Beauregard Council on Aging

The Beauregard Council on Aging is a multipurpose center whose total program is to provide development and delivery of services for persons sixty years of age and over and/or their spouse. The center also serves as a community resource for information, referral and training in the field of aging. We operate under the Governer's Office of Elderly Affairs. The program is funded by both federal and state funds. The BCOA is a non-discriminating agency that encourages participation of low-income, minority, socially needy, and the handicapped. However, anyone sixty years of age or older is eligible for our services.

Mailing address: P.O. Box 534, DeRidder, LA 70634
Location: 104 Port Street, DeRidder, LA 70634
Phone: (318) 463-6578 or (318) 463-9694
Days & Hours Available: Mon-Fri 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
President of Board: Geri Titus
Director: Juanita LaBue
Limitations of Services: Persons 60 years and older
Method of Referral: Physicians or Personal Contact
Note: Funding and services are limited. Volunteers are needed.
Fees: No fee is charged. Donations are welcome.

Special Services:
Advocacy Representation - Efforts to resolve an individual client's problem with medical charges, utility bills, etc.
Assessments and Screening - Pre-nursing admissions, routine health screening (blood pressure, blood sugar testing, hearing tests and eye testing provided on scheduled dates)
Escort - Accompanying and personally assisting a client to obtain a service
Information and Referrals - To provide concrete information to a client about available public and voluntary services in the area
Legal Assistance - Legal advice, education and counseling by a local attorney
Letter Writing/Reading - To read, write, interpret and/or translate business or personal correspondence
Material Aid - Available for loan a limited amount of medical equipment.
Outreach - A personal contact to identify clients and to encourage use of existing services
Shopping - Provide assistance in purchasing food, clothing, prescriptions, household items and in paying bills.
Telephoning - Helpline/BCOA provide prearranged calls in order to provide comfort or help. Emergency Response Systems are available from BCOA
Congregate Meal Sites - Hot meals served five days a week at community sites or delivered to homes.

Eastside School - Martin Luther King Drive, DeRidder
Community Facility Building - 104 Port Street, DeRidder

Ombudsman - Service which provides monitoring services for eldery patients confined to our local nursing homes
Visiting - Visits are made in the home of client to comfort or help
Homemaker - Preference given to persons living alone, not in good health, home-bound and needy. Services limited to one or two hours according to need assessment.

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