Posts by CICOA
CICOA Receives Aging Achievement Award
CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions announces that its innovative online application Duett received a 2021 Aging Achievement Award from the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) during the…
Read MoreNonprofits Join Forces to Keep People Safe at Home
Woman celebrates freedom after volunteers build wheelchair ramp Debra Jones feels free. For the first time in more than a year, she can safely go outside. She can’t get enough…
Read MoreInnovation, Compassion during Pandemic Inspire CICOA Awards
When the pandemic struck, people came forward to find solutions to care for Central Indiana’s most vulnerable residents. CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions honored some of the heroes during its…
Read MoreGiving 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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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 &…
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