Nursing homes offer elderly people assisted living with immediately accessible medical care, as well as other services. Residents can be short term, often needing rehabilitative care after surgery or accidents, or they can be long term, needing constant supervision and medical care. People searching for homes for their loved ones have much to consider when looking for the appropriate facility, including numbers of nurses on staff, how drugs are administered and handled, the quality of the food service and housekeeping, price, and what sort of special services are offered for people with specific, debilitating diseases such as Alzheimer's.
Lafayette Care Center
The profit/nonprofit Lafayette Care Center offers a total of 60 beds, rehabilitative and social services, long-term care and skilled nurses. Residents can partake in various activities and have access to clinical laboratory services, food, housekeeping, and physical, speech/language and occupational therapy. They can also get X-rays. The facility accepts Medicare and Medicaid. Newsweek voted this care center as one of the country's best nursing homes in 2009. According to the Nursing Homes Ratings website, residents are unlikely to suffer depression or spend most of their time in their chairs or beds.
325 Basque Crescent Dr.
Lafayette, LA 70503
Magnolia Estates
Magnolia Estates is a religiously affiliated nursing care facility. It is owned and operated by Central Control, LLC, which is based out of Pineville, Louisiana. It provides 160 beds to residents, 120 of which are for nursing care residents. Private-pay residents can have a private room, while other residents may share. Magnolia Estates provides physical therapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy. Residents also enjoy activities, clinical laboratory, podiatry, X-ray, dental, dietary, mental health and pharmacy services, among others. According to the Nursing Homes Ratings website, residents here are also unlikely to get depressed or spend an inordinate amount of time in bed or a wheelchair. The center accepts Medicare and Medicaid and will help residents apply for financial assistance.
1511 Dulles Drive
Lafayette, LA 70506
Bethany Mhs Health Care Center
According to the Nursing Homes Ratings Website, residents at Bethany Mhs Health Care Center are reported as having higher than average rates of depression and slightly higher than average rates regarding needing assistance with daily activities. However, the percentage of residents who spend time only in their beds or chairs is quite low compared to the Louisiana average. This facility offers its residents activities, along with an on-site clinical laboratory, housekeeping, x-ray and nursing services. There are also physical therapy services, and a physician regularly visits the center. There are more than 40 beds. Bethany Mhs accepts Medicaid only.
406 St Julien Street
Lafayette, LA 70506
