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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.11

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                                 LHC GROUP, INC.
                  2005 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS COMPENSATION PLAN

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                                 LHC GROUP, INC.
                  2005 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS COMPENSATION PLAN

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ARTICLE 1 PURPOSE..................................................1
   1.1   Purpose...................................................1
   1.2   Eligibility...............................................1
ARTICLE 2 DEFINITIONS..............................................1
   2.1   Definitions...............................................1
ARTICLE 3 ADMINISTRATION...........................................3
   3.1   Administration............................................3
   3.2   Reliance..................................................3
   3.3   Indemnification...........................................3
ARTICLE 4 SHARES...................................................3
   4.1   Source of Shares for the Plan.............................3
ARTICLE 5 CASH COMPENSATION........................................4
   5.1   Base Annual Retainer......................................4
   5.2   Supplemental Annual Retainer..............................4
   5.3   Meeting Fees..............................................5
   5.4   Travel Expense Reimbursement..............................5
ARTICLE 6 EQUITY COMPENSATION......................................5
   6.1   Restricted Stock..........................................5
   6.2   Stock Options.............................................6
ARTICLE 7 AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION..................6
   7.1   Amendment, Modification and Termination...................6
ARTICLE 8 GENERAL PROVISIONS.......................................6
   8.1   Adjustments...............................................6
   8.2   Duration of the Plan......................................6
   8.3   Expenses of the Plan......................................6
   8.4   Effective Date............................................7
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                                 LHC GROUP, INC.
                  2005 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS COMPENSATION PLAN

                                    ARTICLE 1
                                     PURPOSE

         1.1.     PURPOSE. The purpose of the LHC Group, Inc. 2005 Non-Employee
Directors Compensation Plan is to attract, retain and compensate
highly-qualified individuals who are not employees of LHC Group, Inc. or any of
its subsidiaries or affiliates for service as members of the Board by providing
them with competitive compensation and an ownership interest in the Common Stock
of the Company. The Company intends that the Plan will benefit the Company and
its stockholders by allowing Non-Employee Directors to have a personal financial
stake in the Company through an ownership interest in the Common Stock and will
closely associate the interests of Non-Employee Directors with that of the
Company's stockholders.

         1.2.     ELIGIBILITY.  Non-Employee  Directors  of the Company who are
Eligible Participants, as defined below, shall automatically be participants in
the Plan.

                                    ARTICLE 2
                                   DEFINITIONS

         2.1.     DEFINITIONS. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise,
the following terms shall have the following meanings:

         "Annual Retainer" means the Base Annual Retainer and the Supplemental
Annual Retainers.

         "Base Annual Retainer" means the annual retainer (excluding meeting
fees and expenses) payable by the Company to a Non-Employee Director pursuant to
Section 5.1 hereof for service as a director of the Company (i.e., excluding any
Supplemental Annual Retainer), as such amount may be changed from time to time.

         "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

         "Common Stock" means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of
the Company.

         "Company" means LHC Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

         "Disability" means any illness or other physical or mental condition of
a Non-Employee Director that renders him or her incapable of performing as a
director of the Company, or any medically determinable illness or other physical
or mental condition resulting from a bodily injury, disease or mental disorder
which, in the judgment of the Board, is permanent and continuous in nature. The
Board may require such medical or

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other evidence as it deems necessary to judge the nature and permanency of a
Non-Employee Director's condition.

         "Effective Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.4 of the Plan.

         "Eligible Participant" means any person who is a Non-Employee Director
on the Effective Date or becomes a Non-Employee Director while this Plan is in
effect; except that during any period a director is prohibited from
participating in the Plan by his or her employer or otherwise waives
participation in the Plan, such director shall not be an Eligible Participant.

         "Fair Market Value", on any date, has the meaning given such term in
the Incentive Plan.

         "Incentive Plan" means the LHC Group, Inc. 2005 Incentive Plan, or any
subsequent equity compensation plan approved by the Company's stockholders Board
and designated as the Incentive Plan for purposes of this Plan.

         "Lead Director" means the Non-Employee Director who has been designated
by the Board as the Lead Director for the Plan Year in question. The Board may
change the designation of Lead Director from time to time.

         "Non-Employee Director" means a director of the Company who is not an
employee of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.

         "Option" means a right granted to an Eligible Participant under Article
6 of the Plan to purchase Stock at a specified price during specified time
periods. Options granted under the Plan are nonstatutory stock options.

