New Orleans Senior AdvisorWhat usually starts a senior care search in New Orleans?
The most common triggers are a discharge from Ochsner, Touro, University Medical Center, East Jefferson, West Jefferson or a Northshore hospital, a fall, a new dementia diagnosis, a family caregiver reaching exhaustion, savings running low, or a hurricane that shows a parent cannot manage alone.
Each guide below starts from that moment and lists the steps in order, with the Louisiana rules and local phone numbers that apply.
Who can help us figure out the next step for free?
Your parish council on aging gives free information and assistance (the New Orleans Council on Aging is at (504) 821-4121 and the Jefferson Council on Aging at (504) 888-5880), Louisiana Options in Long-Term Care at 1-877-456-1146 handles Medicaid long-term care requests, and a senior advisor can walk through licensed options; all are free to families.
If anyone is in danger, call 911. Suspected abuse or neglect of someone 60 or older goes to Elderly Protective Services at 1-833-577-6532.
What if our situation is not listed here?
Start with what help is needed and when: list the daily tasks your parent can no longer do safely, note whether help is needed at night, check whether your parent could evacuate with help, and check what the budget can sustain for two to three years.
Those answers usually point to one or two Louisiana license levels, and the directory then shows which licensed providers exist near you.
Situations guides
A parent is being discharged from a New Orleans hospital
Step-by-step help for New Orleans families when a parent leaves Ochsner, Touro, UMC, East Jefferson, West Jefferson or a Northshore hospital: inpatient status, rehab, home health, ARCPs and nursing homes.
Read →A parent can no longer live alone
How New Orleans families decide between home care, LT-PCS, the Community Choices Waiver, PACE, a small personal care home, assisted living and a nursing home when a parent can no longer live alone.
Read →A parent has just been diagnosed with dementia
Next steps after an Alzheimer's or dementia diagnosis in New Orleans: legal documents, safety, adult day health care, Louisiana dementia care programs, Medicaid and planning for hurricanes.
Read →The money for care is running out
What New Orleans families can do when savings for care run low: Louisiana Medicaid nursing home rules, the Community Choices Waiver, LT-PCS, PACE, VA pension, and why Medicaid will not pay for an ARCP.
Read →Planning a hurricane evacuation for an older parent
How New Orleans-area families plan hurricane evacuation for an older parent at home: parish special-needs registries, medications, power-dependent equipment, destinations, and what to ask an ARCP or nursing home.
Read →Caring for a New Orleans parent from another city
How adult children outside Louisiana help a parent in New Orleans: local agencies, documents, checking provider records remotely, Medicaid programs, and planning for hurricane season.
Read →The family caregiver is exhausted
Help for exhausted family caregivers in the New Orleans area: adult day health care, respite, Community Choices Waiver caregiver support, LT-PCS for caregivers over 70, and when to consider a move.
Read →A parent has fallen
What New Orleans families should do after an older parent falls: medical evaluation, home health and therapy, home modifications through Medicaid, emergency response systems, and when a fall signals a move.
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