If you Evacuate --Let Us Know Where You are As Soon As Possible

If you or the person you support receive Long-Term Supports and Services, such as Elderly/Disabled Adult (EDA) Waiver Services, Adult Day Health Care (ADHC) Waiver Services or Long-Term Personal Care Services (LT-PCS State Plan Services) - it is very important that you notify us of your location as soon as possible after you have reached you evacuation destination.  This will assist us in making sure you continue to receive services in the most efficient and timely way possible.

LT-PCS Participants should call ACS at 877-456-1146.  This number will be staffed 24 hours a day.

EDA Participants should contact your Support Coordination Agency.

ADHC Participants should contact your ADHC Center.

If you are not sure who to notify regarding your evacuation location - Call the following Toll-Free Numbers: 

OAAS Help Line:  866-758-5035.  This number is staffed 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

From 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., call 800-898-4910, and you will be routed to an on-call person who can help you.

I-800-Get Info (1-800-438-4636)(Red Cross Emergency Line)

2-1-1 (Louisiana Information and Referral System)

Welcome to the Office of Aging and Adult Services (previously known as the Division of Long Term Supports and Services) . This office was formed within the Department of Health and Hospitals as a health care reform initiative. The OAAS brings together all of the long-term care programs that serve aging adults and people with adult-onset disabilities. These include Medicaid home and community-based long-term care programs, such as the Elderly and Disabled Adult Waiver, Adult Day Health Care Waiver, Long-Term Personal Care program and PACE.

The Office of Aging and Adult Services also administers nursing facility admissions and develops new long-term care programs, as well as implements other health care reform recommendations. The OAAS also oversees the operations of Villa Feliciana Medical Complex, John J. Hainkel Jr. Home and Rehab Center and Adult Protective Services.

The OAAS administers and manages the following programs:

·   Elderly and Disabled Adult Waiver (EDA)

·   Adult Day Health Care Waiver (ADHC)

·   Long Term Personal Care Services (LT -PCS) (State Plan Service)

Individuals who are Medicaid eligible can now receive Personal Care Services in their homes even without being in one of the waiver service programs.

·   Nursing Home Admissions Review

·   HIV Case Management 

·   Adult Protective Services

·   Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)

Please feel free to visit this OAAS website regularly at www.oaas.dhh.louisiana.gov for program and services updates.

Home and Community Based Waiver services for children and adults with developmental disabilities (i.e., New Opportunities Waiver and Children’s Choice Waiver) are administered by the Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities (OCDD). To visit the OCDD web site, click here.