         "Plan" means this LHC Group, Inc. 2004 Non-Employee Directors
Compensation Plan, as amended from time to time.

         "Plan Year" means the approximate twelve-month period between annual
meetings of the stock holders of the Company, which, for purposes of the Plan,
is the period for which Annual Retainers are earned.

         "Retirement" means retirement of the director in accordance with the
provisions of the Company's bylaws as in effect from time to time, or the
failure to be re-elected or re-nominated as a director.

         "Restricted Stock" means shares of Common Stock that are subject to
certain restrictions and to risk of forfeiture.

         "Supplemental Annual Retainer" means the annual retainer (excluding
meeting fees and expenses) payable by the Company to a Non-Employee Director
pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof for service as Lead Director or as a chair or
member of a committee of

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the Board, as such amount may be changed from time to time.

                                    ARTICLE 3
                                 ADMINISTRATION

         3.1.     ADMINISTRATION. The Plan shall be administered by the Board.
Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board shall be authorized to
interpret the Plan, to establish, amend and rescind any rules and regulations
relating to the Plan, and to make all other determinations necessary or
advisable for the administration of the Plan. The Board's interpretation of the
Plan, and all actions taken and determinations made by the Board pursuant to the
powers vested in it hereunder, shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties
concerned including the Company, its stockholders and persons granted awards
under the Plan. The Board may appoint a plan administrator to carry out the
ministerial functions of the Plan, but the administrator shall have no other
authority or powers of the Board.

         3.2.     RELIANCE. In administering the Plan, the Board may rely upon
any information furnished by the Company, its public accountants and other
experts. No individual will have personal liability by reason of anything done
or omitted to be done by the Company or the Board in connection with the Plan.
This limitation of liability shall not be exclusive of any other limitation of
liability to which any such person may be entitled under the Company's
certificate of incorporation or otherwise.

         3.3.     INDEMNIFICATION. Each person who is or has been a member of
the Board or who otherwise participates in the administration or operation of
this Plan shall be indemnified by the Company against, and held harmless from,
any loss, cost, liability or expense that may be imposed upon or incurred by him
or her in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit or
proceeding in which such person may be involved by reason of any action taken or
failure to act under the Plan and shall be fully reimbursed by the Company for
any and all amounts paid by such person in satisfaction of judgment against him
or her in any such action, suit or proceeding, provided he or she will give the
Company an opportunity, by written notice to the Board, to defend the same at
the Company's own expense before he or she undertakes to defend it on his or her
own behalf. This right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other
rights of indemnification to which any such person may be entitled under the
Company's certificate of incorporation, bylaws, contract or Delaware law.

                                    ARTICLE 4
                                     SHARES

         4.1.     SOURCE OF SHARES FOR THE PLAN. The shares of Common Stock that
may be issued pursuant to the Plan shall be issued under the Incentive Plan,
subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Incentive Plan. The terms
contained in the Incentive Plan are incorporated into and made a part of this
Plan with respect to Restricted Stock and Options granted pursuant hereto and
any such awards shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
Incentive Plan. In the event of any

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actual or alleged conflict between the provisions of the Incentive Plan and the
provisions of this Plan, the provisions of the Incentive Plan shall be
controlling and determinative. This Plan does not constitute a separate source
of shares for the grant of the equity awards described herein.

                                    ARTICLE 5
                                CASH COMPENSATION

         5.1.     BASE ANNUAL RETAINER. Each Eligible Participant shall be paid
a Base Annual Retainer for service as a director during each Plan Year. The
amount of the Base Annual Retainer shall be established from time to time by the
Board. Until changed by the Board, the Base Annual Retainer shall be $24,000 for
each Non-Employee Director. A pro-rata Base Annual Retainer will be paid to any
Eligible Participant who joins the Board on a date other than the beginning of a
Plan Year, based on the number of full months between the date such Non-Employee
Director joined the Board and the following June 1. Payment of such prorated
Base Annual Retainer shall begin on the later of (i) the Effective Date, or (ii)
the date that the person first becomes an Eligible Participant.

