The Gardens and Guardian
1401 Country Club Road
Lake Charles, LA 70605 · Calcasieu County / Parish
(337) 480-1550 (Facility phone from CMS) · View on Google Maps ↗
CMS data ingested 11/15/2026. Confirm current details with the provider and official CMS Care Compare (search CCN 195636).
Quality & experience ratings
CMS measures reflect different aspects of care and reporting periods. They are not a guarantee of current quality. Missing or suppressed ratings are not scored as zero.
- Overall Rating
- 5 out of 5 stars
- Health Inspection Rating
- 5 out of 5 stars
- QM Rating
- 3 out of 5 stars
- Long-Stay QM Rating
- 2 out of 5 stars
- Short-Stay QM Rating
- 4 out of 5 stars
- Staffing Rating
- 2 out of 5 stars
Provider facts & staffing
- CMS certification number (CCN)
- 195636
- Provider category
- Nursing home
- Ownership Type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Provider Type
- Medicare
- Number of Certified Beds
- 60
- Average Number of Residents per Day
- 40.7
- Abuse Icon
- N
- Reported Total Nurse Staffing Hours per Resident per Day
- 5.60054
- Reported RN Staffing Hours per Resident per Day
- 0.26445
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 66.2
- Rating Cycle 1 Standard Survey Health Date
- 2026-07-21
- Rating Cycle 1 Total Number of Health Deficiencies
- 0
- Number of Fines
- 0
- Total Amount of Fines in Dollars
- 0.00
- Number of Payment Denials
- 1
- Total Number of Penalties
- 1
- Latest survey date
- 2026-07-21
Only available source fields appear. Staffing hours are per resident per day; resident counts are averages, not current occupancy. Hospice measure scores use their source-specific units and are not all percentages or stars; check the CMS measure definition.
Inspection & deficiency summary
10 citation records in the published CMS file across available survey cycles. These are historical findings, not a complete account of current conditions.
Scope / severity counts: D: 8 · E: 2. See methodology for interpretation.
Recent citation examples
- 2025-03-05 · F0812
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- 2024-07-10 · F0578
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- 2024-07-10 · F0640
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
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