Nursing home report

Onyx Care of Natchitoches

Natchitoches, LA · Medicare-certified · 98 beds

Needs attention

For-profit

Data as of September 1, 2026

1 of 5 overall

Onyx Care of Natchitoches has a 1-star overall rating, with 1-star health inspection, staffing, and quality ratings. It reports 3.58 nurse staffing hours per resident per day versus the 4.1 federal benchmark, and it has had $448,849 in fines in the last 24 months with a recent federal penalty.

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Health inspections

Staffing

3.5816 hrs/resident/day

Quality measures

Last inspection: March 25, 2026Penalties, last 24 months: $448,849recent federal penalty

Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.5816.

Staffing detail

Registered nurses: 0.22
Licensed practical nurses: 1.04
Nurse aides: 2.32
Weekend nursing: 3.00

Hours per resident per day.

Total staff turnover: 67%

Resident outcomes

Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.

Negative outcomes

Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).

Last yrNowTrend

Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication

28.6%30%Worsening

Residents with a fall causing major injury

1.8%1.8%No change

Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)

7.7%16.3%Worsening

Residents with a urinary tract infection

5.5%0%Improving

Residents who lost too much weight

3.7%11.5%Worsening

Residents who were physically restrained

0%1.8%Worsening

Residents needing more help with daily activities

15%6.1%Improving

Residents whose ability to walk got worse

—28.6%—

Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication

21.8%18.5%Improving

Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic

—3.6%—

Residents with a long-term catheter

2.1%1.1%Improving

Residents with new or worsening incontinence

6.2%8.1%Worsening

Residents with depressive symptoms

2.5%4.1%Worsening

Positive outcomes

Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).

Last yrNowTrend

Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

—98.4%—

Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

98.2%87.7%Worsening

Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

—84.6%—

Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

90.5%44.7%Worsening

What the inspectors found

The home failed to run its operations effectively and efficiently using its available resources. Cited October 2024 — isolated incident, immediate jeopardy to residents.