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Listening to Music During Mealtime

Background Music During Mealtime to Create a Calm Environment

Everyone needs a healthy diet to feel their best each day. This is especially true for loved ones with dementia who may struggle to eat enough food for proper nutrition. Even if healthy meals are available to your loved one, you may find that they...
n4a Aging Achievement Awards 2021

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 n4a Annual Conference and Tradeshow, July 19-22. Duett, which won...
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,...

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