New Orleans Senior AdvisorWhat do New Orleans Senior Advisor's guides cover?
Our 12 guides cover Louisiana's ARCP levels, dementia programs, costs and Medicaid's home-based programs, hurricane planning, hospital discharge in New Orleans, and parish-by-parish help, each sourced to Louisiana rules, Louisiana agencies or federal data.
New guides publish on a regular schedule; the newest appears in the footer of every page. Each guide opens with a short answer, includes at least one data table, and ends with the questions families ask about it.
How are the guides different from the rest of the site?
The rules, costs and directory pages are reference material; the guides take one situation or decision at a time and walk through it the way a family would face it, linking back to the reference pages for the full rules.
If a guide and a reference page ever disagree, the reference page is updated first and the guide is corrected.
VA Aid and Attendance Math for a New Orleans Assisted Living Bill
Because Louisiana Medicaid will not pay for assisted living, VA pension can matter more here than in many states. A worked example.
Read the guide →October 24, 2026Adult Day Health Care in New Orleans: The Option Caregivers Overlook
A licensed day program with nursing oversight, meals and transportation can keep a working caregiver employed. What it costs and who pays.
Read the guide →October 17, 2026Metairie's Small Personal Care Homes: What to Check Before You Choose One
Metairie has one of the densest clusters of small licensed care homes in Louisiana. How to tell a good one from the rest.
Read the guide →October 10, 2026Is Your Parent's ZIP Code Covered by PACE Greater New Orleans?
PACE combines Medicare and Medicaid care in one program for people who could otherwise need a nursing home. Coverage depends on ZIP code.
Read the guide →October 3, 2026The First 72 Hours After a New Orleans Hospital Discharge: A Family Checklist
Discharge from Ochsner, Touro, UMC, East Jefferson or a Northshore hospital often comes fast. What to do before, during and right after.
Read the guide →September 26, 2026How to Verify a Memory Care Program in New Orleans When the State Doesn't Publish a List
Louisiana licenses no memory care facilities and publishes no list of dementia programs. Five documents that let a family check one anyway.
Read the guide →September 19, 2026Northshore or South Shore? Choosing Where a Parent Moves Around New Orleans
St. Tammany, Jefferson and Orleans parishes offer very different senior care landscapes. A data-based way to choose the side of the lake.
Read the guide →September 12, 2026New Orleans-Area Nursing Homes by the Numbers: What CMS's October 2026 Data Shows
Star ratings, staffing and inspections for the certified nursing homes in the six parishes, and how to read them without being misled.
Read the guide →September 5, 2026The Community Choices Waiver Registry: How the Line Works and What New Orleans Families Can Do While Waiting
The Community Choices Waiver can keep a parent at home, but slots are offered by priority and request date. How to get in line and bridge the wait.
Read the guide →August 29, 2026Louisiana Medicaid Won't Pay for Assisted Living. Here Is a Three-Year Money Plan for New Orleans Families
Because Louisiana has no assisted living Medicaid benefit, the move-in decision is also a budget decision. A simple way to plan it.
Read the guide →August 22, 2026Eight Hurricane Questions to Ask a New Orleans Assisted Living Provider Before You Sign
Louisiana requires every ARCP to plan for storms. These are the questions that turn that plan into something a family can check.
Read the guide →August 15, 2026Reading Louisiana's Assisted Living Roster: What Levels 1 to 4 Tell a New Orleans Family
Louisiana sorts every assisted living provider into one of four levels. Here is what the levels mean on the ground in Metairie, Uptown and the Northshore.
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