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Louisiana brings good news: It has some of the cheapest home care, home health-care and nursing home rooms in the country. But there’s also bad news: Only 6 percent of its nursing homes are rated five stars overall by Medicare, as of this writing. That’s the lowest percentage in the country. (The national average is 18 percent.) Here are some tips on evaluating nursing homes.
Approximate number of facilities:
- Nursing homes: 280
- Assisted living residences: 123*
Types of care available:
- Adult day care
- Home care
- Home health-care
- Continuing-care retirement communities
- Assisted living facilities (including shelter-care homes)
- Residential care facilities (including personal-care homes)
- Nursing homes
Estimated average prices:**
- Adult day care: $57 per day
- Home care: $16 per hour
- Home health-care: $17 per hour
- Assisted living: $ 2,941 per month
- Nursing home, semi-private room: $138 per day
- Nursing home, private room: $147 per day
State websites for seniors:
Where to report elder abuse:
- In domestic/community care: 1-800-259-4990
- In nursing homes: 1-800-259-4990
Financial assistance (partial list):
Top-10 largest cities:
- New Orleans
- Baton Rouge
- Shreveport
- Lafayette
- Lake Charles
- Kenner
- Bossier City
- Monroe
- Alexandria
- New Iberia
Top nursing homes, based on Medicare ratings:***
Baton Rouge
Landmark of Baton Rouge
Breaux Bridge
St. Agnes Healthcare and Rehab Center
Bunkie
Bayou Vista Community Care Center
Covington
Christwood
Harvey
West Jefferson Health Care Center
Jennings
Jennings Guest House
Lafayette
Bethany MHS Health Care Center
Lady of the Oaks Retirement Manor
Lutcher
Riverlands Community Care Center
Kinder
Kinder Retirement and Rehabilitation Center
Marksville
Valley View Health Care
New Orleans
Good Samaritan Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
Lafon Nursing Facility of the Holy Family
St. Luke's Living Center
Port Allen
Port Allen Care Center
Reserve
Southeast Louisiana War Veterans Home
Shreveport
Village Health Care at the Glen
West Monroe
Ridgecrest Community Care Center
*Assisted-living residence numbers are from the Department of Health and Human Services’ 2007 Residential Care and Assisted Living Compendium. According to the National Center for Assisted Living, this is the industry’s only resource for such data. Depending on the state, the number may or may not include small residential-care homes, such as adult foster care.
**Senior-care price estimates are based on the 2011 MetLife Market Survey of Long-Term Care Costs, which reports average rates,and the Genworth 2011 Cost of Care Survey, which reports median rates.
***Medicare rates nursing homes in four categories using a five-star system. These are the nursing homes with five stars in the “Overall” category. The ratings were accessed on Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare site in November or December 2011 and are subject to change. The Medicare ratings system isn’t perfect, so use additional criteria to evaluate nursing homes as well.
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