Cities
Hub-city neighborhoods
- Broad Ripple
- Meridian-Kessler
- Irvington
- Fountain Square
- Downtown/Mile Square
- Butler-Tarkington
- Eagledale
- Castleton
Counties
Services
Costs & paying
- What Senior Care Costs
- How Families Pay for Senior Care
- Medicaid Waivers and Assisted Living
- VA Aid and Attendance, 2026
- What Medicare Does and Does Not Pay For
- What Memory Care Costs
- What In-Home Care Costs
- What Happens When the Money Runs Out
State rules
- How Indiana Licenses Assisted Living
- Memory Care: Disclosure, Not Certification, in Indiana
- How to Verify a Facility's License
- Medicaid Expansion vs. Long-Term Care Medicaid
- Indiana's PathWays Waiver, Explained
- Indiana's In-Home Medicaid Waiver, Explained
- Managed Care for Medicare/Medicaid Dual-Eligibles in Indiana
- The Local Ombudsman and Filing Complaints
Comparisons
- Independent Living vs. Assisted Living
- Assisted Living vs. Memory Care
- In-Home Care vs. Assisted Living
- CCRC vs. Standalone Assisted Living
- Short-Term Rehab vs. Long-Term Nursing Home Care
- Nursing Home vs. Assisted Living
- Hospice vs. Palliative Care
- Adult Day Care vs. In-Home Care
- Independent Living vs. 55+ Apartments
- Medicaid Waiver vs. Nursing Home Medicaid
- Choosing Between Two Communities
By situation
- Dad is being discharged in 72 hours
- Mom or Dad can't live alone anymore
- There's been a fall
- We just got a dementia diagnosis
- Wandering has become a concern
- I can't keep doing this alone
- I live out of state
- The money is running out
- My spouse needs more care than I can give
- We're stuck between two communities
Questions
- What license does Indiana require for assisted living?
- Does Indiana require every assisted living community to be licensed?
- Does Indiana require a separate license for memory care?
- How do I check a facility's Indiana license and inspection history?
- What's the difference between Indiana's Residential Care Facility and Comprehensive Care Facility licenses?
- What Medicaid waiver pays for assisted living in Indiana?
- What is RCAP and how is it different from the PathWays Waiver?
- Is Indiana's Medicaid expansion (HIP) the same as long-term care Medicaid for seniors?
- Is there a waitlist for Indiana's PathWays Waiver?
- What is Indiana's Medicaid Estate Recovery Program?
- What does assisted living cost in Indianapolis?
- What does memory care cost in Indiana?
- What does a nursing home cost in Indiana?
- What does in-home care cost in Indiana, and when does a community become cheaper?
- Does Indiana have a state program that pays assisted living rent directly?
- Which long-term care ombudsman office covers Indianapolis?
- What does a long-term care ombudsman actually do?
- Can an ombudsman file a complaint even if my parent doesn't want to?
- Is the ombudsman the same as filing a state licensing complaint?
- How do I report suspected abuse or neglect in Indiana?
- Is there a different number for a facility-specific licensing complaint versus abuse?
- What should I do if someone is in immediate danger?
- Who has to report suspected elder abuse in Indiana?
- My parent is being discharged from an Indianapolis hospital in 72 hours. What now?
- Does Medicare pay for a nursing home stay after a hospitalization?
- Which Indianapolis-area hospital systems most often discharge patients to senior care?
- Can I push back on a hospital discharge date?
- How do I know when it's no longer safe for a parent to live alone?
- What should I do after a parent's first fall?
- What should I do right after a dementia diagnosis?
- I live out of state. How do I manage my parent's care from a distance?
- Which Area Agency on Aging covers Marion County?
- Does Hamilton County have its own Area Agency on Aging?
- What senior care options exist in Hendricks County?
- What senior care options exist in Johnson County?
- What senior care options exist in Boone County?
- What senior care options exist in Hancock County?
- What's the difference between independent living and assisted living in Indiana?
- What's the difference between assisted living and memory care in Indiana?
- Is in-home care or assisted living cheaper in Indiana?
- What's the difference between a nursing home and assisted living in Indiana?
- What's the difference between hospice and palliative care?
Directory
Communities
- Allisonville Meadows Assisted Living
- Amedisys Home Health Care
- Arlington Place Health Campus
- AseraCare Hospice Care, an Amedisys Company
- Aspen Trace
- Brighton Hospice Greenwood
- Brighton Hospice Indianapolis
- Clearvista Lake Health Campus
- Community Nursing & Rehabilitation
- Compassus Indianapolis
- Country Charm
- Countryside Meadows
- Creekside Health & Rehabilitation Center
- CrownPointe of Greenfield
- Demaree Crossing
- Franciscan Hospice House
- Grand Brook Memory Care of Fishers
- Grand Brook Memory Care of Greenwood
- Grand Brook Memory Care of Zionsville
- Greenbriar Village
- Greenwood Meadows
- Greenwood Village South
- Hamilton Trace
- Harbour Manor & The Lodge
- Heart to Heart Hospice
- Holliday Farms Senior Living
- Homewood Health Campus
- Hoosier Village
- Independence Village of Avon
- Independence Village of Carmel
- Independence Village of Fishers East
- Independence Village of Fishers South
- Independence Village of Zionsville West
- LILA Greenfield
- Majestic Care of Carmel Assisted Living
- Majestic Care of Southport
- Meadow Brook Senior Living
- Plainfield Health Care Center
- Prairie Lakes Health Campus
- Robin Run Village
- Rose Senior Living Carmel
- SouthPointe Healthcare Center
- Springhurst Health Campus
- Sunrise on Old Meridian
- The Barrington of Carmel
- The Crossings at Noblesville
- The Stratford
- The Waters of Indianapolis
- Traditions at North Willow
- Traditions at Reagan Park
- Vita Senior Living of Greenfield
- Wellbrooke of Avon
- Wellbrooke of Carmel
- Wellbrooke of Westfield
- Westside Village Nursing Center
- Zionsville Meadows
