Apply to these as early as possible. Many have waitlists, and getting on them during or right after your hospital stay is the single most important thing you can do.
Provides direct financial assistance for people with traumatic spinal cord injuries. Covers personal care, assistive technology, adaptive equipment, home modifications, and community support. This is a grant, not a loan. Funding is limited — apply early.
Apply / Learn More ↗Supports adults with disabilities who want to live in the community rather than a nursing facility. If a care team tells you a nursing home is your only option — ROW is the direct answer. Covers personal care, supported living, assistive technology, and respite.
🎂 For individuals whose disability onset was after age 21.
Apply / Learn More ↗Louisiana's primary Medicaid waiver for adults with physical disabilities who were injured at age 21 or younger. Covers personal care attendant (PCA) services — meaning you can hire someone you trust and pay them through the program. Also covers assistive technology and home modifications.
🎂 For individuals whose disability onset was at age 21 or younger.
Apply / Learn More ↗Louisiana's primary Medicaid waiver for adults ages 21–64 with adult-onset physical disabilities at risk of nursing home placement. Provides an individualized service budget covering personal care, home modifications, assistive technology, home-delivered meals, and support coordination.
Apply / Learn More ↗ Fact Sheet ↗Provides a range of services to help people with physical disabilities remain living at home and in their community rather than in a nursing facility. Includes personal care, homemaker assistance, adult day care, and respite care.
Learn More ↗Coordinates the full continuum of health care services through one interdisciplinary team. Includes adult day health care, primary care, home health, personal care, physical and occupational therapy, prescriptions, and nursing facility care when necessary. Goal: stay safely in the community as long as possible.
Must be 55+ and meet nursing facility level of care. Available in select parishes including East and West Baton Rouge. Call 1-877-456-1146.
Learn More ↗When care needs exceed what can safely be provided at home, Louisiana Medicaid covers nursing facility placement. Provides 24-hour care including skilled nursing, personal care, therapy, meals, and social programming.
Helps people with disabilities enter or return to employment. Can fund assistive technology, college tuition, adaptive equipment, and job coaching — often at no cost to you.
Visit LRS ↗Once enrolled in a Medicaid waiver program like NOW or ROW, you're assigned a support coordinator — or you can choose your own. This person becomes your advocate inside the system: they meet with you regularly, help identify services, submit requests, and follow up with providers on your behalf.
Sometimes you just need to talk to someone who gets it. Schedule a free one-on-one video consultation — from setting up your first Alexa device to navigating the waiver application process.
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