New Orleans Senior AdvisorOrleans Parish and the City of New Orleans share one boundary and one government, from the lakefront to the river and from Carrollton to New Orleans East, plus Algiers on the West Bank; about 362,154 people lived there on July 1, 2025.
Most of the region's hospitals and its oldest nonprofit homes are here, but most of its assisted living is not: the parish has far more nursing home beds than ARCP capacity. We break the city into four areas, linked below.
How many seniors and licensed care options are in Orleans Parish, Louisiana?
Orleans Parish had about 65,389 residents 65 and older (18.1% of 362,154) and 6,337 aged 85 and older on July 1, 2025, and the Louisiana Department of Health lists 8 licensed adult residential care providers and 13 nursing homes there.
| Available in Orleans Parish | Not available in Orleans Parish | |
|---|---|---|
| Licensed here (LDH roster) | Adult residential care providers: 8, Nursing homes: 13, Home health agencies: 4, Hospices: 1, Adult day health care centers: 6 | — |
| Not licensed here | — | Every category is represented |
| Level 3 or 4 assisted living | 6 buildings | — |
Population: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 county (parish) population estimates by age (July 1, 2025).
Where is licensed senior care located within Orleans Parish?
Of Orleans Parish's 8 licensed ARCPs and 13 nursing homes, the table shows how many fall in each of the four areas we use for the city.
| Area | Licensed ARCPs | Nursing homes |
|---|---|---|
| Uptown, the Garden District & Carrollton | 4 | 5 |
| Mid-City, Downtown, Lakeview & Gentilly | 1 | 4 |
| New Orleans East & the Lower Ninth Ward | 0 | 1 |
| Algiers & the West Bank of Orleans | 3 | 3 |
Which home health, hospice and adult day providers are based in Orleans Parish?
LDH's roster shows 4 home health agencies, 1 hospice and 6 adult day health care centers with Orleans Parish offices.
- Abundant Life Adult Day Health Care Center, New Orleans — adult day health care center
- AHTH Adult Day Health Care, New Orleans — adult day health care center
- Clover NOLA, Inc., New Orleans — adult day health care center
- Empower to Inspire Adult Day Program, LLC, New Orleans — adult day health care center
- Pace Greater New Orleans ADHC, New Orleans — adult day health care center
- Poydras Home Activity Services for the Elderly (PHASE), New Orleans — adult day health care center
- Abundant Home Health, Inc, New Orleans — home health agency
- Christian Home Health Care Inc., New Orleans — home health agency
- Home Health Care 2000-New Orleans, New Orleans — home health agency
- LCMC Health Home Care, New Orleans — home health agency
- St. Margaret Home Health and Hospice, New Orleans — hospice
Who helps seniors and caregivers in Orleans Parish, LA?
New Orleans Council on Aging is the area agency on aging and council on aging for Orleans Parish, and the aging and disability Resource Center for Orleans, Plaquemines and St. Bernard, at (504) 821-4121; the long-term care ombudsman for the New Orleans region, sponsored by the Capital Area Agency on Aging, is at (800) 833-9883.
New Orleans Council on Aging is at 2475 Canal St., Suite 400, New Orleans, LA 70119. Licensing complaints go to LDH's Health Standards Section at 1-888-810-1819; suspected abuse of someone 60 or older goes to Elderly Protective Services at 1-833-577-6532.
How far do Orleans Parish residents travel for hospital care?
From New Orleans, the closest acute-care hospital on LDH's licensed roster is University Medical Center New Orleans, in the same ZIP code.
The next closest are Touro Infirmary (about 3 miles) and Ochsner Medical Center (about 5 miles). Distances are between ZIP-code centroids, not driving routes.
Which hospitals serve Orleans Parish seniors?
LDH's licensed roster lists 3 acute-care hospitals with Orleans Parish addresses, plus long-term acute care hospitals; Ochsner Medical Center's main campus is just across the parish line in Jefferson.
- Community Care Hospital (New Orleans, long-term acute care)
- New Orleans East Hospital (New Orleans, acute care)
- Touro Infirmary (New Orleans, acute care)
- University Medical Center New Orleans (New Orleans, acute care)
Orleans Parish sits largely below sea level inside the federal hurricane levee system, so a storm plan here is as much about pumps, power and street flooding as about wind.
