Our Mission:

Hospice Specialists of Louisiana provides compassionate care to patients and their families at their time of need. We provide quality end-of-life care. Our goal is to work collaboratively with patients, their families, and other healthcare providers to provide comprehensive hospice care services. We are recognized in the community as professionals who deliver reliable and dependable healthcare.

Hospice Comes to You:

 

  • Your Home
  • Nursing Homes
  • Personal Care Homes
  • Assisted Living Communities
  • Memory Care Communities
  • General In-Patient Services

Diagnoses Frequently Associated with Hospice Care:

 

  • Heart Disease
  • Liver Disease
  • Stroke or CVA
  • Cancer
  • Parkinson’s
  • Alzheimer’s/Dementia
  • Lung Disease
  • ALS
  • Renal Disease
  • HIV/AIDS

Hospice-Appropriate Patients May Have Some or All of the Following:

 

  • Frequent hospitalizations
  • Progressive weight loss
  • Deteriorating mental abilities
  • Recurrent infections
  • Specific decline in condition
  • Decrease in functional ability

When to Ask about Hospice Care?

Patients with an illness causing a life limited expectancy.

Patients and families who want to choose care that focuses on symptom management rather than curative treatment.

Patients and families who choose no extreme measures to sustain life.

Nurse on-call, 24-hours a day, 7 days a week.

LaPlace

Office:  985-262-7590

Fax:  866-422-9549

Greater New Orleans

Office:  504-500-3362

Fax:  866-422-9549

Northshore

Office:  985-262-7590

Fax:  866-422-9549

Baton Rouge

Office:  225-650-7488

Fax:  866-422-9549