Timberlake Health Care
1155 STERLINGTON HIGHWAY, Farmerville, LA, 71241
Home to about 12,600 residents, 17.5% of whom are seniors ages 65 and older, West Monroe offers some significant benefits for older adults. First, the city has two major medical centers, Glenwood Regional Medical Center and Cornerstone Specialty Hospitals. Each offers a wide variety of specializations along with primary and emergency care, so seniors have many health care options. The city also boasts an above-average number of physicians per capita to serve residents’ medical needs.
Sometimes, seniors may struggle to care for themselves safely in their own homes. If they have complex medical conditions, nursing home placement may be a good option, for it provides 24-hour personal care support as well as therapy, case management and chronic condition monitoring. In West Monroe, this level of care costs $5,323 per month on average. If nursing home care isn’t necessary, seniors may turn to home care or assisted living instead and choose the services and environment that best fit their needs.
In this guide, seniors and their families can learn more about nursing home costs in West Monroe, including financial assistance options and helpful resources.
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1155 STERLINGTON HIGHWAY, Farmerville, LA, 71241
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READ MORESeniors in West Monroe can expect to pay an average of $5,323 per month for nursing home care with either a semi private or private room.
At $5,323 per month, nursing home prices in West Monroe fall on the low end of the cost spectrum. The city’s costs are 7.6% lower than the Louisiana state average and 32.7% lower than the national average. However, some Louisiana cities still have lower nursing home rates than West Monroe. Lafayette, for instance, shows a price of $5,272. On the other hand, Shreveport’s rates are only $61 higher than West Monroe's at $5,384. Costs in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, however, are much higher, averaging $304 and $608 more than those in West Monroe.
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West Monroe
$5,323
Louisiana
$5,759
United States
$7,908
Shreveport
$5,384
New Orleans
$5,931
Lafayette
$5,272
Baton Rouge
$5,627
West Monroe’s seniors have plenty of care options at varying prices. Nursing home care is most expensive because of its high level of service, averaging $5,323 per month. Sometimes, seniors may be able to remain in their own homes and use in-home care or home health care for a monthly savings of $1,986. Assisted living is the least expensive at $2,650, but it may not be the best choice for people with complex medical issues.
In-Home Care
$3,337
Home Health Care
$3,337
Assisted Living Facility
$2,650
Nursing Home Care (semiprivate room)
$5,323
Nursing Home Care (private room)
$5,323
Note: Data for West Monroe was unavailable, so data for the nearest city, Monroe, was used instead.
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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 local financial assistance programs for seniors.
Nursing Homes
Rodney
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Review of Landmark Nursing & Rehabilitation Center of West Monroe, LLC
Our experience with Landmark Nursing & Rehabilitation Center of West Monroe started out good, and wound up terrible. The nurses down there would not take care of my mother. They left her down there...
Provider response
Hello Rodney, We are sorry this was your experience, and would like to make this right by investigating this further. Allow us to take a closer look at this for you. Please contact us with your...
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Lily Mann
5
Review of Landmark Nursing & Rehabilitation Center of West Monroe, LLC
My mom stayed at LandMark and she was well taking care of and from Administration, Nurses, Aids and staff the people were so caring and treated my mom like family just as well as those visiting...
Nursing Homes
Mike253747
3
Review of West Monroe Guest House
When my sister and I walked in, West Monroe Guest House was nice, beautiful, and relatively new, but there didn't seem to be very many people working. They didn't seem to have as many staff...