Louisiana healthcare providers are always there to keep you happy and healthy through all seasons of life.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana (Louisiana Blue) is devoted to its mission to improve the health and lives of Louisianians. August is National Immunization Awareness Month – are you up to date on vaccines? Getting shots isn’t just for kids – adults may need vaccines for pneumonia, shingles, or tetanus, depending on your age and medical history. Ask your healthcare provider about this at your annual wellness visit. In addition to finding out which vaccines your healthcare provider recommends for you, this yearly checkup is a great opportunity to talk with your provider about your overall well-being, ask any health-related questions you have, check your numbers for key health indicators like blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol, get prescriptions for any medication you need and schedule any preventive screenings you should have. If it’s been more than a year since you’ve had a checkup, schedule one soon.
Poydras Home
Poydras Home Reimagined is Louisiana’s first Green House® Project community—this revolutionary care approach makes each resident the central decision maker in their own daily life. Poydras Home constructed two new buildings to house five Nursing Care homes and one Assisted Living Memory Care home. The Green House model groups a smaller number of residents to share each house, led by a small team of consistent Care Partners specially trained to make each day personally meaningful.
Homes feature open floor plans and access to Poydras Home’s ample green spaces. Poydras Home’s interior campus was also transformed into a Center for Healthy Living to benefit all residents, offering a therapy gym, fitness center, yoga studio, library, meditative space, expanded salon and spa, and multipurpose space for programming and education, with a café coming soon. Poydras Home worked with Eskew Dumez Ripple architects to ensure the structural changes were adaptive while still rooted in aesthetic traditions.
Poydras Home now also offers Assisted Living Respite Memory Care. For move-in information, visit poydrashome.com. 5345 Magazine St., 504-897-0535.
Ochsner Health
Ochsner Health has been a leader in bringing robotic-assisted surgery to Louisiana, significantly improving patient outcomes through advanced technology. The health system utilizes several cutting-edge robotic platforms—including the da Vinci 5, Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Surgery, and VELYS Robotic-Assisted Solution—across multiple specialties. These systems enable minimally invasive procedures in urology, gynecology, oncology, orthopedics, transplant, and general surgery, offering smaller incisions, less pain, and quicker recoveries. These robotic technologies allow our physicians to perform precise surgeries that preserve healthy tissue and enhance long-term results. Surgeons benefit from clearer, magnified views and highly precise, steady movements that improve accuracy during surgery, leading to fewer complications and faster patient recoveries.
Learn more at ochsner.org.
Inspired Living
Inspired Living believes that inspiration is the key to unlocking a fulfilling life at any age. Their approach focuses on fostering an environment where residents feel encouraged to explore new passions and remain independent. By offering a tapestry of experiences designed to stimulate the mind, body, and soul through art workshops, fitness classes, social clubs, or intellectually stimulating lectures, Inspired Living aims to ignite a spark of excitement in every individual and inspire them to keep growing.
Every day at Inspired Living is thoughtfully crafted to inspire joy and provide a sense of purpose within a social environment that cultivates a sense of community, reducing feelings of isolation and fostering meaningful connections among peers. There is always something new to learn or explore at Inspired Living, which significantly enhances the quality of life of their residents in assisted living and memory care and empowers them to live life to the fullest.
To learn more, please visit inspiredlivingatkenner.com. •