         5.2.     SUPPLEMENTAL ANNUAL RETAINER.

         (a)      Supplemental Annual Retainer for Service as Lead Director. In
addition to the Base Annual Retainer, the Lead Director shall be paid an
additional Supplemental Annual Retainer for service as Lead Director during each
Plan Year, payable at the same time as the Base Annual Retainer is paid. The
amount of such Supplemental Annual Retainer shall be established from time to
time by the Board. Until changed by the Board, the special additional
Supplemental Annual Retainer for the Lead Director for a full Plan Year shall be
$26,000. A prorata payment will be paid to any Non-Employee Director who becomes
the Lead Director on a date other than the beginning of a Plan Year, based on
the number of full calendar months served in such position during the Plan Year.

         (b)      Supplemental Annual Retainer for Committee Service. Any
Non-Employee Director [(other than the Lead Director)] who serves as the chair
or member of a committee of the Board shall be paid a Supplemental Annual
Retainer, payable at the same time as the Base Annual Retainer is paid. The
amount of the Supplemental Annual Retainer shall be established from time to
time by the Board. Until changed by the Board, the Supplemental Annual Retainer
for a full Plan Year shall be as follows:

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                  COMMITTEE                                          CHAIR       NON-CHAIR MEMBER
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                  Audit Committee                                   $12,000           $6,000
                  Compensation Committee                            $12,000           $6,000
                  Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee     $12,000           $6,000
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A prorata Supplemental Annual Retainer will be paid to any Non-Employee Director
who

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becomes the chair or member of a committee of the Board on a date other than the
beginning of a Plan Year, based on the number of full calendar months served in
such position during the Plan Year.

         5.3.     MEETING FEES. Each Non-Employee Director shall be paid a $300
meeting fee for each non-regularly scheduled, specially-called meeting of the
Board or committee thereof he or she attends.

         5.4.     TRAVEL EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT. All Non-Employee Directors shall
be reimbursed for reasonable travel expenses (including spouse's expenses to
attend events to which spouses are invited) in connection with attendance at
meetings of the Board and its committees, or other Company functions at which
the Chief Executive Officer requests the Non-Employee Director to participate.
If the travel expense is related to the reimbursement of commercial airfare,
such reimbursement will not exceed full-coach rates. If the travel expense is
related to reimbursement of non-commercial air travel, such reimbursement shall
not exceed the rate for comparable travel by means of commercial airlines.

                                    ARTICLE 6
                               EQUITY COMPENSATION

         6.1.     RESTRICTED STOCK.

         (a)      Initial Grant of Restricted Stock. Following the initial
public offering of the Company's Common Stock, and effective as of a date
specified by the Board, each Eligible Participant in service on that date will
receive an award of Restricted Stock. The number of shares so awarded shall be
3,500 to each Eligible Participant other than the Lead Director, and shall be
7,000 to the Lead Director. Such shares of Restricted Stock shall be evidenced
by a written Award Certificate, and shall be subject to such restrictions and
risk of forfeiture as determined by the Board, and shall be granted under and
pursuant to the terms of the Incentive Plan, subject to share availability under
the Incentive Plan.

         (b)      Vesting of Restricted Stock. The shares of Restricted Stock
Units shall vest shall vest and become non-forfeitable as to one-third of the
shares on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date or, if
earlier, upon the termination of the grantee's service as a director of the
Company due to his or her death, Disability or Retirement. If the grantee's
service as a director of the Company (whether or not in a Non-Employee Director
capacity) terminates prior to the third anniversary of the date of grant other
than by reason of his or her death, Disability or Retirement, then the grantee
shall forfeit all of his or her right, title and interest in and to any unvested
shares of Restricted Stock as of the date of such termination from the Board and
such shares Restricted Stock shall be reconveyed to the Company without further
consideration or any act or action by the grantee.

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6.2      STOCK OPTIONS.

         (a)      Annual Grant of Stock Options. On the day following the 2006
annual meeting of the Company's stockholders, and on the day following each
subsequent annual meeting of the Company's stockholders, each Eligible
Participant (other than the Lead Director) in service on that date will receive
a fully-vested Option grant to purchase 2,000 shares of the Company's Stock, and
the Lead Director will receive a fully-vested Option grant to purchase 3,500
shares of the Company's Stock. Such Options shall be evidenced by a written
Award Certificate, and shall be subject to the terms and conditions described
below in this Section 6.2, and shall be granted under and pursuant to the terms
of the Incentive Plan, subject to share availability under the Incentive Plan.

         (b)      Exercise Price. The exercise price for each Option granted
under the Plan shall be the Fair Market Value of the shares of Stock subject to
the Option on the date of grant of the Option.

