Louisiana
Requirements for Licensure as a Nursing Home Administrator
Louisiana Nursing Home Licensure Contact
Mr. Christopher Wright
Louisiana Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators
5647 Superior Drive
Baton Rouge LA 70816
Phone: 225-295-8571
Fax: 225-295-8574
Email: kempwright@compuserve.com
Louisiana Nursing Home Education Requirements:
60 hours of college, overall C average from an accredited school
Louisiana Nursing Home AIT Requirements:
6 months
Louisiana Nursing Home National Exam Required?
Yes
Louisiana Nursing Home State Exam Required?
Yes
Louisiana Nursing Home Continuing Education Required?
15 hours annually
Louisiana Number Licensed Administrators:
874
Louisiana Number of NHA Licenses Issued Annually, Approximately:
49
Louisiana Number of Licensed Nursing Home Facilities:
306
Requirements for Qualification as an Assisted Living Administrator
Louisiana Assisted Living: Contact
Theresa Anzalone, Dept. of Social Services, Tel. 504-922-0015 Fax 504-922-0014
Louisiana Assisted Living: Licensing Bureau, P.O. Box 3078, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-3078
504-922-0015
Louisiana Assisted Living: Code: Adult Residential Care Facility La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 2151 et seq., La. Admin Code tit. 48, § 8901 et seq.
Louisiana Assisted Living: Reimbursement: Bureau of Health Services Financing, P.O. Box 91030 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-9030
504-342-3891
Louisiana Assisted Living: Administrator Overview
Be 21 with either a bachelor's degree and two years of experience or have 6 years of related experience if no degree.
College Coursework
University of Louisiana at Monroe
Gerontology Program
Stubbs Hall 104
700 University Avenue
Monroe, LA 71209-0338
Tel: (318) 342-1465 Fax: (318) 342-1431
Contact Faculty:
G. Dale Welch, Head, Gerontology Program
Program: CERTIFICATE, MASTER'S
The University of Louisiana at Monroe offers a choice of a two-year Master of Arts in Gerontology (MAG) degree (beginning Fall, 1995) with a concentration in Program Administration or Community-Based Long-Term Care Administration or a one year 18 semester hours Post-baccalaureate Certificate in Gerontological Studies.
Teaching faculty and expertise:
- Dr. G. Dale Welch, Head, Geronotology Program
- Elderly Prisoners, Teaching Children about Aging
- Dr. Christopher J. Johnson, Professor of Gerontology
- Alzheimer's Disease, Qualitative Methods, Death and Dying
- Dr. Jan Bowman, Professor of Geronotology
- Older Workers, Economics of Aging, Elder Abuse
- Dr. June Bruyninckx, Associate Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences
- Housing and the Elderly
- Dr. Robert Eisenstadt, Associate Professor of Economics
- Economics of Aging
- Dr. Rene Jackson, Head, Family and Consumer Sciences
- Nutrition and Aging
- Dr. John A. Knesel, Associate Professor of Biology
- Biology of Aging
- Dr. Marsha McGee, Professor of Sociology
- Death and Dying, Women and Aging
- Dr. C. Turner Steckline, Assistant Professor of Speech Communication
- Communication and the Elderly
- Dr. Anita Sharma, Associate Professor of Social Work
- Group Work, Cross-Cultural Aging
- Dr. Bruce Walker, Assistant Professor of Management and Marketing
- Human Resource Management