Louisiana counts 447 towns spread across its parishes, from Caddo Parish and Bossier Parish in the northwest to Orleans Parish, Jefferson Parish and Terrebonne Parish down toward the coast. About 2,990,554 people live in the state, and the homes they live in vary as much as the parishes do.
This page is for families across all of those parishes who are trying to figure out whether a stair lift will work in a particular house and how to cover the cost. If your loved one lives in Vermilion Parish, we also have a page written just for that parish.
About 16.4 percent of Louisiana residents are 65 or older. For many of them, the stairs become the first part of the house that gets harder to use, well before anything else in the home needs to change.
Roughly 60.9 percent of Louisiana households own their home. Owners can usually approve an installation on their own. Renters should talk with the landlord first, since the rail mounts to the stair treads.
The staircase decides the lift, not the other way around. A single straight run with no turns takes a straight stair lift, which is the simplest to install and the quickest to get in place.
If the stairs turn at a landing or wrap around a corner, the rail has to be bent to follow that exact shape, which is what a curved stair lift does. Steps up to a porch or entry door can call for an outdoor model built to handle weather, and a wheelchair user who cannot transfer to a seat may need a platform lift instead.
We measure every staircase in person before quoting. That visit tells you which type fits and whether anything at the top or bottom of the stairs needs attention first.
It helps to know that the VA splits this into two parts.
The HISA grant pays for structural changes such as ramps, not the stair lift itself. The lift is handled through VA Prosthetics when it is medically prescribed. A veteran who wants a stair lift should start with their VA care team to get that prescription moving.
Louisiana families have three main routes besides paying out of pocket. Medicaid's Community Choices Waiver can fund a stair lift as a home accessibility adaptation for people enrolled in the waiver.
For those who do not qualify for the waiver, the LATAN AT Financial Loan Program offers low-interest, fixed-rate loans. Veterans can look to VA Prosthetics for the lift and to HISA for structural work. Each program is listed below with its phone number.
A Louisiana Medicaid home and community-based waiver whose Environmental Accessibility Adaptations benefit covers stair lifts, with no fixed cap; the cost comes out of the person's annual plan-of-care budget. Call (877) 456-1146.
Low-interest, fixed-rate installment loans from $500 to $50,000 that can be used to finance a stair lift; this is a loan, not a grant. Call (225) 925-9500.
VA Prosthetics (PSAS) covers a medically prescribed stair lift with no set dollar cap, while the HISA grant of $6,800 for service-connected or $2,000 for non-service-connected needs pays for ramps and structural changes, not the lift. Call (877) 222-8387.
It can, through the Community Choices Waiver (CCW). Stair lifts fall under its Environmental Accessibility Adaptations benefit, paid from the person's annual plan-of-care budget. Call (877) 456-1146 to ask about eligibility.
No. HISA, at $6,800 for service-connected or $2,000 for non-service-connected needs, covers ramps and structural changes. The stair lift comes through VA Prosthetics when it is medically prescribed. The VA number is (877) 222-8387.
The LATAN AT Financial Loan Program offers low-interest loans from $500 to $50,000 that can cover a stair lift. You repay it in fixed installments. Call (225) 925-9500.
Yes. A curved stair lift uses a rail bent to follow your stairs, including landings and corners. We measure the staircase in person to build it to fit.
Right now Vermilion Parish has its own page. We serve families across Louisiana's other parishes too, from Acadia Parish to Winn Parish, and can talk through your home directly.
Tell us about the stairs in your home and we will explain which lift fits, what it costs and how installation works.
