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Hospice Care in your area

Comfort-focused care for a life-limiting illness, delivered at home, in a facility, or in a dedicated inpatient unit.

Quick answer

Indiana regulates hospice care through the Indiana Department of Health.

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Hospice is comfort-focused care for a life-limiting illness, generally when a physician expects six months or less. It is delivered wherever the person lives — at home, in assisted living, in a nursing facility, or in a dedicated inpatient unit.

Short answer

We list 10 verified hospice care providers across your metro. Hospice is comfort-focused care for a life-limiting illness, generally when a physician expects six months or less.

Three things worth knowing first

  • Medicare's hospice benefit covers the hospice team, medications related to the terminal diagnosis, and equipment. It does not cover room and board in a facility.
  • Palliative care is not the same thing. It focuses on symptom relief and can run alongside treatment intended to cure, at any stage.
  • You can change hospice providers, and you can revoke hospice and return to curative treatment.
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 hospice care across the region

We list 10 verified hospice care providers across your metro. The full table with addresses and counties lives in the directory.

See all 10 in the directory →

Hospice Care by city

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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