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In-Home Care in Indianapolis

Compare licensed in-home care in Indianapolis and the surrounding Marion County area. Free guidance, no obligation.

3 verified in Indianapolis
Marion County
Quick answer

There are 3 verified in-home care options listed in Indianapolis. Indiana licenses and inspects this care type 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 options in Indianapolis.

What to watch for with in-home care in Indianapolis

  • 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.

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Verified in-home care in Indianapolis

CommunityCare typeAddressCounty
Hoosier VillageIndependent Living9891 Purple Plum Lane
Indianapolis, OH 46268
Marion
Amedisys Home Health CareHome Health & Home Care10475 Crosspoint Blvd, Suite 105
Indianapolis, OH 46256
Marion
Compassus IndianapolisHospice8450 North Payne Road, Suite 100
Indianapolis, OH 46268
Marion

The Indianapolis market specifically

Indianapolis holds the metro's oldest and most varied senior-housing stock, much of it built for aging in place in neighborhoods that predate the suburban boom. Eskenazi Health and IU Health's Methodist, Riley and University campuses anchor discharge planning downtown and near-north, while Community Health Network and Franciscan Health cover the east and south sides.

Families comparing Indianapolis options are often weighing a downtown or near-north community close to major hospitals against a quieter, more suburban setting in the collar counties -- proximity to family and to a specific hospital system frequently outweighs neighborhood prestige in the actual decision.

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 →

Questions families ask

What's the difference between assisted living and memory care in Indiana?

Both can be licensed as Residential Care Facilities, but a memory care unit must also file Indiana's Alzheimer's and Dementia Special Care Disclosure under IC 12-10-5.5 and meet dementia-specific staff training requirements. There is no separate state cost median for memory care, unlike assisted living.

Is in-home care or assisted living cheaper in Indiana?

It depends on hours needed. At Indiana's 2025 median of $35 an hour, a 40-hour week of home care already costs more than Indiana's assisted living median of $5,639 a month. Below roughly 30-35 hours a week, home care is often cheaper; above it, a community usually wins.

What's the difference between a nursing home and assisted living in Indiana?

A nursing home is licensed in Indiana as a Comprehensive Care Facility, providing 24-hour skilled nursing care and carrying a federal CMS star rating. Assisted living is licensed as a Residential Care Facility, a lower level of care with no CMS rating.

What's the difference between hospice and palliative care?

Palliative care focuses on symptom relief and quality of life, and can run alongside curative treatment at any stage of an illness. Hospice is for a life-limiting illness when a physician expects six months or less if the disease runs its normal course, and generally means curative treatment has stopped.

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