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Mental Health in the Black Community after COVID

COVID’s Lingering Effects on Mental Health Hit Black Community Hard

Many of us are celebrating the fact that we can gather again with friends and family, go to the grocery without a face mask, watch a ballgame in person and go back to church. Many of us are getting back...
Debra enjoys freedom with her new wheelchair ramp

Nonprofits 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 of the fresh air and sunshine after being confined to...
CICOA Spirit Award for Southport Police

Innovation, 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 annual awards. It also awarded a hospital system and Indianapolis...
Laurinda Swank and her mother Theresa

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,...
Person-centered care social worker with senior woman

Person-centered Thinking Improves Quality of Life, Quality of Care

CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions is working in partnership with Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) and other community partners to redesign long-term services and supports (LTSS). Our hope is that by 2024, we’ll have a managed care approach...
Mom cares for child having a seizure

What is Quality of Life and Quality of Care?

The telephone rings. On the other end of the call is a waiver service provider who has just walked into an adult client’s home filled with feces, urine, vermin, flies and standing water. On another occasion, a home video is provided by a member of a client’s individualized support...

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