Expert guides about caregiving in Indiana from Brevy Care.
Indiana has no single senior-transportation program, so when an older adult stops driving, the real question is which of several separate systems covers the trip.
If you have called Indiana Medicaid to ask whether you can get paid to care for your spouse in Indiana, you may have already heard the word no. That answer is common, and it is only half true.
An estimated 121,300 Hoosiers age 65 and older were living with clinical Alzheimer's dementia in 2020, or 10.9% of that age group.
Indiana has two Medicaid pathways that pay family caregivers, plus respite grants, VA benefits, and 15 Area Agencies on Aging that most families never call.
If you are caring for a parent or spouse in Indiana and running on empty, respite care in Indiana is real, funded, and closer than most families realize.
Indiana is one of a small number of states where a spouse can be paid to provide care at home, through a program called Structured Family Caregiving.