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What Senior Care Costs

Indiana's published CareScout medians for assisted living, nursing homes and in-home care, and why no memory-care median exists anywhere.

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What senior care costs in your metro

The 2025 CareScout Cost of Care Survey puts Indiana's statewide median at $5,639 a month for a private one-bedroom assisted living unit, $8,943 a month for a semi-private nursing home room, and $10,326 a month for a private nursing home room. Non-medical home care runs a statewide median of $35 an hour.

CareScout publishes state medians only. No Indianapolis-metro-specific figure exists from any primary source — local pricing likely differs from the statewide number, but we do not invent a local figure to fill that gap. Ask each community for its current all-in rate in writing.

There is no published memory-care median anywhere — CareScout does not survey it as a category, for Indiana or any other state. Get quotes in writing instead of trusting an online estimate.

Questions families ask

Does Indiana have a state program that pays assisted living rent directly?

No broad, non-Medicaid state subsidy pays a family's assisted-living rent directly in Indiana. Available help is narrower: the PathWays Waiver for care services, RCAP for room-and-board assistance paired with a facility's waiver agreement, and VA Aid and Attendance for eligible veterans and surviving spouses.

Which long-term care ombudsman office covers Indianapolis?

Region 8 of Indiana's Long Term Care Ombudsman Program, operated by Indiana Legal Services, covers Marion County and all five surrounding collar counties this site serves -- Hamilton, Hendricks, Johnson, Boone and Hancock -- plus Morgan and Shelby. Reach the regional office at 317-631-9424 or the statewide line at 800-622-4484.

What does a long-term care ombudsman actually do?

An ombudsman advocates for a resident free of charge, and only with the resident's consent. They can attend a care conference with a family but do not license, inspect, or fine a facility -- that is the state health department's job, not the ombudsman's.

Can an ombudsman file a complaint even if my parent doesn't want to?

No. Consent matters: if a parent has capacity and does not want a complaint pursued, that decision stands, even where family disagrees with it. The ombudsman represents the resident's wishes, not the family's.

Is the ombudsman the same as filing a state licensing complaint?

No, they're two different systems. The ombudsman advocates for an individual resident; the Indiana Department of Health investigates regulatory complaints and can take enforcement action against a facility's license. Using one does not preclude using the other.

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