Home Instead Senior Care

Home Instead Senior Care^® puts relationships first to support those giving care, to protect the dignity of those receiving care, and to enhance the quality of life for both seniors and their families in every caregiving experience.

From companionship services to hospice care support and many care needs in between, Home Instead Senior Care offices offer a broad range of services that can be tailored to meet your family’s unique needs and preferences.

While the tasks of each service might differ, the goal for all types of care remains the same: To enhance the lives of seniors and their families. Our Services include: Companion Care, Personal Care, Meals and Nutrition, Transportation, Household Duties, Respite Care, Hospice Care Support Services, and 24 hour and live-in Care.

We have locations on the North, South, and West-side of Indianapolis. We also have a Noblesville location.

Companionship Services

Our professional CAREGivers act as trusted partners to your aging family members while offering a friendly ear and capable hands. Your loved ones benefit from consistent human interaction, and you enjoy the peace of mind that comes from knowing your family member is safe and cared for.

Our CAREGivers provide the healthy interactions and activities that promote physical and cognitive health. Your care will be individualized for your family and may include these activities and many others:

• Meal preparation to help ensure nutrition needs are met
• Conversation and discussion of current and historic events to help sharpen memory
• Crafting and playing games for mental stimulation
• Reminiscing as an enjoyable pastime
• Outings to promote socialization
• Scrapbooking as a creative outlet
• Outdoor activities like gardening for fitness
• Walking outside to promote an active

Personal Care

Many seniors worry about losing their dignity along with their independence. Personal care assistance performed by a non-family member allows your loved one to maintain her dignity while receiving the help she needs to stay healthy and independent. Our CAREGivers^SM provide compassionate assistance with personal care. Our personal care services include tasks like:

• Bathing
• Toileting
• Incontinence care
• Personal hygiene
• Dressing
• Grooming

Meals and Nutrition

All of our trained CAREGivers^SM can help your loved one with a healthy, well-balanced diet. From the grocery shopping to the meal prep, our in-home CAREGivers can provide meals that appeal to all tastes and dietary restrictions. Here are a few ways we can help your loved one eat well:

• Menu planning
• Recipe research
• Make favorite childhood recipes
• Grocery shopping
• Meal preparation
• Eating environment: setting the table in an appealing fashion

Transportation

Our professional CAREGivers don’t just drop off and pick up your elder family members. Instead, we help your loved ones get ready, accompany them and provide any assistance required at the destination. Then, everyone returns home safely and settles back in. Our CAREGivers will even put the groceries away. Here are a few ways we can help your senior family members with incidental transportation services:

• Doctor’s appointments
• General shopping
• Grocery shopping
• Hairdresser/barber appointments
• Medical testing and outpatient procedures
• Prescription drop-off and pick-up
• Religious services, concerts, plays, lectures
• Special family events like weddings
• Therapy sessions

Household Duties

We provide reliable, trustworthy CAREGivers^SM who perform dozens of common household tasks. This assistance helps your loved ones continue to live independently in the home they love.  Here are a few of the tasks a home helper can handle:

• Laundry and ironing
• Make beds and change linens
• Dust and vacuum
• Organize and clean closets
• Take out the trash
• Plan, prepare and clean up meals
• Help with errands
• Assist with pet care
• Escort to appointments and special events
• Accompany to lunch or dinner in a restaurant

Respite Care

We provide in-home respite care that gives you a break from caregiving. A well-designed respite program provides these breaks on a regular, scheduled basis. Giving yourself the gift of respite makes you a better family caregiver because it can recharge you physically, emotionally and spiritually.

Your senior loved ones also benefit from respite. Introducing a new caregiver provides the mental stimulation that keeps a mind sharp. Yet the professional caregiver will ensure your family member’s routine stays intact. Our CAREGivers^SM are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

You can receive respite services on a regularly scheduled basis (quarterly, for example) or when you need it for special events, such as to travel out of town for a wedding.

Hospice Care Support Services

Many people believe home hospice services provide round-the-clock care. Unfortunately this is not the case. Often, hospice services offer an hour or two of care per day, plus a weekly check-in by a nurse. And some hospice programs won’t accept patients who don’t have a full-time caregiver at home. Our specially trained hospice support CAREGivers^SM can provide companionship, personal care services and respite care. Here are a few of the services we offer:

• Personal care
• Emotional support
• Companionship
• Housekeeping
• Reading aloud
• Grooming and dressing
• Linen changes
• Respite for family caregivers

At a time like this, you should be allowed to take off the ‘caregiver’ badge and simply be the loving daughter, son or grandchild. You can have faith our professional caregiving can enable you to do just that.

24 Hour Care Offerings

Home Instead Senior Care^® of Indianapolis offers highly trained, trustworthy CAREGivers^SM to assist your loved one around the clock. We can tailor this care to meet your needs.

• Shift Services: Ideal for your loved one who is bed-bound or generally requires more intensive caregiving. With shifted caregiving, five or six compassionate CAREGivers assist your loved one in eight-hour increments each day, including throughout the night. You don’t have to worry about providing meals or private sleeping quarters for these CAREGivers.
• Live-In Services: For your family member who needs the highest level of attention, live-in caregiving offers a team approach. Three highly trained CAREGivers each work a 24-hour shift once every three days. These CAREGivers will sleep in the home and awaken at night to assist your loved one. You will need to provide private sleeping quarters and meals. Each live-in CAREGiver is directly employed by Home Instead Senior Care of Indianapolis, IN, which means you don’t need to worry about liability for payroll taxes, Worker’s Compensation or any of the other pitfalls that can come with hiring a private duty caregiver through a registry.

Benefits of 24-Hour Caregiving

You can stop worrying about an elder family member falling during the night and waiting hours for help to arrive. Round-the-clock care gives you peace of mind. Our compassionate CAREGivers also make your loved one’s life easier with these valuable services:

• Help with toileting, no matter the hour
• Bathing and dressing assistance
• Meal preparation
• Companionship, even in the middle of the night
• Light housekeeping
• Laundry assistance
• Medication reminders
• Immediate telephone contact in case of an emergency