Joy’s House supports caregivers by offering expert advice and helpful resources for:
Caring for a loved one is a priority.
At Joy’s House we understand caregiving and we’re here for you.
As a caregiver, when your dad, mom, grandpa, grandma, husband, wife or loved one grows older, you want to ensure that his or her quality of life remains positive. However, the rest of your life doesn’t disappear when faced with the life-changing task of providing or finding care for a family member.
Joy’s House is pleased to offer services, programs and educational opportunities to family caregivers caring for an aging or disabled loved one. For families who have a guest enrolled at Joy’s House , we do this through daily interaction, Annual Meetings, family meals, bathing services, and our Caregiver Resource Area.
Services Supporting Indiana Caregivers
Joy’s House offers 5 lines of caregiver support services.
These services open to caregivers in the greater community even if your loved one is not a Guest at Joy’s House. Take a moment to watch our Caregiver Support Services Launch Video and explore each caregiver service.
Caregiver Crossing
Caregiver Crossing is a radio program created by Joy’s House serving to embrace and support family caregivers of today and tomorrow. Subscribe and listen to the podcast any time!
presented in partnership with:
Hosted by Joy’s House Founder Tina McIntosh and Terri Stacy, the show features experts from across Indiana and the country who provide comfort, resources, and joy to caregivers.
Listen to a new episode each week!
- Sundays from 8:00am – 9:00am on WTLC-1310AM, Indianapolis, IN
- Sundays from 10:00am – 11:00am on WIBC-93.1FM, Indianapolis, IN
- Sundays from 10:00am – 11:00am on WPFR-1480AM, Terre Haute, IN
- Sundays from 11:00am – 12:00pm on WKZI-800AM, Casey, IL
And, it is made available to stations affiliated with Network Indiana.
Caregiver Way
Caregiver Way is an online education portal by caregivers, for caregivers. Our community of family caregivers receive encouragement and trusted information to improve their experience.
We understand that the role of a family caregiver can be challenging, but it can also be profoundly rewarding with the right support. Caregiver Way is a resource for family caregivers to gather and to be empowered through education, resources, and each other. Caregiver Way features content (videos, articles, audio, etc.) and a platform to connect with others in five categories: Self-care, Caring for Your Loved One, Financial & Legal, End-of-Life Care, and Life After Caregiving.
Trusted Information
All content featured on Caregiver Way is vetted and approved by a qualified Content Advisory Board.
Meaningful Connection
Caring for a loved one often brings with it feelings of isolation, loss and loneliness. Caregiver Way provides a place for thoughtfulness about these topics, as well as a connection with others who walk a similar path, proving that no one is alone in their caregiving journey.
Self-Awareness
In Caregiver Way, private journals and prompted assessments help caregivers self-identify and offer insights into their challenges and needs.
Ask a Question
Are you new to caregiving or have you run into some specific challenges along the way? We encourage you to submit a question to our Caregiver Way. Our community is here to help!
Share Your Experience
We’d like to invite you to become a Caregiver Way content contributor. You likely have stories, insights, and advice that can help other caregivers along their journey. Your contributions can take the form of videos, articles, personal stories, practical advice, or any other content that you believe would benefit our caregiving community.
CARE Kits
Compassion. Advocacy. Reassurance. Education.
CARE Kits help you create a tailored and holistic approach to care planning.
CARE Kits help you create a tailored and holistic approach to care planning.
Joy’s House CARE Kits are a collection of templates designed to help caregivers stay organized. The pages have space to record important information like medications, appointment calendars, tracking, and more. Use your CARE Kit to keep everything about your loved one in one central location. Each Kit includes the following sections:
- About Your Loved One
- Developing A Plan
- Medical
- Household
- Legal & Financial
- End of Life
- Additional Resources
These sections include spaces to note important information such as medical records, doctor’s appointments, medications, insurance policies and more. Templates to track medications, sleep patterns, behaviors and other changes are available to help communicate with others who assist with the care of your loved one.
CARE Kits are provided free of charge.
Please consider a suggested donation of $25. If you are able to give this helps us continue to provide this resource in the future.
Healthcare Coordination
In partnership with our friends at RadiusCare, Medicaid Waiver recipients are eligible to receive healthcare coordination services free of charge! Take advantage of this valuable resource.
Angie Light and Emily Tisdale, RadiusCare Owners/Founders
Healthcare coordination is led by a dedicated and experienced coordinator, pulling together your team of healthcare professionals. This approach allows everyone involved with your healthcare to align, providing you with the best care possible.
Specialized healthcare coordinators are committed to the 3 C’s of integrated healthcare: Coordination, Communication and Collaboration.
This benefit includes 16 hours of support each month to assist you and your loved one with managing the many aspects of healthcare including:
End-of-Life Program
End-of-life services, help those faced with a terminal diagnosis. In addition to planning assistance, this service supports families through the death and dying process.
End-of-life services at Joy’s House have three components:
- End-of-life doula services for dying individuals and their caregivers
- Network of like-minded professionals who work in the death and dying space
- Community events, leading people to become more comfortable talking about death and dying
End-of-Life Professional Alliance
Joy’s House is building an alliance of end-of-life doulas (death doulas), hospice workers, elder care attorneys, and others who work in the death and dying space.
End-of-Life Professional Services
Dying can be a complicated and uncertain experience. Having someone to support you along the way makes a difference. An end-of-life doula is someone who provides non-medical care and support for the dying person and their family and friends, walking them through the end of life.
Joy’s House has trained, National End of Life Doula Alliance (NEDA) proficient end-of-life doulas on staff to work with individuals and families to navigate the death and dying process. This includes options such as:
- Legacy Planning and Life Review
- Planning a living funeral (celebration of life)
- Caregiver support
- Completing advanced directives
- Personal care services
- Vigil planning and holding vigil
- Bereavement support and grief work