         (c)      Term. Each Option granted under the Plan shall, to the extent
not previously exercised, terminate and expire on the date ten (10) years after
the date of grant of the Option.

                                    ARTICLE 7
                     AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION

         7.1.     AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION. The Board may
terminate or suspend the Plan at any time, without stockholder approval. The
Board may amend the Plan at any time and for any reason without stockholder
approval; provided, however, that the Board may condition any amendment on the
approval of stockholders of the Company if such approval is necessary or deemed
advisable with respect to tax, securities or other applicable laws, policies or
regulations. Except as provided in Section 7.1, no termination, modification or
amendment of the Plan may, without the consent of a Non-Employee Director,
adversely affect a Non-Employee Director's rights under an award granted prior
thereto.

                                    ARTICLE 8
                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

         8.1.     ADJUSTMENTS. The adjustment provisions of the Incentive Plan
shall apply with respect to awards of Restricted Stock and Options outstanding
or to be granted pursuant to this Plan.

         8.2.     DURATION OF THE PLAN. The Plan shall remain in effect until
January 20, 2015, unless terminated earlier by the Board.

         8.3.     EXPENSES OF THE PLAN. The expenses of administering the Plan
shall be borne by the Company.

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         8.4.     EFFECTIVE DATE. The Plan was originally adopted by the Board
on January 20, 2005, and became effective on that date (the "Effective Date").

                                                 LHC GROUP, INC.

                                                 By:     /s/ R. Barr Brown
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                                  EXHIBIT 10.1
                          STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT
                 PURSUANT TO THE HOME LOAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
                      1998 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
                          (Non-Qualified Stock Options)

THIS AGREEMENT is made to be effective as of ______________, _____, by and
between Home Loan Financial Corporation (the "COMPANY") and _________________
(the "OPTIONEE").

                                   WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the COMPANY adopted the Home Loan Financial
Corporation 1998 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the "PLAN") on October 13,
1998;

WHEREAS, the shareholders of the COMPANY approved the PLAN on October 13, 1998;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the PLAN, the Board of Directors of the
COMPANY has appointed a Stock Option Committee (the "COMMITTEE") to administer
the PLAN; and

WHEREAS, the COMMITTEE has determined that an option to acquire common shares of
the COMPANY, no par value per share (the "COMMON SHARES"), should be granted to
the OPTIONEE upon the terms and conditions set forth in this AGREEMENT;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above premises and intending to be
legally bound by this AGREEMENT, the parties hereto agree to the following:

1. Grant of Option. The COMPANY hereby grants to the OPTIONEE an option to
purchase ________________________ (_____) COMMON SHARES (the "OPTION"). The
OPTION is not intended to qualify as an incentive stock option under Section 422
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "CODE").

2. Terms and Conditions of the OPTION.

      (A) OPTION Price. The purchase price (the "OPTION PRICE") to be paid by
      the OPTIONEE to the COMPANY upon the exercise of the OPTION shall be
      $_______ per share, being 100% of the Fair Market Value (as that term is
      defined in the PLAN) of a COMMON SHARE on October 13, 1998.

      (B) Exercise of the OPTION. Subject to the provisions of the PLAN and the
      other provisions of this AGREEMENT, the OPTION is first exercisable in
      accordance with the following schedule:

                  DATE                       NUMBER OF SHARES FIRST EXERCISABLE

      The OPTION shall remain exercisable until the date of expiration of the
      OPTION term. The OPTION may be exercised to purchase less than the total
      number of COMMON SHARES subject to the OPTION and exercisable at any time
      and from time to time. The OPTION may not be exercised unless the COMMON
      SHARES issued upon such exercise are first registered pursuant to any
      applicable federal and state laws or regulations or, in the opinion of the
      counsel to the COMPANY, are exempt from such registration. Nothing
      contained in the PLAN or in this AGREEMENT shall be construed to require
      the COMPANY to take any

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      action whatsoever to make exercisable any OPTION or to make transferable
      any shares issued upon the exercise of any OPTION.

      (C) OPTION Term. The OPTION shall in no event be exercisable after the
      expiration of ten (10) years from the date of this AGREEMENT.

      (D) Method of Exercise. The OPTION may be exercised by delivering written
      notice of exercise to the COMPANY in care of its President or its
      Treasurer. The notice must state the number of shares subject to the
      OPTION in respect of which it is being exercised and must be accompanied
      by payment in full of the OPTION PRICE in cash unless the COMMITTEE in its
      sole discretion permits payment of the OPTION PRICE in COMMON SHARES
      already owned by the OPTIONEE or by the surrender of outstanding awards of
      OPTIONS.

