Small personal care and shelter care homes

What is a personal care home in Louisiana?

A Level 1 adult residential care provider serving two to eight residents unrelated to the operator in a setting designed like a single-family home, licensed by LDH under the same rules as larger ARCPs.

A Level 2 shelter care home serves nine to 16 residents in a congregate setting. Both provide personal care, meals and supervision but not nursing.

Who does well in a small home?

People who do better with a quiet routine and the same few caregivers, including many with mild to moderate memory loss who are not exit-seeking.

Small homes often feel more like a family household, with shared meals and fewer schedules. The trade-offs are fewer activities and sometimes shared rooms.

How many small homes are there around Baton Rouge?

The November 2026 Licensed Providers Report shows 31 adult residential care providers across the ten parishes: 5 Level 1, 4 Level 2, 19 Level 3 and 0 Level 4, plus 3 with no level in LDH's records; 21 of them have East Baton Rouge Parish addresses.

Small homes without a capacity of 17 or more appear as rows in the assisted living roster rather than on their own pages.

What should we check at a small home?

The license and level on LDH's report, the posted statement of deficiencies, the number of residents compared with the licensed capacity, who is on duty overnight, and the written emergency plan.

Ask how the home covers staff absences, since a small staff has less slack, and how residents are evacuated if the home loses power.

What does a small personal care home cost around Baton Rouge?

No separate median is published for Level 1 or 2 homes; CareScout's 2025 Louisiana assisted living median of about $5,163 a month is the nearest benchmark, and many small homes quote below it.

Louisiana Medicaid does not pay for any ARCP level, so small homes are paid privately, through long-term care insurance or with help from a VA pension. Ask whether the rate is all-inclusive or whether incontinence supplies, medication help and transportation are billed separately, since small homes vary more than large buildings in what they include.

Where is personal care homes licensed around Baton Rouge?

This is how LDH's November 2026 roster spreads personal care homes across the parishes that have any; capacity means LDH's licensed residents for ARCPs and CMS certified beds for nursing homes.