-F726
F812Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.Scope/severity DStandard
Food & nutrition
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-07-22Record 195464-20240626-F812
F842Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.Scope/severity DStandard
Care planningRecords
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-07-22Record 195464-20240626-F842
2024-05-28Complaint survey · 1 deficiencyOfficial report
F656Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.Scope/severity DStandard
Care planningRecords
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-07-10Record 195464-20240528-F656
2024-04-16Complaint survey · 1 deficiencyOfficial report
F689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.Scope/severity GHarm
Care planningFalls
Isolated; actual harm that is not immediate jeopardy.Corrected 2024-03-28Record 195464-20240416-F689
2023-12-19Complaint survey · 2 deficienciesOfficial report
F656Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.Scope/severity DStandard
Care planningRecords
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-01-12Record 195464-20231219-F656
F919Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.Scope/severity EStandard
Environment
Pattern; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2024-01-12Record 195464-20231219-F919
2023-07-12Standard survey · 5 deficienciesOfficial report
F641Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.Scope/severity DStandard
Care planningRecords
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2023-09-05Record 195464-20230712-F641
F645PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual DisabilitiesScope/severity DStandard
Care planningRecords
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2023-09-05Record 195464-20230712-F645
F656Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.Scope/severity EStandard
Care planningRecords
Pattern; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2023-09-05Record 195464-20230712-F656
F803Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.Scope/severity EStandard
Food & nutrition
Pattern; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2023-09-05Record 195464-20230712-F803
F880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.Scope/severity DStandard
Infection control
Isolated; no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.Corrected 2023-09-05Record 195464-20230712-F880

Penalties & enforcement

DateActionAmountSource
2024-09-04Civil money penalty$20,313CMS · Penalties
2024-04-16Civil money penalty$8,694CMS · Penalties

Staffing

CMS Payroll-Based Journal · PBJ, as published Aug 2026 · explainer
RN hours per resident day0.22
Facility
Louisiana
National
Louisiana 0.30 · National 0.69
Total nurse hours per resident day4.13
Facility
Louisiana
National
Louisiana 3.73 · National 3.86
Weekend total nurse hours3.43
Facility
Louisiana
National
Louisiana 3.18 · National 3.42
Total nursing staff turnover39%
Facility
Louisiana
National
Louisiana 48% · National 46%
Registered nurse turnover57%
Facility
Louisiana
National
Louisiana 42% · National 43%

Quality measures

CMS MDS quality measures · 2025Q2-2026Q1 · definitions
MeasureFacilityLouisianaNational
Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers
lower is better
2.5%5.6%4.6%
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury
lower is better
4.1%3.5%3.2%
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication
lower is better
18.7%22.7%15.4%
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection
lower is better
1.2%2.1%1.6%
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained
lower is better
0.0%0.2%0.1%
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased
lower is better
14.3%17.8%13.9%
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight
lower is better
5.0%5.2%5.2%
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication
lower is better
27.6%23.2%19.5%

Figures verbatim from CMS, with the state and national figures from the same release. The direction that counts as better is CMS’s own and is stated on every row.

Ownership

As reported to CMS (Provider Enrollment)
EntityRoleInterestSinceRegistry
Babineaux, David
Individual
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST7%
Brown, Alan
Individual
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST12%
Brown, Catherine
Individual
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST12%
Cook, Karon
Individual
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST7%
Curtis, Dwight
Individual
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST7%
Faul, Sharon
Individual
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST7%
Guidry, John
Individual
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTERESTNO PERCENTAGE PROVIDED
Hair, Catherine
Individual
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST9%
White, Mary
Individual
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST12%
Cook, Karon
Individual
CORPORATE OFFICERNOT APPLICABLE
Grotefend, David
Individual
CORPORATE OFFICERNOT APPLICABLE
Grotefend, David
Individual
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEENOT APPLICABLE
Hancock Whitney Bank
Organization
5% OR GREATER MORTGAGE INTERESTNOT APPLICABLE
White, Mary
Individual
CORPORATE OFFICERNOT APPLICABLE

Ownership as reported to CMS/state. CMS ownership data has known gaps; merges between entities are published only after human review.

Cost context

County figures from public surveys. Not this facility’s price. Nursing-home rates are not published by CMS or Louisiana.

No county cost figures on file for Acadia.

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Sources & provenance

SectionAgency · datasetRetrieved
Facility, ratingsCMS Provider Data · Nursing Home Provider Information2026-08-01
SurveysCMS · Survey Summary2026-08-01
DeficienciesCMS · Health Deficiencies (CMS-2567 findings via Care Compare)2026-08-01
PenaltiesCMS · Penalties2026-08-01
StaffingCMS · Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ, as published Aug 2026)2026-08-01
Quality measuresCMS · MDS Quality Measures2026-08-01
OwnershipCMS · Ownership2026-08-01