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In-Home Care in your area

Caregivers and skilled clinicians who come to the home, from a few hours a week to around-the-clock support.

Quick answer

Indiana regulates in-home care through the Indiana Department of Health.

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In-home care covers two different things that families often conflate. Non-medical home care is help with daily activities, companionship and household tasks. Home health is clinical care ordered by a physician and delivered by licensed staff.

Short answer

We list 3 verified in-home care providers across your metro. In-home care covers two different things that families often conflate.

Three things worth knowing first

  • Non-medical home care is generally private pay. Medicare does not cover it. Get your state's CareScout non-medical caregiver hourly median.
  • Medicare-covered home health is intermittent and skilled — nursing visits, physical therapy — not a caregiver who stays with your parent.
  • Once you need more than roughly forty to fifty hours a week, run the math against assisted living.
You can check any facility's record free. Use the Indiana Long Term Care Survey & Inspection Public Search (hoosierusa.isdh.in.gov) and, for nursing homes, CMS Care Compare. Read the full explanation →

Verified in-home care across the region

We list 3 verified in-home care providers across your metro. The full table with addresses and counties lives in the directory.

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Questions families ask

Is there a different number for a facility-specific licensing complaint versus abuse?

Yes. Adult Protective Services (1-800-992-6978) investigates suspected abuse, neglect or exploitation of an individual. A facility licensing complaint -- about conditions, staffing, or care quality broadly -- goes to the Indiana Department of Health at 1-800-246-8909 or through its online complaint form.

What should I do if someone is in immediate danger?

Call 911 first. Adult Protective Services is not an emergency responder and does not dispatch immediate help -- it investigates reports after the fact. Use 911 for anything urgent, then follow up with APS or the ombudsman as appropriate.

Who has to report suspected elder abuse in Indiana?

Indiana is a mandatory-reporting state: anyone who suspects neglect, battery, or exploitation of an endangered adult (18 or older, incapacitated, and harmed or threatened) is required to report it, not just healthcare or facility staff.

My parent is being discharged from an Indianapolis hospital in 72 hours. What now?

Ask the case manager for the discharge plan in writing, confirm whether your parent was admitted as an inpatient or held under observation status (only inpatient stays count toward Medicare's skilled-nursing benefit), and ask which facilities have actually accepted the referral -- not just which ones were contacted.

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