Posts by CICOA
Giving from the Heart
Central Indiana is home to enough nonprofit organizations with worthy causes to make an interested donor’s head spin. How to choose one over another? Laurinda Swank believes in following her heart. “Seniors and children are a soft spot for me,” said Laurinda, 50. She finds value in CICOA’s focus on the long-term health and safety of its…
Read MoreCICOA Seeds Encourage Gardening
Linda Daily remembers her parents working circles around her in the garden. She hated all the planting, weeding and picking, but it was a way of life for her Depression-era parents. “My family was the same,” Linda’s husband, Richard, chimed in. “I have four older sisters, and we were always fighting over food.” Richard’s dad planted a huge garden in the…
Read MoreMedical Research is Driving CICOA’s Future
Stanford publishes caregiver research conducted in part with Indianapolis-based nonprofit New research published this spring by Stanford University is setting the stage for the future of caregiving in Indiana and across the country. In its report, Caring for Caregivers, published in NEJM Catalyst, researchers shared that nearly 20 percent of U.S. adults are caring for…
Read MoreYou Make the Sunshine
Hearing aids in, Mable, 92, answered her phone. Although her hearing is dulled with age, her mind remains sharp, her laughter quick. Today, Mable lives alone on Indy’s northwest side. She was married to her husband for 60-plus years when he passed in 2007, and she has one son, three grandchildren and a supportive extended…
Read MoreProviding Peace of Mind
For families, peace of mind means everything. Among the many resources CICOA provides, the knowledge and guidance of experienced professionals helps ease the journey for family caregivers like Andrea. Andrea’s mother, Silvera, 80, and aunt Betty, 83, live with her and her husband, Scott, in the Liberty Creek neighborhood on Indianapolis’ west side. Andrea, 52,…
Read MoreFormer CICOA Board Chair Anita Harden Joins Mission to Find Cure for Alzheimer’s
Caring for a loved one with dementia poses many challenges, and former CICOA Board Chair Anita Harden knows them all too well. For more than a decade, she served as a family caregiver for her mother, father and an aunt with Alzheimer’s disease, all while managing a private elder care law practice and serving on…
Read MoreTwo Colleagues Find Tech Solution to Connect Clients to Home Healthcare Faster
When Chad Bales walked into Jonathan Haag’s office more than two years ago, the two planned to brainstorm how to make it easier for care managers at CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions to connect clients with home healthcare providers. They had no idea their conversation would lead to a new business. But on Feb. 2,…
Read MoreCICOA announces launch of its first for-profit company, Duett
Tech company plays matchmaker for clients and home-care providers Central Indiana nonprofit CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions today announced the official launch of Duett, a for-profit tech start-up designed to match people who need in-home care with providers who offer the services. The spin-off company is a first for CICOA, which empowers older adults and…
Read MoreThe Only Face They May See
CICOA employees have a well-deserved reputation of going the extra mile for their clients. For Meals & More driver Pete Shields, 79, it is more accurate to say he goes the extra miles. Delivering Meals to Homebound Seniors Home-delivered meals are vital to the wellbeing of many clients. During the COVID-19 pandemic, most of CICOA’s…
Read MoreHome-delivered Meals Offer Lifeline for Indy Woman
For more than eight decades, Janice has made ends meet. It’s not always been easy, especially as a single mom. But last summer, Janice knew she could no longer could do it alone. At 82, she returned to Indianapolis from southern Indiana, where she had cared for a terminally ill son. Her social security check barely…
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