1 / 3Quick Facts
- Medicare quality
- 4.5 of 5 stars
- Medicare certified
- Since 2003
- Care setting
- In-home care, not a residential facility
- Service area
- Serves Livingston, Tangipahoa, St. Helena parishes
- Therapy services
- Physical, occupational, and speech therapy in-home
- High-risk monitoring
- In-person visits for high-risk cardiac, pulmonary, sepsis patients
Home Health Compare
What Families Think
The Good
- Chronic illness management for heart failure, COPD, diabetes
- In-home physical, occupational, and speech therapy
- Emphasis on early intervention to avoid hospitalization
- Personalized, one-on-one care approach
The Bad
- No published reviews or ratings to assess care quality
- No published pricing information available
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Elara Caring is a home health agency serving Hammond, Louisiana offering Home Health. Amenities include 24-Hour Staff, Medication Management and On-Site Nurse (RN).
About Elara Caring
Elara Caring provides skilled home health care services in Hammond, Louisiana and surrounding communities across multiple parishes including Livingston, Tangipahoa, St. Helena, and others throughout the region. The organization focuses on recovery, rehabilitation, and health education delivered in patients' homes.
The clinical team offers a wide range of services tailored to individual care needs and health goals. These include customized care for patients managing chronic illnesses such as heart failure, COPD, and diabetes, as well as physical, occupational, and speech therapy to help individuals regain or maintain independence. In-person visits are provided for high-risk cardiac, pulmonary, and sepsis patients.
Elara Caring's philosophy emphasizes personalized, one-on-one attention and recognizes each person as a whole. The organization believes that receiving care at home reduces stress and anxiety, often leading to increased satisfaction and overall wellbeing. This approach allows for education, symptom management, and early intervention before health crises occur, potentially reducing the risk of hospitalization.
The benefits of receiving care through Elara Caring include the comfort of familiar surroundings, flexibility and convenience of in-home services, and the added support that enables patients to remain in their own homes rather than relocating to facility-based care.
Types of Care at Elara Caring
Amenities
Community Amenities
- 24-Hour Staff
- Medication Management
- On-Site Nurse (RN)
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Medicare Quality of Care
Elara Caring is a Medicare-certified home health agency (certified since 2003). The figures below come from Medicare's Home Health Compare program and are updated quarterly. Percentages are shares of patients; higher is better unless noted.
Quality of patient care
4.5 / 5
Medicare star rating
Services offered
- Skilled nursing
- Physical therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Speech therapy
- Medical social services
What patients say
4.0 / 5 patient survey rating
- Would definitely recommend the agency82%US 79%
- Rated their overall care 9 or 10 out of 1089%US 85%
- Care was given in a professional way91%US 89%
- The team communicated well88%US 86%
- The team discussed medicines, pain and home safety84%US 82%
245 completed patient surveys, 22% response rate.
Hospital outcomes
- Discharged to the community76%US 80%Same as
- Readmitted to hospital after discharge (30 days) (lower is better)4%US 4%Same as
- Preventable hospital visits during care (lower is better)13%US 11%Worse than
How patients did
- Care started within 2 days of referral100%US 94%
- Patients got better at walking or moving around98%US 83%
- Patients got better at getting in and out of bed97%US 83%
- Patients got better at bathing99%US 86%
- Patients' breathing improved95%US 85%
- Patients got better at taking medications correctly97%US 81%
- Patients who had a fall with major injury (lower is better)0%US 1%
- Patients with new or worsened pressure ulcers (lower is better)0%US 0%
- Discharge function score met or exceeded expectations93%US 61%
Service area
Elara Caring reports serving 40 ZIP codes, including New Orleans, Slidell, Metairie, Baton Rouge, Covington, Mandeville, Abita Springs, Angie, Bogalusa, Bush and more. Search by your ZIP code to confirm coverage; agencies that cover it are marked “Serves your ZIP”.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health Care Compare and the HHCAHPS patient survey. CCN 197778. National figures are the average across all certified agencies.
Frequently Asked Questions
What types of care does Elara Caring offer?
Elara Caring offers Home Health.
Where is Elara Caring located?
Elara Caring is located at 109 W Minnesota Park Rd Ste. 6 in Hammond, Louisiana.
Does Medicare cover care from Elara Caring?
Yes. Elara Caring is a Medicare-certified home health agency, so Medicare Part A or Part B pays in full for skilled nursing, therapy and home health aide visits when a doctor orders them and the patient is homebound. There is no copay for covered home health visits. Medicare rates the agency's quality of patient care 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Do I need a referral to use Elara Caring?
For Medicare to pay, yes: a doctor, nurse practitioner or physician assistant must certify that care is needed and sign a plan of care. Families can call the agency first, and the agency will usually contact the doctor to arrange the order. Ongoing help with bathing, meals and companionship is a different service, non-medical home care, which needs no referral.
How can families visit Elara Caring?
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