Find the Right Hospice Care in New Orleans, Louisiana
About 37 hospices currently serve New Orleans, including 4 nonprofits and 1 with a dedicated inpatient facility. Use this list to compare options and talk with the hospices that feel right for your family. Finding hospice care in New Orleans often begins after University Medical Center New Orleans in Mid-City, Touro Infirmary Uptown, or Ochsner Baptist in New Orleans. Names you hear on the hospital floor are a useful starting list for your calls — not the only hospice you can choose. Ochsner's main campus on Jefferson Highway is in Jefferson Parish, not New Orleans, so a discharge from there starts a different conversation. Uptown, Mid-City, New Orleans East, and Algiers across the river are very different night drives, and the nurse who walks through your door at two in the morning may be coming from the other side of the city. Use this page to compare Medicare-certified hospices that report serving New Orleans, then confirm the neighborhood. Metairie and Kenner sit in Jefferson Parish and have their own pages.
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Showing 20 of 37 providers
Enhabit Hospice - Vidalia
Vidalia, LA
Compassionate Care Hospice
Alexandria, LA
Guardian Angel Hospice
Metairie, LA
St Tammany Hospital Hospice
Madisonville, LA
ACG Hospice - Houma
Houma, LA
Heart of Hospice - Lafayette
Lafayette, LA
(Family Experience)
(14)
Egan Hospice
Covington, LA
(Family Experience)
(7)
Anvoi Hospice
Metairie, LA
St Joseph Hospice - Covington
Covington, LA
St Joseph Hospice - New Orleans
River Ridge, LA
(Family Experience)
(12)
ACG Hospice - Hammond
Hammond, LA
Serenity Hospice Services
Metairie, LA
Gentiva - Prairieville
Prairieville, LA
(Family Experience)
(9)
Passages Hospice - Covington
Covington, LA
Hospice Associates of New Orleans
Metairie, LA
(Family Experience)
(11)
Interim HealthCare - Mandeville
Mandeville, LA
Foundations Hospice
Albany, LA
Heart of Hospice - Franklin
Franklin, LA
(Family Experience)
(5)
Heart of Hospice - Gretna
Gretna, LA
(Family Experience)
(18)
Hospice Specialists of Louisiana - Ponchatoula
Ponchatoula, LA
17 more providers available
Every listing here is a Medicare-certified hospice that reports serving New Orleans. The office might be elsewhere in Louisiana — that is common. When you call, share your loved one’s address so the team can confirm they can come to you. FindHospices.com is free for families.
Other important resources for New Orleans families
Families in New Orleans often discover that choosing a hospice is only one part of the journey. Questions about funeral arrangements, cremation, estate planning, elder law, probate, advance directives, veterans’ benefits, and other important decisions frequently arise at the same time.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Hospices in New Orleans
Do we have to use the hospice a hospital names in New Orleans?
No. A hospital or physician can share names they work with often. You may still compare any Medicare-certified hospice that will come to the patient’s address. Calling for information does not enroll you.
Should we contact more than one hospice about New Orleans?
Yes. Compare who covers the exact address, how soon a nurse can get there, and who answers after hours. A referral is a starting point, not a requirement to use one brand.
Can hospice care be provided at home in New Orleans?
Yes. Most hospice care happens where the patient already lives — a house or apartment, or assisted living, memory care, or a nursing facility. Ask the team to confirm that specific address, not only the city or county name.
How quickly can hospice start in New Orleans?
When hospice is medically appropriate, many teams begin within about 24–48 hours, and some can start the same day when staffing allows. Ask who comes first and how a night call is handled. Then verify by phone.
Does a New Orleans hospice automatically cover Metairie or Kenner?
Do not assume so. Both are in Jefferson Parish. Ask whether the team will send a nurse to that exact address after dark, and which office the nurse leaves from.
Is Ochsner's main campus in New Orleans?
The mailing address can say New Orleans, but the campus on Jefferson Highway sits in Jefferson Parish. A discharge from there is a Jefferson question, so say the parish when you call.
Hospice Care in New Orleans
Finding hospice care in New Orleans
Finding hospice care in New Orleans usually starts after University Medical Center New Orleans, Touro Infirmary, or Ochsner Baptist — or after a doctor says it is time to talk about comfort. Those hospitals share names; they do not choose your hospice. What matters is who can reach the real address for nursing visits, including after hours — Uptown is a different drive than New Orleans East or Algiers. Use this page to compare Medicare-certified hospices that report serving New Orleans. If care might be in Metairie, Kenner, or elsewhere in Jefferson Parish, open that page next so you are not comparing the wrong list. FindHospices.com is free for families.
What to compare
When you call, ask about:
- Whether the team covers the exact address, not only the city or parish name
- Who would come after hours, and how long that usually takes
- What happens if symptoms cannot be managed at home
- Medicare quality and family-experience information on each profile
Where hospice care happens in New Orleans
Most hospice in New Orleans happens in the home, apartment, or care facility where the person already lives. A short stay in a hospice inpatient unit is for symptoms that cannot be managed at home. Ask which bed they would use from that address, and who answers the phone when pain breaks through at three in the morning.
Local considerations for New Orleans families
The river and I-10 cut the city into pieces that behave like separate towns after midnight. Uptown, Mid-City, New Orleans East, and Algiers on the West Bank each have a different drive from Claiborne Avenue or the bridge. Ask whether the nurse on call is based in Orleans Parish or crossing over from Jefferson, and how long that takes when a ramp is closed or an underpass is flooded.
Shotgun doubles, high-rise condos, and assisted living near Lake Pontchartrain are scheduled differently from one another. Metairie and Kenner are next door, but a team that visits Uptown is not automatically coming to a Kenner street. Say the street, the ZIP, and the parish out loud when you call.
When you are comparing, it often helps to:
- Uptown, Mid-City, New Orleans East, and Algiers are different night drives
- Ochsner's main campus on Jefferson Highway is in Jefferson Parish, not New Orleans
- Metairie and Kenner are Jefferson Parish and have their own pages
- Ask about I-10, Claiborne Avenue, and the river bridges after midnight
This page is focused on New Orleans itself. Nearby cities and Orleans Parish can help if your family is looking across more than one community.
Where to start
Use the patient’s exact address, then open a tighter page if the home is in Orleans Parish, Greater New Orleans.