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1524 Doctors Drive, Bossier City, LA 71111
"Pilgrim Manor is well situated. The staff and the facility were very good. My mother got excellent care there. She was...
2901 Douglas Dr, Bossier City, LA 71111
Cypress Point Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is located in Bossier City, Louisiana. This senior living provider offers...
2575 AIRLINE DRIVE, Bossier City, LA 71111
"I'm in Heritage Manor of Bossier right now. They have the most caring people in the world. As for the rooms, it's like...
3130 Arthur Ray Teague Pkwy, Bossier City, LA 71112
"My father-in-law is in Northwest Louisiana Veterans Home. It is a fine nursing home. It's a good place and clean. The...
4405 Airline Drive , Bossier City, LA 71111
"Garden Court Health and Rehabilitation is old and rundown, but the people are really nice. Mom has a big and nice...
1736 IRVING PLACE, Shreveport, LA 71101
Highland Place Rehab & Nursing Center, located in Shreveport, Louisiana, provides various care types, including memory...
4820 Medical Drive, Bossier City, LA 71112
"My father has moved into Riverview Care Center. I haven't actually visited it yet. We are doing all of these long...
4921 MEDICAL DRIVE, Bossier City, LA 71112
"I would definitely recommend Colonial Oaks Guest Care. The place is very clean. We haven't had any negative feedback...
3405 Mansfield Road, Shreveport, LA 71103
"My friend has moved into Roseview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He needed the assistance. He's in bad shape right...
3302 Mansfield, Shreveport, LA 71103
Shreveport Manor, located in Shreveport, LA, is a senior living provider that offers a variety of care types including...
2550 Kings Hwy, Shreveport, LA 71103
"I personally thought that this was an amazing place. my grandmother and her husband lived here for almost a year until...
725 Mitchell Lane, Shreveport, LA 71106
"Right now, my older sister is in Pierremont nursing home where she seems to be settling in. The people there seemed...
7605 Line Avenue , Shreveport, LA 71106
"As a medic, it is my job to go into nursing facilities and assess patients when there is an emergency. Each nursing...
8622 Line Avenue, Shreveport, LA 71106
"I went to Spring Lake from Willis-Knighton following shoulder surgery. I got far better nursing care at Spring Lake than...
9111 Linwood Avenue, Shreveport, LA 71106
"My mom was discharged from a rehab at Garden Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. They took good care of her, and the...
403 East Flournoy Lucas Road, Shreveport, LA 71115
"The Glen Retirement System consists of 3 different facilities. Each one is run independently of the other. I have...
9105 Baird Rd, Shreveport, LA 71118
"My grandmother stayed at this nursing home for a few years before she passed away. I spent quite alot of time there. The...
9225 Normandie Drive, Shreveport, LA 71118
"My stay there was for rehabilitation of a hip injury Overall the facility gave great service But the regular staff...
7060 Cottonwood Bouleavard, Shreveport, LA 71129
"My husband is in Heritage Manor, and it is very nice. The dining room is fine, and the food was OK. It was clean, new...
3050 Baird Rd, Shreveport, LA 71118
"We chose Bradford for my parents because they are the closet facility to some other family members who are in town...
Nursing Homes
Kelly
1.0
Review of Pilgrim Manor Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation
The website is lipstick on a pig. While it looks nice and boasts about the decorated rooms, the room my mother was in looked like a solitary confinement room. Nothing to help them, no clock...
Nursing Homes
Susu1951
1.0
Review of Colonial Oaks Guest Care
Lack of care, compassion and incompetent. My mother, age 95, at end of life stage, semi-comatose, was admitted for respite care via hospice, with possibility of long term care. I highly recommend...
Nursing Homes
mese51
1.0
Review of Riverview Care Center
This place is awful! My grandma ended up with bed sores . Staff always had her in soiled poop diapers unless Jackie or Keke was working. Denied a resident a shower and a clean diaper. They would...
On average, seniors in Bossier City’s nursing homes pay the same amount for care as the majority of nursing home residents throughout Louisiana and about $2,220 less than seniors nationally. Around 100 miles east in Monroe, seniors spend about $1,046 less per month for nursing home care, making it one of the state’s more affordable cities for long-term care. Alexandria’s median cost of nursing home care is the same as in Bossier, and in Lake Charles and Lafayette, seniors spend about $344 and $91 more each month, respectively.
Bossier City
$5,536
Louisiana
$5,536
United States
$7,756
Monroe
$4,490
Alexandria
$5,536
Lake Charles
$5,880
Lafayette
$5,627
Bossier City’s nursing home residents spend an average of $5,536 for a semiprivate room and $5,779 a month for a private room.
Many seniors and their families use some form of financial assistance to help them pay for nursing care. The main options available are Medicare, Medicaid, and veterans benefits. These programs can be complicated, especially when it comes to benefit terms. Below, we give a brief overview of how these programs may be used towards paying for skilled nursing care.
If these options aren’t available to you, check if your loved one has long-term care insurance or contact your Area Agency on Aging to ask about any local financial assistance programs for seniors.
Seniors in Bossier City can expect to pay between $1,842 and $5,779 a month for senior care. Adult day health care is the most affordable option, and nursing home care with a private room is the most expensive. Home care and home health care both average $3,051 a month, and for assisted living, seniors spend an average of $3,461 per month.
Home care
$3,051
Home health care
$3,051
Adult day health care
$1,842
Assisted living
$3,461
Nursing home (semiprivate room)
$5,536
Nursing home (private room)
$5,779
Seniors in Bossier City have a variety of options to help them pay for and access senior care. Below, we’ve listed programs that may directly pay for care, help seniors understand their financing options and even enable seniors to delay transitioning into a nursing home by receiving in-home services.
| Resource | Contact | Service |
|---|---|---|
| Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program | (866) 632-0922 | In addition to investigating complaints about senior care communities, the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program assists seniors and their families with learning about nursing homes in their area and what government programs may help pay for care. Ombudsmen often investigate and resolve matters such as billing issues and care concerns, and all of the program's assistance is provided for free. |
| Bossier Parish Health Unit | (318) 741-7314 | At the Bossier Parish Health Unit, seniors can apply for Medicaid and other government assistance programs. Workers at the department are knowledgeable about each program's eligibility requirements and benefits, including whether they qualify to receive funding for nursing home care. |
| Personal Care Services | (318) 741-8302 | Personal Care Services provides eligible seniors with assistance with activities of daily living such as eating, bathing and dressing as well as getting out of bed and walking around. Participants in the program receive care services for free, but a small contribution is suggested. |
| Bossier Council on Aging | (318) 741-8302 | The Bossier Council on Aging is a comprehensive resource for accessing programs and services that make it easier for seniors to stay healthy while living at home. Among its services are home-delivered meals, transportation for medical appointments, caregiver support and legal help. The Bossier C.O.A. can also help seniors complete applications for Medicare and Medicaid. |
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