What usually starts a senior care search in Louisville?
The most common triggers are a hospital discharge from one of Louisville's UofL Health, Norton or Baptist Health hospitals, a fall, a new dementia diagnosis, a family caregiver reaching exhaustion, or savings running low.
Each guide below starts from that moment and lists the steps in order, with the Kentucky rules and local phone numbers that apply.
Who can help us figure out the next step for free?
KIPDA's Aging & Disability Resource Center at (502) 266-5571 gives free options counseling for the seven-county region, and a senior advisor can walk through licensed options; both are free to families.
If anyone is in danger, call 911. Suspected abuse or neglect goes to 1-877-597-2331.
What if our situation is not listed here?
Start with the question of what help is needed and when: list the daily tasks your parent can no longer do safely, note whether help is needed at night, and check what the budget can sustain for two to three years.
Those three answers usually point to one or two Kentucky license types, and the directory then shows which licensed providers exist near you.
Situations guides
A parent is being discharged from a Louisville hospital
Discharge from UofL Health, Norton or Baptist Health in Louisville: confirm inpatient status, get the plan in writing, check licenses and line up Medicare rehab or a care setting.
Read →When a parent can't safely live alone anymore
Signs a Louisville parent can no longer live alone, how to rule out reversible causes, and the middle options -- KIPDA services, adult day health, home care -- before a move.
Read →There's been a fall
After an older adult's fall in Louisville: get the cause investigated, check medications and vision, fix the home, and decide whether care needs have changed.
Read →We just got a dementia diagnosis
After a dementia diagnosis in Louisville: get the specific type, complete legal paperwork while capacity is clear, connect with KIPDA, and learn what Kentucky's ALC-DC memory care license requires.
Read →I can't keep doing this alone
Help for exhausted Louisville caregivers: KIPDA caregiver services, adult day health, HCB waiver respite, PACE and short-term respite stays.
Read →The money is running out
When savings run low in Louisville senior care: Kentucky has no assisted living Medicaid waiver, so plan for nursing home Medicaid, HCB at home, State Supplementation or VA pension early.
Read →I live out of state and my parent is in Louisville
Long-distance caregiving for a parent in Louisville or the surrounding counties: paperwork, local eyes, KIPDA services, and how to vet facilities from a distance.
Read →Looking at care on both sides of the Ohio River
Families near Louisville often consider Clark and Floyd counties in Indiana. Indiana licenses assisted living differently and none of Kentucky's licenses, waivers or supplements apply there.
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