      (E) Satisfaction of Taxes and Tax Withholding. The COMPANY or a subsidiary
      shall be entitled, if the COMMITTEE deems it necessary or desirable, to
      withhold (or secure payment from the OPTIONEE in lieu of withholding) the
      amount necessary to satisfy any withholding or employment-related tax
      obligation attributable to the exercise of the OPTION or otherwise
      incurred with respect to the PLAN or the OPTION, and the COMPANY may defer
      delivery of any shares pursuant to the exercise of the OPTION unless
      indemnified to its satisfaction. The COMMITTEE may, in its discretion and
      subject to such rules as the COMMITTEE may adopt, permit the OPTIONEE to
      satisfy, in whole or in part, any withholding or employment-related tax
      obligation which may arise in connection with the grant, exercise or
      disposition of the OPTION by electing to have the COMPANY withhold COMMON
      SHARES to be issued, or by electing to deliver to the COMPANY COMMON
      SHARES already owned by the OPTIONEE having a Fair Market Value (as that
      term is defined in the PLAN) equal to the amount of such tax obligation.

3. Non-Assignability of the OPTION. The OPTION shall not be assignable or
transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. The
terms and conditions of the OPTION shall be binding upon each and every
executor, administrator, heir, beneficiary or other successor to the OPTIONEE's
interest.

4. Governing Law. The rights and obligations of the OPTIONEE and the COMPANY
under this AGREEMENT shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of Ohio (without giving effect to the conflict of laws
principles thereof) in all respects, including, without limitation, matters
relating to the validity, construction, interpretation, administration, effect,
enforcement and remedies provisions of the PLAN and its rules and regulations,
except to the extent preempted by applicable federal law. All disputes and
matters whatsoever arising under, in connection with or incident to this
AGREEMENT shall be litigated, if at all, in and before a court located in the
State of Ohio, U.S.A., to the exclusion of the courts of any other state or
country.

5. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. All rights and remedies of the COMPANY and of
the OPTIONEE enumerated in this AGREEMENT shall be cumulative and, except as
expressly provided otherwise in this AGREEMENT, none shall exclude any other
rights or remedies allowed by law or in equity, and each of said rights or
remedies may be exercised and enforced concurrently.

6. Captions. The captions contained in this AGREEMENT are included only for
convenience of reference and do not define, limit, explain or modify this
AGREEMENT or its interpretation, construction or meaning and are in no way to be
construed as a part of this AGREEMENT.

7. Severability. If any provision of this AGREEMENT or the application of any
provision hereof to any person or any circumstance shall be determined to be
invalid or unenforceable, then such determination shall not affect any other
provision of this AGREEMENT or the application of said provision to any other
person or circumstance, all of which other provisions shall remain in full force
and effect. It is the intention of each party to this AGREEMENT that if any
provision of this AGREEMENT is susceptible of two or more constructions, one of
which would render the provision enforceable and the other or others of which
would render the provision unenforceable, then the provision shall have the
meaning which renders it enforceable.

8. PLAN as Controlling. All terms and conditions of the PLAN applicable to
options granted thereunder which are not set forth in this AGREEMENT shall be
deemed incorporated herein by reference. In the event that

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any provision in this AGREEMENT conflicts with any term in the PLAN, the term in
the PLAN shall be deemed controlling.

9. Entire Agreement. This AGREEMENT constitutes the entire agreement between the
COMPANY and the OPTIONEE in respect of the subject matter of this AGREEMENT, and
this AGREEMENT supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements between the
parties hereto in connection with the subject matter of this AGREEMENT. All
representations of any type relied upon by the OPTIONEE and the COMPANY in
making this AGREEMENT are specifically set forth herein, and the OPTIONEE and
the COMPANY acknowledge that each of them has relied on no other representation
in entering into this AGREEMENT. No change, termination or attempted waiver of
any of the provisions of this AGREEMENT shall be binding upon any party hereto
unless contained in a writing signed by the party to be charged.

IN    WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this AGREEMENT to be
      executed to be effective as of _______, ________.

                                          HOME LOAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION

                                          By:
                                             ___________________________________
                                             Robert C. Hamilton,
                                             its President

                                         OPTIONEE

                                         _______________________________________
                                         _______________________________________

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